Anyone have Netflix?

[Irving]

So, I've started seeing the commercials advertising that Netflix is now available with your Wii.

I've never had netflix before, but know that you can stream movies and shows online and order movies. Can I get some comments on Netflix and how people like it? Is there anything I can't watch on Netflix besides live news and sports?

I'm asking because I want to see how realistic it would be to drop our cable and just keep the internet and pay the $9 a month for Netflix. It would realistically cut our tv/internet package bill in half.

Thanks in advance.

[TS12000]

I never had the streaming one but I did do the mail for awhile. Good deal until you start forgetting to send them back, then not really worth it . I guess streaming would solve that problem though...

[Graves]

I love mine, I have it on my xbox but I believe you have to have a disc sent to you for the wii. HD is pretty clear from a streaming standpoint bit the fast scenes seem to get pretty distorted if your running any faster than 120hz. Watch instant is all you're limited to on any console and the movie selection is kind of limited there but you can always find something there to kill some time.

[bobbyfairbanks]

I just cancelled my netflix and do redbox. I really dont think that there is anything to replace cabel

[Irving]

I guess my specific question is about the selection of television shows. Right now it is nice to just browse channels for whatever is on, but it seems like Netflix could possibly be a pretty good version of On Demand if it works the way I'm thinking is does.

[bobbyfairbanks]

It doesnt the options are limited

[Irving]

Thank you Bobby. I signed up for a free two week trial to try it out.

[SSChameleon]

I stream mythbusters on netflix. There are alot of old westerns and documentaies too. Last night the wife and I watched dead snow. It's about Nazi zombies.

[ChadAmberg]

So, I've started seeing the commercials advertising that Netflix is now available with your Wii.

I've never had netflix before, but know that you can stream movies and shows online and order movies. Can I get some comments on Netflix and how people like it? Is there anything I can't watch on Netflix besides live news and sports?

I'm asking because I want to see how realistic it would be to drop our cable and just keep the internet and pay the $9 a month for Netflix. It would realistically cut our tv/internet package bill in half.

Thanks in advance.

I thought the same thing and talked to a buddy of mine who has it. His comments were they have a very limited catalog of what is available online at any point in time. And if you want to watch a tv series, for some reason they'll have most of the episodes of any season online, but not the last couple episodes, so you'll end up having to get those in the mail. So we decided the business model has a few more years before it's viable yet.

[Irving]

I suspect that they do that on purpose or else everyone would just get rid of their cable.