I'm stoked. I can hardly wait to check this out!

I was skeptical and I'm still unhappy about having to use Silverlight, but I think I'll get past it.

Picture quality is pretty good, probably S-VHS quality on a 24" iMac using a 10mbs cable connection. The content loads in a matter of seconds and fast-forwarding by dragging the cursor gives you a row of scenes to choose from. It's very easy.

Movie selection is moderate, but it's getting better. They do have a lot of documentaries ready.

I tried this last night and it worked great for me. The best part about "watch now" movies is that you don't have any commitment to them. If you don't like it, just stop and find another. It's a great way to test out movies you might not otherwise take a chance on.
For those of you who hate the idea of using a MS product.. you might want to get over it for this. If it works and is free, it shouldn't matter who made it. Of course, there is the whole history of MS abandoning Apple products. But they know they aren't alone anymore. There are alternatives. They also realize that Macs are on the rise.

Well I tried this last night. Call it coincidence but I had all kinds of problems immediately after installing silverlight.

I went to netflix and signed up for instant watch beta, and when I tried to view a movie to test it out I was prompted to download Microsoft Silverlight 2.0. Well, okay I didn't like the idea of D/L a microsoft plugin, but oh well. So the download and install process goes very well, smooth without complications. So now i need reset my browser and try playing the movie again.

Problem one: Browser has suddenly become sluggish, unresponsive. It gets to the point that I have to actually reset my comp.

Problem two: upon restart istat pro proceeds to open itself several times on my DESKTOP, as well as in dashboard. There's no way to get rid of it, close it, uninstall it etc. I restart, do pram reset several times. No luck. Other programs are unresponsive, apple dialogue box tells me that a security file needs to be fixed. I fix it.

Restart # 4

Problem three: Every program I now open beachballs endlessly to the point that I have to force quit everything.

iChat will no longer video conference

iTunes opens, but will no longer play music

My desktop then reset back to a configuration I used several months ago, complete with background picture.

After fixing all these issues I try and play the movie only to get 2 minutes into it before getting the "Netflix has detected a slow in your connection, we are adjusting...etc" except that after 10 minutes nothing has happened and it still says this.

Quite frankly, I don't know for certain if Microsoft Silverlight is responsible. I am not a programmer, and cannot conclusively say that the plugin caused these issues. The fact that this cascade of failures and errors occurred IMMEDIATELY after installing Silverlight is pretty suspicious. Bare in mind, I am using a first generation macbook, I keep it extremely well maintained, permissions are kept fixed, harddrive is in fine condition, and no errors have ever occurred like this before.

Maybe I'm the only one to have this problem, but I had to report what happened.

I want to be able to rent a Netflix movie without joining and paying a monthly fee like with Apple TV. Until that rent on demand becomes available without a monthly fee, it does not appeal to me.

I am not a big fan of watching movie on my mac or computers over all. I want my big screen, surround sound and my comfy couch. Watching a movie on the computer really sucks. I'll stick with the Netflix DVDs and my Apple TV.

"I want to be able to rent a Netflix movie without joining and paying a monthly fee like with Apple TV. Until that rent on demand becomes available without a monthly fee, it does not appeal to me."

dawg, wtf? You want to be able to rent a movie without paying a fee? who the hell are you? this day will not come, i mean there are hundreds of free movies exploited online, but with a legit company, netflix, no. how will they make $?
huh??? go shove your cheap ass in your own ass.

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Anonymous wrote:
"I want to be able to rent a Netflix movie without joining and paying a monthly fee like with Apple TV. Until that rent on demand becomes available without a monthly fee, it does not appeal to me."

dawg, wtf? You want to be able to rent a movie without paying a fee? who the hell are you? this day will not come, i mean there are hundreds of free movies exploited online, but with a legit company, netflix, no. how will they make $?
huh??? go shove your cheap ass in your own ass.