Netflix in deal with Nintendo to show movies on Wii

[Fritzo]

Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc inked a deal video game console maker Nintendo to allow Wii users to stream movies and TV episodes to their television sets.
The move comes months after Netflix started streaming movies through Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 video game console.
Microsoft's Xbox has been streaming movies via Netflix since 2008.
Netflix will go live on Wii, the best-selling home console, this spring in the U.S. at no additional cost to Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month, the company said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/wr_nm/us_netflix

Sweet! I can use the Wii my kids never use anymore and use it as a Netflix box!

 

[rudder]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100113/wr_nm/us_netflix

Sweet! I can use the Wii my kids never use anymore and use it as a Netflix box!

Get Wii sports resort!

But really though I feel your pain. I would have killed to have a system like this when I was my kids age. I was playing pong.

But this is really cool... have netflix but dont have any hardware setup to play on my TV's other than setting a laptop on the floor.

 

[Fritzo]

Get Wii sports resort!

But really though I feel your pain. I would have killed to have a system like this when I was my kids age. I was playing pong.

But this is really cool... have netflix but dont have any hardware setup to play on my TV's other than setting a laptop on the floor.

Actually, now that I think about it, there's no HD out on a Wii

 

[amdskip]

Nice, about time!

 

[dwell]

Pretty cool. Already have it on the PS3 (can't do it on the 360 unless I pay for Gold -- FU MS). If it's a channel on the Wii that would be great.

 

[blackdogdeek]

awesome!

the only problem now is that little jingle that plays when you go to wii home page or when you click on a channel is stuck in my head. doo-doot-doo-doo-doot-dooooo

 

[frostedflakes]

Yeah Wii doesn't have the hardware to handle HD. Would be nice for SD streaming, though.

 

[rudder]

Yeah Wii doesn't have the hardware to handle HD. Would be nice for SD streaming, though.

Maybe not true HD... but surely the Wii hardware can offer some decent output to an LCD.

 

[Queasy]

Maybe not true HD... but surely the Wii hardware can offer some decent output to an LCD.

It'll likely do 480p at best with component cables.

 

[slag]

It'll likely do 480p at best with component cables.

but pipe it through a receiver and it will upconvert!!!

and look about the same.

 

[frostedflakes]

Maybe not true HD... but surely the Wii hardware can offer some decent output to an LCD.

You can get component cables for the Wii, but it still only supports a max output of 480p. Plus it isn't powerful enough to decode high bitrate video even if it did support 720p or 1080p.

 

[rudder]

You can get component cables for the Wii, but it still only supports a max output of 480p. Plus it isn't powerful enough to decode high bitrate video even if it did support 720p or 1080p.

Our wii is hooked up to a 32" TV... so maybe it won't look too bad.

 

[sonoma1993]

i just signed up for wii netflix disc

 

[dfuze]

Already have the netflix ability on my bd player, can't wait to see how this compares on my wii.

 

[Born2bwire]

It'll likely do 480p at best with component cables.

High enough resolution for DVD's so I would be happy. Sigh, to be back where I could have Netflix and my Wii. This would be really nice to have.