Can’t wait for the Netflix Xbox Update? Fill in the tween time with vmcNetFlix
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22 Sep 2008
I don’t know about you, but I love me some Netflix. We shred through five or six movies and TV shows on DVD per week. Dawngrrl and I have been addicted to Showtime’s Dexter and when we ran out of episodes on the disc we had, we were in a panic to watch more. Lucky for us the first season of Dexter as available as “Watch Now” on Netflix. Problem with that was the only place to watch it was in my office as it’s Windows only and my laptop is a Mac.
In my office I have a plethora of computers. One of those machines is a 64-bit Windows Vista Ultimate computer that has a TV Tuner and Media Center is configured and running. Along with that I have completely configured the Netflix Watch Now client and as long as I want to sit in the office and watch TV and movies, I am good to go.
But what about our bedroom? Being good little Microsoft geeks like we are, we have several Xbox 360s around the house. The bedroom 360 is set up as a Media Center Extender we already use it to watch shared media and listen to music.
Now that I have found my true love in vmcNetFlix, I can also watch movies and TV shows from Netflix instantly on the bedroom TV.
The UI is very nice, you can browse the entire library, manage your queue and of course watch video instantly from the Netflix Watch Now catalog.
As we speak I am in bed with Dawn, on my Mac, Remote Desktop connected to my 32-bit Windows Vista box writing this blog on Windows Live Writer. On the Xbox 360 is “Father Knows Best", the latest episode of Dexter we are currently watching.
If you have Vista Media Center (that’s where the vmc comes in) and a valid Netflix Account with Watch Now enabled, and a Windows Media Center Extender, you are golden to watch great quality video, realtime, away from the PC.
- Tags: Media Center, Netflix, Vista
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3 Responses to Can’t wait for the Netflix Xbox Update? Fill in the tween time with vmcNetFlix
Alex
September 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
In my office I have a plethora of computers. One of those machines is a 64-bit Windows Vista Ultimate computer that has a TV Tuner and Media Center is configured and running. Along with that I have completely configured the Netflix Watch Now client and as long as I want to sit in the office and watch TV and movies, I am good to go.
Scott
September 24th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I love the Netflix MCE plugin, except for one thing: you can’t fast forward or rewind! I was watching 30 Rock the other day and accidentally hit the stop button halfway through the episode. Much to my dismay, the neither the fast forward or next buttons did anything to advance the timeline.
In this case, I had to switch to the Netflix IE plugin, which does allow you to jump forward in time. But, of course, this isn’t available on an extender
Peter
November 11th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Don’t look now, but Dexter is no longer a “Watch Instantly” on Netflix. I’m pretty pissed.