Netflix: Streaming by Thine Name!

I gotta say that I freaking love Netflix.  Unlimited rentals for a fixed monthly rate?  Absolutely wonderful!  (Plus, I only need to watch like two movies in a month to be equal with the amount spent for the same rentals from Blockbuster.)  And the selection!  There have only been two movies that I wanted to see that I couldn't get on DVD when I wanted to.  ("Cannibal!  The Musical!" and "Blackula", if you are wondering.)  Really the only limiting factor is that there is a 3-4 day turn around between sending back a disk and getting a new one in the mail.  And that problem has been fixed!

Last year (maybe two years ago?), Netflix started streaming movies over the internet. I didn't really dig that since I'm not a fan of watching movies in front of my computer.  I just want to watch my movies on a TV, like Edison intended.  Fast forward a few months and alternatives start to pop up to allow for watching streamed movies on your TV.  Microsoft was the first to offer something on the XBox.  Then, Roku came out with a little box that hooked up to your TV.  Finally Playstation got an app to mimic the XBox.  (Of course the Wii didn't do it right out of the gate...)

So, since the wife and I are both bit movie nerds, I picked up a Roku box for her for Christmas.  I thought "Man, this is a great gift!  I freaking *rule*."  And here, dear readers, is where my luck starts to come in to play.  Literally less than a fortnight later, Nintendo announces functionality to stream Netflix (for free).  Arg!  O well, at least we have options now.

Then, my father in law goes out and gets the craziest awesome  TV that I have ever come close to owning.  (Thanks for that, BTW - it's freaking awesome!)  Amongst the plethora of features is Netflix Streaming built in.  So, this afternoon, I  actually had 3 devices capable of streaming Netflix hooked up to one TV.  What's a guy to do?

Well, I'll tell you what I'm doing. I moved the Roku upstairs and now we have streaming to both of the TVs in the house.  And all is good again.  Especially since I have recently discovered "Arrested Development" and it's on the streaming side.  Viva la stream!