Netflix Viewers

[Cokebottle]

Wii here, but the Wii doesn't do High-Def, so we still "rent" BluRay by mail every now and then.

Had the thing for well over a year and we've never played a single game on the Wii.



That's actually not a good thing. I bought the thing because my wife insisted on a Wii-Fit for Christmas.

The balance board has never been taken off of the charging cable

[Can'thavenuthingood]

We use the Panasonic DMP BD85 blue ray player with wifes Verizon wireless.
The player came with a little wirless gizmo that plugs into the front and searches for wifi. The player came with the NetFlix app as well as a few others, the WalMart one is in there as is Pandora.

We tried the WII but it seems as if it was too cartoonish(?) as in weak definition.

TV is a Samsung 42 inch plasma.

Netflix is great, we get movies in the mail and on occasion we watch the wirless. Download pause a few times throughout the movie though.

Vick

[Zorrm]

I would recommend setting up a cheap computer as a media PC... it'll get everything you want done. You can use netflix, as well as downloads on it.

[rascalgto]

Wii here, but the Wii doesn't do High-Def, so we still "rent" BluRay by mail every now and then.

Had the thing for well over a year and we've never played a single game on the Wii.



That's actually not a good thing. I bought the thing because my wife insisted on a Wii-Fit for Christmas.

The balance board has never been taken off of the charging cable

hahaha my wife bought the wii for the same thing, used it for a week or two and never touched it again, but we do use the wii or the xbox for netflix .

[Korl]

TiVO

[BOFH]

Re: Netflix Viewers

The Roku boxes are nice. We have one of them and a Apple TV 2nd gen, I get the most use out of the Roku.

[elSquid]

I use an iPad and a ps3. Both work well.

-- Michael

[chaoticmind]

If cost is a concern you won't go wrong with a Roku. I recommend the PS3 personally. It is one of the better Blu-ray players on the market and it upscales standard def content better than anything else I've used. HULU looks better on my PS3 than on my PC.

[JDay]

The Roku is an excellent device. I would go that route. As far as wireless over wired, you are correct that a wired network would be best. However, if you have an 802.11N wireless network and an N capable device, you should be good to go with high quality video.

Even wireless G (54Mbps) is faster than a home internet connection, it really does not matter if you use wireless or an ethernet connection.

[JDay]

Buy a PS3

Use it for BR and Netflix

Stepson cant play games on it because the PS3 has no games

You should put down the crack pipe, there are tons of games on the PS3.

[BOFH]

Re: Netflix Viewers

Even wireless G (54Mbps) is faster than a home internet connection, it really does not matter if you use wireless or an ethernet connection.

In theory, yes, but in practice running fast ethernet can provide a better experience then G. Both my Apple TV and Roku work fine over my wireless network but both work better on the LAN. I would agree though that if you don't have a very fast internet connection that the difference between the two might not be that great.

[copenhagen269]

I would recommend setting up a cheap computer as a media PC... it'll get everything you want done. You can use netflix, as well as downloads on it.

This /\ I just built a htpc today and love it.

[Cokebottle]

If cost is a concern you won't go wrong with a Roku. I recommend the PS3 personally. It is one of the better Blu-ray players on the market and it upscales standard def content better than anything else I've used. HULU looks better on my PS3 than on my PC.

Only problem with the Roku is you have to get the $100 model to get a component video out, and it only supports up to 720p on component.
1080i is only available on it's HDMI port, and my old Sony DLP doesn't have HDMI (It'll do 1080i over component).

I was "this far" from getting one when I discovered that... I'll need a new receiver that does upconversion to get the signal into my TV... and if I'm going to do that, I can get Netflix built into the receiver.

But cheaper than a new receiver, I can just replace my BluRay player with one that does Netflix.

[chaoticmind]

I see. It sounds like a new TV is in order then.

[Cokebottle]

I see. It sounds like a new TV is in order then.

It is in the plans.

New TV can handle the video issue since it'll take multiple HDMI directly, but digital audio inputs to the amp are still a problem., but if I add one more device, I'll need a new receiver even with the new TV because my digital audio inputs are maxed out.

So for $200, I'm just going to upgrade my BluRay.