Old dog, new tricks? How to Netflix?
>> 25 January 2011
OK, so I'm about convinced to give Netflix a try. But I'm totally confused about how to set it up. I mean, if I hook something up to my current DSL modem/router/whatever it is, which has maddening issues when it rains... or gets real cold... or a squirrel chews a wire, am I going to get cut off in the middle of a movie? If I do a separate dealie, will there be conflicts? Why do the all the streamers have to be so expensive?! I don't have a Wii or Blu-ray or X-box or any other handy dandy black box. We don't do any of that stuff. So I shell out $75-$100 (or more) just to receive the Netflix stream? I mean, what if I do the free trial and decide it's not for me, after all? I now have a $100 black box to collect dust, and it doesn't even have any redeeming decorative qualities.
Once I get it, IF I get it, how do I hook it up? So far, all the 'instructional' pages I've found are quite obviously aimed at someone who has a clue to begin with. I don't. It's actually pretty discouraging and I've just about lost the will, knowwhutImeanVern?
Anyhow, have any of y'all tried Netflix? Will I love it? I do like the thought of being able to watch Monk whenever I'm in the mood. And I'd certainly enjoy seeing Pushing Daisies and Beakman's World again. It's the little black box and the intimidation factor that cause pause. So, who wants to come over and set it all up while I go to Applebee's? 8-}
2 comments:
You can just watch movies directly on your computer/laptop without anything additional. Plus you can choose different plans where you get 1 DVD at the time but can get another one just as soon as you return it or more at the time. We used to have it set up on our Wii but it doesn't have internet connected at the new house, so I just download and watch on my laptop and choose others to have mailed to me. The turnaround is pretty fast.
Hey, BP! I thought about watching on my laptop, but it's kinda big, as laptops go, and kinda semi-stationary and a booger to move, coz the battery is a seriously pitiful wimp and I have to crawl under the desk and unplug it and drag the cord around and... *breathe* 8-}
What I really want is to have something good on my bedroom TV. When I turn in for the night, I unwind watching something old, usually Highway Patrol or Sea Hunt.
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