Netflix on Wii with no disc!

Flint · 11-12-2010, 07:14 PM

Just downloaded the Netflix channel, now we can get to Netflix via the console, even while a game disc is in.

Also downloaded the internet channel--currently watching Super Mario speedruns on Youtube, on the Opera browser, on my TV, while posting about it on the Cellar, on my Blackberry. This is getting ridiculous.

wolf · 11-13-2010, 11:28 AM

I have the Roku box, and while I've installed the Netflix Channel on the Wii (on the same television), I don't use it much because I have a probably false expectation that the useful life of the Wii would be diminished by using it as a movie viewer.

BrianR · 11-15-2010, 11:21 AM

I also have a Roku-HD set up with a PC and a flat screen TV at home...my wife loves it. I find it...usable. Just don't accidentally set the wrong video out function or resetting the darn thing can be a three-bitch job!

Beest · 11-15-2010, 03:37 PM

Streaming is unlimited, now too.

Flint · 11-15-2010, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beest

Streaming is unlimited, now too.

What exactly do you mean, i.e. how was it limited before?

Beest · 11-16-2010, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

What exactly do you mean, i.e. how was it limited before?

You used to only get as many hours per month as dollars you were paying.

We have the minimum $9 plan = 9 hrs per month of streaming. Kids have discoverd that the Monty Python TV series is available. I said if you watch a 1/2 hour episode everyday you'll use up the quota and have to wait each month to get the rest. Then we noticed it is now unlimited

Flint · 11-16-2010, 02:33 PM

Oh screw that. We watch that thing all day long. Whole seasons of episodes, one after the other after the other. Kids movies, the same ones ten times a day, every day. God know how many hours we rack up.

Clodfobble · 11-16-2010, 03:14 PM

Us too (through the PS3, instead of the Wii.) It's a neverending ballad of "Go Diego, Go!" episodes during the day, and popular TV series that Mr. Clod and I can't watch on schedule at night.

11-12-2010, 07:14 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Netflix on Wii with no disc! Just downloaded the Netflix channel, now we can get to Netflix via the console, even while a game disc is in. Also downloaded the internet channel--currently watching Super Mario speedruns on Youtube, on the Opera browser, on my TV, while posting about it on the Cellar, on my Blackberry. This is getting ridiculous. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-13-2010, 11:28 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have the Roku box, and while I've installed the Netflix Channel on the Wii (on the same television), I don't use it much because I have a probably false expectation that the useful life of the Wii would be diminished by using it as a movie viewer. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-15-2010, 11:21 AM	#3
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I also have a Roku-HD set up with a PC and a flat screen TV at home...my wife loves it. I find it...usable. Just don't accidentally set the wrong video out function or resetting the darn thing can be a three-bitch job! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

11-16-2010, 02:33 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh screw that. We watch that thing all day long. Whole seasons of episodes, one after the other after the other. Kids movies, the same ones ten times a day, every day. God know how many hours we rack up. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-16-2010, 03:14 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Us too (through the PS3, instead of the Wii.) It's a neverending ballad of "Go Diego, Go!" episodes during the day, and popular TV series that Mr. Clod and I can't watch on schedule at night. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-15-2010, 03:37 PM	#4
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Streaming is unlimited, now too.

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