Topic: Netflix on Wii (discs are shipping)

Go here to request a free disc if you haven't already:

http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc?device=Wii

I got an email today saying my disc has shipped and should arrive by tomorrow. I'm going to test it out this weekend and will report back. I haven't had a great experience with Netflix on our 360, which I believe is due to our DSL service not quite being able to hand the HD streams being sent over it, so I'm hoping the Wii version will work better for us. I presume that for the Wii it will send a 480p stream and hopefully the results should be better and more consistent. If it looks like a 480p DVD, I'll be quite happy.

Ah sweet. My dad pre-ordered a disc, so it should be here soon! Awesome!

I got an email telling me to expect it tomorrow. Woo hoo!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!! i thought i was the only one. Woo hoo instant movie on my hd now through my wii. wat a great start 2 the weekend

I'm hoping it's similar to what the 360 has, probably not, but I can hope.

Looks like I'll have to subscribe to Netflix soon.

really? they havent send me anything, thats weird but anyway, i hope they send the discs here to mexico, i would like to try some netflix awesomeness

Well, my dad decided to get netflix 4 days ago, so we might as well request one!

it's restricted to the U.S. through the IP address.

@mnementh: damn, another reason for me to go to the us

In what way?

For the XBOX, you don't need to insert a disc. With the Wii, you do. Otherwise I'm not sure how the subscriptions differ.

I'm definitely keen to see a similar service in the UK, though with DVDs going for as little as £3 we've started actually buying them and then giving them away if we don't think they merit re-viewing.

I'm already accessing Netflix on my PC's and my 360 so this doesn't really intrigue me, although I think it'll be awesome for people with a Wii as their sole console.

Wow, this sounds awesome. But I probably won't really need it since I already own 4 DVD players

I was watching Attack of the Show when they mentioned the discs were being shipped. I immediately checked my mail and, sure enough, I got my Wii streaming disc! It was a pain activating it using the Wii browser though. The "activate" button wouldn't work on the Wii so I had to go on the laptop. It's working now though so I'm happy!

As I got on the forum just a minute ago, my brother walks in with my disc so I'll check it out in a bit. Although if you have to have the movies already qued like it seems from the instructions (all 3 of them lol) then it won't really be worth it.

I got the disc in the mail today! Will try it after my brother is finished watching TV.

I think it will work well for me because my Wii streams Nintendo Channel videos fast without any lag in High Quality. That's because I have my router right next to the Wii, where when it was farther away, there was a lot of lag. I guess the farther your Wii is from the router, the longer it takes to exchange data with it, so if you want a steady experience I recommend doing that.

It works. Got it set up within a couple minutes. Started an episode of Columbo and it looked great. No lag or anything. Awesome!

I'm guessing this is a beta because when I went to the Netflix site it said streaming for the Wii would be available in the Spring. So I entered my e-mail address to be notified when I could get it.

http://www.netflix.com/NRDInfo/Wii

I've seen vids on it in action and it looks pretty decent.