[citation][nom]drut1234[/nom]I'm not sold on streaming yet. SD maybe, HD, no. A 1080P VOD through DirecTV takes some time to download at 10mbps (~4.4GB/hr at best). If I recall, DVD is ~7mbps. So until broadband is faster and cheaper, I'll wait.[/citation]
That isn't what streaming means, you don't download the whole thing. Plus, you're comparing DVD bitrates, which is just silly, as DVDs use outdated MPEG2. Even on a lower profile, H.264 can match DVD at a MUCH lower bitrate, ike 1/3 of the bandwidth for the same quality (assuming both were encoded from identical RAW sources).
Also if your connection is poor, Netflix can reduce the resolution and/or bitrate for you.
[citation][nom]njalterio[/nom]Glad to see this feature available on the Wii, but I'm not sold on streaming either. I get around 25 mbps down and would still probably take about 30-45 minutes to download an SD movie. I can't imagine the wait time for an HD movie.[/citation]Again, that's not streaming. Streaming is like Hulu or Youtube. Netflix does that but for movies and TV shows, and good quality. It starts playing almost immediately.
[citation][nom]bigd3245[/nom]Have a Blu-ray player that streams netflix movies. My blu-ray play has no memory and I watched Heros in 1080p last night on my TV. If the blu-ray player can stream just find on comcast then then Wii shouldn't have a problem.[/citation]Yeah except your blu-ray player can decode and display high resolution H.264 - since both blu-ray AND netflix use this codec! The Wii doesn't have a lot of horsepower so it wouldn't be decoding 1080p H.264. Not to mention even if it could, it doesn't have HD output, so you'll be limited to 480p no matter what you do. Not even close to what your blu-ray player can do!