And it isn’t worth it. The gold account runs me about $40 per year since I buy it online. But I’ve bought 3 so far, so already I have gone through $120. I don’t do any xbox gaming so I really only use it for netflix and occasionally last.fm. But I can get last.fm on my PC and ipod touch.
I can buy a used PS3 for $200 on craigslist and get the netflix for free.
Does any Netflix streaming device have subtitles other than the English subtitles on foreign language films?
PS3 is said to have subtitles on select films as Netflix works to expand that selection. I haven’t seen a list or anything of the titles with any new features (subtitles, 1080p, 5.1 sound, etc.).
I’ve checked the TV settings, and that doesn’t seem to be it. Unless it -just- does that for Netflix. Games seem to look just fine. The XBox has a gold account anyway, since we’re big gamers. And, as previously mentioned, browsing the menus with the wiimote kinda sucks. Are the Xbox ones a little clearer?
The resolution of Netflix movies for the Wii also seems poor.
I have an HTPC so I can’t help with the big TV bits, but I watch netflix on my iPhone just fine both WiFi and 3G connections.
Looks like this may be a good comparison (though I don’t think it has the new Wii interface introduced recently):
Frankly, I’m slightly impressed with the Wii from that - I thought it would be a lot worse. I have a Wii, and never gave it a chance since I have a PS3.
I do too! I watch in bed, and it’s really handy - incredibly smooth. It crashes every now and then, but I just have a 3G.
Just as an update, netflix just released a software update for the Xbox 360 a few days ago. Now you can search the instant streaming library from the xbox 360. So it is much better now.
I don’t know if the PC even has subtitles and the PC has all the options. That is one of the biggest criticisms I have heard about netflix though (the lack of subtitles), so I am sure they are working on it.
I use a Wii for watching instantly on an HDTV and was a little worried about the resolution or picture quality but it’s perfectly acceptable in my opinion. Anything that’d be real eye candy, I just use my traditional Netflix membership option and have it mailed to me on Blu-Ray. One thing I did do was get an ethernet-to-USB adapter and wire my Wii directly to the router so stuff loads up a lot quicker.
Since they upgraded their software to the downloadable client, there’s a search bar now so I don’t have to hit my PC to add stuff to my queue. It’s not perfect but the couple time I used it, it worked well enough. It’s better than the old “on disc” client where I could only scroll through my queue or their selections.