Quoting Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com>: > I think they aren't going to get Netflix streaming working for Linux > anytime soon. Here's one discussion: > > http://developer.netflix.com/forum/read/94750 > > I saw a couple of others and they made the situation sound even worse > than that one. > > I have never used Netflix's streaming feature (even though it was > available for free with Netflix for awhile) because I didn't have a lot > of incentive and my main HDTV is hooked up to a Linux box. But now I'm > thinking I might drop DirecTV and do more TV via the web. Netflix > streaming might be $8 now, which is a lot cheaper than DirecTV, if I > can make it work well enough. > > I can stream Netflix using another external device like Wii, PS3 or > Xbox360... > > http://www.netflix.com/HowItWorks > > ...but I don't own any of those. There also are a few Roku products to > choose from: > > http://www.roku.com/roku-products > > Now that my daughter is 4 years old, it might be a good time to get a > video game machine of some kind. > > Anyway, if you have found a way to make Linux do Netflix streaming, I > hope you will share it. If you don't have that but you know something > about how well the other products work with Netflix, then I hope you'll > share that. Thanks. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list Ever since my WII was taken to my parents home I looked for alternate ways to stream from netflix. Since it requires M$ Silverlight I dropped Netflix with the quickness. And what is sad about the whole thing is that when you cancel your membership they don't even list Linux as a reason for terminating your service as other content streaming providers do. Then I started using xfinitytv.comcast.net, however they've started pulling the same shit now more and more with lot of the shows. I finally signed up with hulu.com since it works great with Linux and I don't even think I need it, since most of the TV shows are made available free on line, such as Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Big Bang Theory, etc... The other service that I use a lot if amazon.com to stream movies and shows. I think amazon and hulu.com are by far the best for me to stream movies and shows. Mike in case you didn't know youtoube offers free movies and you can also rent a lot from there too. http://www.youtube.com/movies I will add that if you are looking to buy a console for your daughter the Wii would probably make the most sense. I will leave it up to you to decide if you want to get netflix. My other beef with them is that most times you can't stream the movie you want and have to order the DVD instead. It doesn't help me cause I just pay for on line access anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.