Did you know that you can now use your Wii
How Does It Work?
- You need to have at least the $8.99/month Netflix plan, which allows for 1 DVD out at a time, as well as unlimited streaming. You will also need to have a Wii
- Order the DVD from Netflix to stream for the Wii. It’s FREE and it doesn’t count as one of your DVD’s out. It will arrive in about 1 day.
- Insert the DVD into your Wii every time you want to watch Netflix. The first time, you will get an access code that you need to enter into your Netflix account
- Search for a good movie or TV show to watch and enjoy
They just added it recently, so I ordered the DVD that you need for it to work. It was really easy to set up, and the quality is good.
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Corrie is a "cents"able wife and stay-at-home mom of 2 boys.
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How do you link up your Wii to your wireless internet?
Is it easy?
Karen,
I believe it was pretty intuitive to hook it up on the menu screen. I hooked it up when we got it for Christmas. I think you have the option for wired also, if your router is right by the Wii.
We actually love the ability to play other people worldwide in Mario Kart (with the wireless internet). It’s fun to think that you’re playing people in Europe, Japan, etc.
I managed to hook up the Wii to the Netflix
I do have another question referencing your post above……is it free to link up with others through the internet for game play?
Yay! I’m glad it worked.
It is free to link up with others for game play. If you have friends who have Mario Kart you can even play against them. We haven’t done it…I’m thinking you need to know some ID number to get them in there.
Are there new release movies to rent for the Wii from Netflix?
Jill,
You don’t actually rent movies from Netflix. Instead, you have a monthly subscription fee that is charged each month. With the $8.99/month subscription you get 1 movie out at a time in the mail and unlimited instant movies streamed.
I just checked, and it doesn’t appear now that they have the really new releases available for instant download, but they do have movies such as Julie & Julia which is fairly new. You can browse through the list of instant movies to see if it’s worthwhile for you.
Hope that helps!
We’ve got wii wireless and everything is powered up but we can seem to get the wii image on the screen…
Any tricks to this!?!?!?!?
You have the Netflix Wii DVD in the Wii? When I put it into our Wii, it came up in the menu as if it were any other game. Then, I chose Netflix, and the first time it gave me a code to enter online into our Netflix account to activate the streaming.
Hope that helps! Leave another comment if you have any additional questions.
Corrie,
Thanks for note! I’ll see if that works:)
Karl
We have a wii and just subscribed to Netflix. Can you continue to use the computer while the wii is playing the instant downloads from Netflix?
Carleen,
Yes, you can still use your computer. The Wii actually just connects directly to your wireless internet, rather than your computer.
Hope that helps!
I havent tried it on my Wii, but the Ps3 can do it with no disc, gotta love that!
We have the Wii and Netflix hooked up but no sound can be heard. Also it takes 15 minutes, at least sometimes more, to load a movie. Help