Streaming video devices: Advice?

Just get the Netflix App! It's a free app, connects straight to your Netflix account, and lets you stream anything from them you want. No need to purchase or rent content from Apple.

 

I can play Netflix movies on my iPhone4 just fine with the free app from iTune Store.

 

One of many links describing streamed movies on the iPad/touch:
DVD Anywhere: Netflix Arrives on iPhone, and Doesn’t Disappoint | Epicenter | Wired.com

 

It is great. If I pause a movie on my Wii, I can resume the playback from my iPhone4.

 

daniel; pay the extra money (cheap either way) and get the good Roku. my DVD player upscans to 1080i (max res on my TV) and there is a difference in pictures. now, i am using the Original Roku which ONLY has component/composite Video jacks so that might be my problem.

also, keep in mind, you cant make gourmet tasting meals with gourmet ingredients if you dont know how to cook. most of what i stream does not come in high rez. but then again a lot of it is old TV shows that i either have not seen in decades or never had the chance to watch.

one thing that cannot be discounted is the much much much increased "watchability" of TV when its commercial free. i have newly discovered several shows that i did not enjoy with commercial interuptions that are now very enjoyable.

i just finished the last season of Lost. watched it over 5 nights. this is the same series i attempted to watch when it was on ABC and gave up on it after 3 weeks. too hard to keep up with the plot. the ability to watch 3-4 shows a night (same length as a regular movie) is worth 10 times what i pay in subscription fees.

as far as watching it 6 months after the fact?....as i said, some of what i watched was 10 years after the fact.