I'm watching Netflix right now on my ps3. They will send you a CD to put in your PS3 and you can watch movies streaming.
I figured it out. You can't stream HD to PC. Its only available for hardware devices. I guess i should have shelled out a few more bucks for a BR player that supported netflix. I will do the next best thing ... find a hardware emulator.
I think Netflix is great. A couple months ago I started on the 1 DVD/unlimited streaming plan and will probably drop UVerse next month because of it. I'll live with OTA broadcasts / NBA League Pass Broadband / Netflix. You get mostly older movies via streaming, but the new releases only take a day to arrive anyway. I've been able to get Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, and Transformers 2 the day of (or the day after) release.
i've had it for about a year, the same plan as moe I don't use the Instant Stream as much as I do, but the my instant que is at about 30 at the moment, kind of sucks some of them have time limits, like Superbad, JCVD, The Game Plan are not on there anymore. Initially when it was first launched 360 last year, the quality wasn't that great, but has greatly improved since and I'm on a 1.5mbps DSL connection, but watch it on tube TV still and have my 360 connected wirelessly which I usually get about 2-3 bars of signal. having unlimited streaming access to a fair collection of movies, along with 1 Blu Ray disc at a time $11 +tax is a steal
I love Netflix, and it's mostly for the streaming. The streaming movie selection isn't amazing if you're looking for new releases, but there are many classics (not necessarily "old classics" either) and tons of documentaries if you're into that sort of thing, which I am. What really does it for me is the ability to watch full seasons of great TV shows, like Dexter, The Office (American and British), 30 Rock, etc. When I'm bored or working at the computer, I just throw those on the ol' TV to pass the time. I think it's great. I generally don't use the mail-in feature that much...I always get a movie and then decided I don't really care to watch it after all. Then I send away for another, and end up feeling the same way. I often just send them right back without viewing them.
Their begrudgingly admitted practice of "throttling" - intentionally delaying deliveries for users who return and check out movies "too frequently" - is pure corruption as far as I'm concerned. But as someone who only likes historical documentaries, and doesn't want to spend $1,000 buying DVDs pn eBay, I wouldn't be able watch them every week without Netflix.
I actually got it b/c I am a student and I realized for someone who one watches tv a couple of hours before bed due to my school schedule, it was a complete rip-off. I have been ordered tv comedies (Seinfeld right now) and I watch when I am ready to sleep. Get price and service is fine. I am on 2 dvds out and limited stream. costs me like $10/month. It says 1-2 days for disc, but its really 3 day.
This is basically why I don't really like it... I feel at times like I'm paying too much to let movies sit on my counter that I haven't gotten around to watching or that I HAVE to watch movies because I have them. I routinely find myself sending back in movies that I find that I did not feel like watching once they got to my mailbox. There is not much that I find myself wanting to stream either. Directed to the OP: it's great if you love watching movies. If you're trying to "force" yourself to watch more movies than you really want to, it'll start to fall on the wayside and you may find yourself paying more than the service is really worth to you. This goes even for tv series for me that I want to watch... sometimes I have a hard time finding the times to sit down and pop them in the player.
Streaming is the best part about Netflix, not really doing the mail in part as much.. If you guys have the Roku receiver, they're offering other free internet channels streaming directly to your T.V...
$8.99 a month is a great deal for me. I probably watch 2-3 DVDs a month and another 1-2 streaming movies. I feel like I get my money's worth. I couldn't rent movies for that cheap and have the same selection and the ability to leave them on my counter for a week without being charged additional fees. For new releases I just redbox online the day they come out if it is something I really want to see.
Bumping this because I've been thinking of getting it. When you guys say you have some movies in queue, what does that mean and how's it work? I tried searching on the site but found no info.
It's a list of movies you put together so when you return your current movie, Netflix ships out the movie thats on top of your list.
I love Netflix for the Summer when there is nothing else on, but I burn through everything they have that I want to see in 3 months, then I cancel.
How does the online streaming work? Are there any lists for doing that? I know they have a weaker selection than actual DVDs, but can I just watch whatever's available just like that?
Online streaming is pretty easy... when you type in a movie under the "watch instantly" section, you can click play on the movie that you want to watch (not all the movies are there though. There is a watch instantly list for your convenience if you want to save a movie in your watch list that you might want to watch later or if you want to watch a movie on a device such as Roku or Xbox 360. And yeah it is a weaker selection... I mean they have this new Starz play thing where it takes good movies from Starz and they have some good movies under there but yeah you can watch them anytime you'd like if you have the unlimited watch instantly plan. I think all you need installed is Microsoft Silverlight to watch and I think it has to be Internet Explorer or Safari to watch (not sure about that though).
I love Netflix, and use it almost exclusively for streaming. Tons of great old horror and sci-fi movies and enough good TV shows to last you a year. Certainly worth $8 a month and better than a premium movie channel package like HBO or Showtime. Here's the problem with that. 1. It's more of a hassle. You have to find the movie then hope there are enough seeders to accommodate you. 2. It has a less elegant interface. Good luck teaching your non-technical SO how to watch these. 3. It's illegal, and there's a trail to you. You're naive if you think there isn't.
I thought the same thing, until I stumbled onto these same issues. Many of the movies i've d/led have quality issues with audio/video.
