Comments on: Initial hands-on with Netflix Watch Now

We take an initial hands-on look at Netflix's new Watch Now online movie streaming service.

[mirzaar]

Video froze during midstream

well i tried this too
but the videos froze midstream while watching The Smartest Guys In The Room and that really sucks because i had to wait for the movie to load frm the beginning and wasted a lot of time


also do you guys know about peekvid.com it lets you stream movies for free in good quality.u can see the departed in hd print there without downloading
but i wanted to ask if u guys knew of if its legal or not

[bton55]

Netflix movies look very good through S-video

I've been using Watch Now for a couple of weeks. My son's computer has an S-video out. When I dragged the Netflix movie window over to S-video window (at 800x600) and went full screen. The movie looked even better than on the computer screen, both smooth and clear. For one, the colors were more saturated.

In a second experiment, using a 2-3 year old Dell laptop with an S-video out, the movie (which was perfectly smooth on the laptop screen) looked great but was a little jerky, particular with panning motion. So something about that laptop's S-video couldn't keep up.

[b_baggins]

IE 7 and Windows Media Player

Requires to pieces of crap software only available on a piece of crap OS? No thanks.

[igot2legs]

Works well in US, wish I could use up north!

I had the same annoyance of connecting as stated in the article but once everything was up and going there were no issues. Yes it is not DVD quality, but the service is great if you are watching older shows like Dr. Who (Tom Baker years). I just wish I could use the service when I take weekend trips to Montreal!!! Should not complain, I guess, since this service is not an additional charge from the normal subscription.

[wricherson]

No Problems

I have had absolutely no problems with Netflix Watch either during the installation or running processes. I have found that reviewers or critics (or whatever) must have lame or less than sterling machines for they seem to run into difficulties from the get-go. That's not all bad as then readers will be advised of possible difficulties.

[artcarl]

And then we tried the Media Center Extender!

Both MovieLink and Netflix refuse to connect with the MCE. It seems like such a natural extension of PC viewing; to send the Movie to the "Big Screen" .. Maybe next year!

[bryce21]

My experience was all good, up to the point where I hooked up the TV. It's all fine on the DVI output, but I get errors when using s-video output. Specifically Microsoft DRM software WMPError(C00D11B1). It seems that the Microsoft layer thinks the s-video port is capable of high resolution copying, and it disallows access. This seems to be a spat between NVidia and Netflix, where each side blames the other (without, of course, actually trying to contact either other and resolve the problem). Leaving me... without usable Watch Now.