Window On Life

Netflix for the Wii

May 9th, 2010

I have had my Nintendo Wii system for awhile now, and I also signed up for the Netflix streaming to the Wii. I’ve had the disk for the Wii for a little while, but tonight was the first time that I have used it. A couple of things for those that don’t have it, the first time that you use the disk, you will be given a code to register your Wii with Netflix streaming. Not a hard thing to do, but I recommend having a piece of paper and pen/pencil handy so that you can write it down and go to your computer. I was impressed with the quality of the stream even over my wireless setup. I did have an issue that my Wii remote went to sleep during the movie and I was not able to “wake” it up. I eventually took the batteries out and put them back in. I do not know if this is because I turned the remote away from the sensor bar so that the pointer wasn’t on the screen, or if this is a known “issue”. Further use and testing will tell I suppose.

Overall, I would say that if you have a Wii, and a Netflix account (with streaming), you might as well sign-up for the disk. It does not count against your total disks out, and you don’t have to return it. And if you are interested, the movie I watched was Wall-E. Yes, I have only now gotten around to seeing it.

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