Netflix Discs for Wii Arrive in Homes |
Netflix instant streaming discs for the Nintendo Wii started arriving in homes today to the delight of many Wii console owners. The service allows Wii owners who subscribe to at least the minimum $9/month plan with Netflix, to watch select streaming movies and television shows direct to their televisions.
Netflix subscribers keep the disc and must have it inserted in the console any time they would like to watch streaming content, while movies sent through mail will continue as they have in the past. Once the disc is inserted and selected from the Wii home menu, an activation code is presented. Users must enter this code on the Netflix website as a one-time activation to enable the streaming service.
The Nintendo Wii is the last of the big three game consoles to receive the instant streaming service as it’s been available through the PS3 and Xbox for some time now. Netflix has their instant streaming service available through a number of other devices as well, including the Roku digital player, TiVo and a number of Blu-ray, television and home theater manufactures.
TAGS: Netflix, Nintendo, streaming video, Wii
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i need the netflix wii disc i already have wii with internet connections
I’m one of the people who got the disc yesterday (friday) and have watched probably 6 hours on it already! Load time is super fast and a movie takes about 5 seconds or less to kick off over my 6meg at&t dsl. The quality is dvd sharp. Now I’m watching farscape from the beginning.
Got my disk today (Sat) and works great with 6MB DSL. Fast load times, probably a little faster than my Roku. First impression is the picture quality is a little better on the Roku, but hard to tell why this may be so since my Wii is on WiFi and Roku is wired, plus two different TVs.
Is it available to US only customers? I have a US Wii but currently abroad so I’m happy to foot the bill but not sure if I can get the service…
Dear Mr. Olsen:
At the Netflix blog, there have been 1249 comments (mostly negative) on the removal of social networking features from the Netflix web site. Compare this with only 117 comments about streaming for the Wii, so far (including many comments that continue to lament the end of social networking).
Why does this article feature the FAR AND AWAY less significant story?
The basic content of the article here matches similar articles in many other news outlets. It seems to me that reporters are simply accepting and printing byline-ready submissions from the Netflix public relations department. This is shoddy journalism. Shame on you! No legitimate column should be a free source of marketing for Netfix.
Sincerely,
[:-)] Mark
Mark Zajac
We got our disc on Friday as well and we absolutley love it! We got rid of our Dish service almost a year ago because it was just getting to expensive. We got Netflix not long after and loved it but with the new option we have with the instant streaming it has got even better! It loads super fast with our DSL wifi. With all the options we have for shows for the kids and my husband and I, I really doubt we will ever get a cable or dish service again.
Got my disc yesterday and it doesnt work. Tells me there is an error to eject turn off my console and check my manual for trouble shooting options…Any Ideas?
@Mark Zajac:
Thank you for your note. I understand your concern, however this article happens to just be about Netflix streaming for the Wii. Nothing more, nothing less. Other future articles may address additional topics of concern.
-Darrin
got our discs and the service doesnt seem to work in miami yet. im on att dsl.
I got my disc 3-27-10 and it worked great. We were paying to watching Netfix through the Xbox, but after we tried it with the Wii, we cancelled our Xbox Gold account. It looks good, it sounds good, and everything loads up fast.
Got mine Friday…working on some LOST…going to need some sleep soon!
why are ther less movies to choose from when you stream using the
Wii or am I missing somting?
Does my tv have to be hooked up to my computer for the wii streaming disc to work?
@Bill: Unfortunately Netflix just does not have all of the movies available for streaming, probably for a number of reasons. I think the only thing you are missing is a bunch of newer movies to stream.
@Marueen: It does not have to be hooked directly to your computer, but the Wii does need to have access to the internet, either through a cable or through a wireless connection. If you have a single connection from your internet provider to your computer, you would need to get something called a router, or a wireless router so you can connect multiple “things” to your single internet connection.
I got my disc a week ago. Works flawlessly. Sound is great & the ONLY place the picture quality is slightly diminished is in dark background areas. Its fast, looks good, sounds good. I love it! Oh and for the comment about the selection. Everyday for a week new categories have been added daily, but you can also go into your computer, log onto your Netflix account, search for titles not shown in the Wii section and add it to your instant queue. Then on the Wii, the titles you added will be in your instant queue section. Thanks Nintendo & Netflix for an awesome product!
Loaded the wii netflix disc. Came up with an error saying it couldn’t read it. The Wii has the latest update. Any ideas??
where is my disk . i live in mich and no one here has got one
I live in Dallas and put in my order a couple weeks ago, any idea how long it takes to recieve? Also, we have the 2-DVD at a time plan, does this disk count as one of the DVD’s or will we still continue to get our 2 at a time? Thanks.
Not everybody who ordered one will get one yet. It’s still not officially rolled out. This is more of a beta test.
Well Netflix can beta test me any time now . I’m sure they need some data out of central Fl.
Ron, we are having the same problem and I can’t find anything that gives an answer. I’d love to hear if anyone else had this problem and knows how to solve it.
Like Ryan, I trying to figure out if this counts as one of my 2 at a time DVDs.. based on what they sent from my queue, it seems like that’s the case, which I am NOT ok with. I didn’t see ANYTHING in the promotional material for this that indicated I would “use up” a DVD slot for my plan as along as I had the “free” disk.
CJSF
I got the error message too. Still haven’t been able to find any information about it. The wii works with all of my other games, just not the netflix disc. I’m going to take the disc to a friend’s house later to see if it works on his wii. If not, I’m going to have to contact to company; This was the only reason I upgraded my service to the unlimited streaming plan in the first place! Has anyone had this problem and somehow managed to make it work? I tried restarting the system a million times, unplugging the wii over night, blowing in the slot to remove dust from the lens… and unfortuantely that’s about the extent of my wii technical troubleshooting skills. Any other ideas, people?
PS, the wii disc does NOT use a DVD slot from your plan. The disc IS free (though so far with my experience, it seems like you get what you pay for)!
Update: Disc they sent was a dud. Reported problem on their website and they sent another one the next day. This one works perfectly.
i’m on my second disc that my wii has been unable to read, i’m getting frustrated! any ideas? all games work perfectly!
It doesn’t count against your DVDs you have out. You keep the Wii disk; it’s all yours. If your disk is running into problems you can simply request a new one and throw the unusable one away!
@emily: Have you run updates on your Wii system lately. I’m not certain that any updates are required to run the Netflix disc, but it may be something to try?
Got the CD for the Wii, but get the message “Unable to read the disc. Check the Wii Operations Manual for help troubleshooting.” The manual is not very specific, unfortunately, and I did the usual: clean the disc, restart the Wii etc. I suspect that my problem lies elsewhere: My Wii is very likely a UK model (I bought it in the Middle East, where I live for now). Could this be part of the problem? If so, does that mean streaming through Wii works only for US customers with Wii’s bought in US?
Got the error message “Can’t read disk” and tried the usual trouble shooting. Then requested a second disk from Netflix. Same error message. Called Nintendo and they recommended I bring my console in for repair. At $82.00, I declined. Really quite disappointed.
if you have two wiis and one netflix account, will you need another account? please answer asap by mailing me at retardedsnyperkidd64@yahoo.com thanks!
I had the same problem with the “unable to read disk.” I had the disk in backwards. Try putting it in facing the other way and maybe it’ll work. Stupid mistake, but could solve the problem.