Walkthrough: Netflix instant streaming on Wii

Oh man, I want this service in Canada so badly. I don't think it's ever going to happen, unfortunately, at least not any time soon.

You can stream Wii on other consoles?

When did i miss that feature?

So, I guess this will kill any chance of the Wii ever having a DVD or Blu-Ray player?

inb4 BUT I DON'T USE MY WII

Can't watch the video here at work, but is it basically identical to the PS3 version? I've used the PS3 one plenty, it's just clunkier/slower than the 360 one...

Why can't we have the cool stuff here in the UK? :/
Come on, anybody. This is a gigantic market, why won't anybody take chances and do something with this uncharted territory of movie streaming. Yeah, and I don't mean the sorry excuse for a streaming service that Lovefilm offers.

Netflix doesn't need friend codes? Are you sure this is for the Wii?

You missed the chance for a bad pun!

Wiinstant Streaming!

So if you already have a Netflix membership, you get Netflix free on Blu-Ray players, Wii, and Playstation 3, but you have to pay to get it on Xbox 360?

Why could this now have been a downloadable channel from the Wii Online Store, similar to BBC iPlayer and the internet channel?

Not accusing, just curious.

You only need the disc for loading Netflix. Once you're in the program, you can take out the disc and still watch movies. I don't see why this couldn't be a download. I prefer netflix on the wii vs the 360. The videos using the wii look great and the stream doesn't fluctuate constantly as the 360 version.

Does anyone know if you can activate any type of parental controls for this? I would love this for the Wii in my kids room, but only if I can set it so she can just see G and PG movies.

The reason I've heard that this isn't a Wii Channel yet is because of the Microsoft-Netflix exclusivity deal. Once that runs out, I fully expect a downloadable channel for Wii and whatever accounts for the same thing on the PS3. I imagine the discs are just a temporary measure until they have the access to make it downloadable. My discs come in for both the Wii and PS3 tomorrow (I have the Wii, stepson the PS3), and I can't wait to try this out. I recently just signed up for Netflix because of the Wii discs coming out. Its going to be great to have a movie player on the TV, since I am such a huge movie fan. And the ability to update the que on the Wii OR my laptop, I think is a great idea.

wow, I never thought the Wii's 512MB internal memory could handle the buffer cache. I guess it does?

I've been using the PS3 Netflix Streaming disc since its release, and I've had my Wii disc for a few weeks now. I've been watching "SeaQuest DSV," and since it's a 1993 show, it isn't exactly "HD." I find it interesting that the PS3 streams it in widescreen, while the Wii streams it "as intended" in a 4:3 ratio.

Other than that, honestly, I kinda like the Wii version better. It seems a bit more responsive, probably because it isn't pulling down as much data over the interwebs. Also, the ability to point 'n click on a show is nice, rather than using the arrows on the PS3 remote to navigate to the show I want to watch. Lazy, I know, but nice.

They're both excellent systems, though. Both work very well, in my experience. If you have Netflix, it's worth getting just to have more systems capable of streaming.

You didn't add Weeds to the queue?? Shame.

Nice, I just signed up for Netflix last week, so I'm anxious to try this out.

We got our Wii disk a couple weeks ago or so, and have been using it practically every day since then. Since we don't have broadcast TV service where we live (cable isn't an option either, and we don't want to pay for satellite. We also have no cell service... but we have high-speed Internet access. Yeah, it's an odd part of the country...), it's a nice way to placate the kids when they get tired of the DVDs and videos. My wife and I are also catching up on "Lost," too. :)

It isn't 100% efficient, though. Every once in a while it has to pause in the middle of the show and load the rest of the program. I'm not sure if this is due to the Netflix service or our wireless router. The lack of closed captioning also is a slight problem (it's handy to read what the people are saying when the kids are being way too noisy, or the people are speaking with really strong accents), but that's the way Netflix is on the computer, too. In any case, it isn't quite the same experience as popping a DVD in the system and watching it that way. Takes up less clutter than a DVD, though....

So it's a bit of a trade-off over watching shows through other means. Still, it's nice to have other options!