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Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii

Posted by Soulskill on from the hopping-on-the-bandwagon dept.

Grant,thompson writes "As announced in January and mentioned here on Slashdot, Netflix is sending out discs today to enable streaming on the Nintendo Wii. 'Netflix has sent out emails to customers who pre-ordered the Wii's instant streaming disc, indicating that the disc will arrive in mailboxes tomorrow, and that the service will likely start within the next day.'"

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  1. Re:You need a disc? by BassMan449 · · Score: 4, Informative

    PS3 requires a disc as well. I believe it is Netflix's way around the agreement they made with Microsoft to get it on the 360.

  2. Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... by snowraver1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have a 50" TV and better HDMI connectors (studio quality, cost like $100..

    You are about to be rediculed until you create a new account.

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  3. Re:Not to sounds like a video snob ... by iluvcapra · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hi, I work at a studio -- its name starts with an "S" and its parent used to make rice steamers before it moved into electronics and spider-related comic book movies. I have a $10 HDMI cable from Monoprice.

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  4. Re:Netflix streaming by CrankyFool · · Score: 4, Informative

    They can do both, you know.

    (I work at Netflix, on the IT side. I mean, duh, I read slashdot).

    The groups working on device support have nothing to do with the groups working on more content; the latter is largely a business effort anyway, whereas the former is SOME business efforts, and lots of technical efforts.

    And my impression is that the top two priorities are:

    1. More content;

    2. More devices.