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For those of you watchiing on here, are you noticing flickering across the screen? I have a *well* above average computer, and I can download at up to 2MB/s(sometimes more) and the sound never chops, the video just seems to sort of have to play catch up once in a while. This never happens watching DVD, or Blu-ray, or even youtube videos.

I get the problem in both IE7 and the latest Firefox, which only really leaves Silverlight as the culprit.

So hopefully I'm not alone here?

FWIW this happens on both the 24 and 30" monitor.

happens on my work laptop (****ty video card) but not my personal laptop (solid video card)

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04-11-2010 , 12:21 PM

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cpitt398

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Anyone watch Skins (British comedy)?

I liked the first season but I'm having a hard time getting through the first couple episodes of the 2nd.

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04-11-2010 , 04:22 PM

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BigPoppa

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Happens on my desktop, but not when streaming to my TV via Blueray player.

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04-11-2010 , 07:17 PM

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vetiver

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"Let the Right One In" was pretty cool

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04-12-2010 , 11:56 PM

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bdubbers

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just watched "Street Thief", great movie imo. filmed like a documentary following around a Chicago burglar as a sort of interesting story around him develops. really enjoyed it, highly reccommended.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0872224/

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04-13-2010 , 11:33 PM

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Cruizn63

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does anyone know if i can get in trouble for giving your wii dvd for netflix to someone who actually has a wii(i dont have one, but it was free so i obv took it)?

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04-13-2010 , 11:34 PM

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leprous_hand

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don't drop the soap

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04-13-2010 , 11:35 PM

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Noah.

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I'm watching the Tudors, season one (showtime), it's pretty good. The actor who plays the king is pretty amazing.

abandon all hope ye who enter Tudors season 2.

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04-13-2010 , 11:40 PM

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Cruizn63

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don't drop the soap

lol u and angrypanda got me paranoid that i might actually get in trouble so i thought i should just post it in netflix thread

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04-13-2010 , 11:41 PM

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leprous_hand

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Originally Posted by Cruizn63

lol u and angrypanda got me paranoid that i might actually get in trouble so i thought i should just post it in netflix thread

the feds are now tracing your IP

GG sir!

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04-14-2010 , 12:50 AM

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cpitt398

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Originally Posted by Cruizn63

does anyone know if i can get in trouble for giving your wii dvd for netflix to someone who actually has a wii(i dont have one, but it was free so i obv took it)?

i dont think it will work since they have to sync it with their computer

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04-14-2010 , 01:59 AM

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DonkeyKongSr

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i dont think it will work since they have to sync it with their computer

This. He needs a Netflix account to sync it with. Of course, you could give him access to your account if you like.

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04-14-2010 , 03:04 AM

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ChrisCo

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Spoiler alert

Spoiler:

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04-14-2010 , 06:07 AM

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Unjammed

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iirc someone earlier itt said that documentary was all fake anyway...

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04-14-2010 , 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cruizn63

does anyone know if i can get in trouble for giving your wii dvd for netflix to someone who actually has a wii(i dont have one, but it was free so i obv took it)?

It will be fine. The only problem is you will have to give your friend access to your netflix account. But if you trust him with that then it works. I have been streaming videos at the same time as someone else using the same account to stream at their home.

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04-14-2010 , 10:52 AM

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MrWookie

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Well, you could have him email you the code and a list of things to put in your instant queue periodically instead.

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04-14-2010 , 10:56 AM

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TheCanoe

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With the Wii, you dont even need the instant Queue

It automatically has everything available broken up in to categories.

Youll be fine

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04-14-2010 , 11:08 AM

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I was thinking about starting Weeds. It rates pretty high on the Netflix site. Is anyone else currently watching this?

On discs I'm watching Sopranos S1, which is amazing. I'm just looking for something a little lighter to fill the time when I don't feel like watching Sopranos; which is honestly like an hour every few days. I just want a good "casual" TV show. 30 Rock usually fills this, but I'm coming up on the end of that. Don't want to get in to Lost. From what I hear that's just a huge time sink. I'll save that for when I have a couple weeks off work or something.

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04-14-2010 , 11:17 AM

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There is a thread on weeds in ootv. I liked it for the most part. The first 2 seasons were very good, and the story is getting good again at the end of season 5 IMO.

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04-14-2010 , 02:05 PM

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trippy

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Originally Posted by Aceium

Season 1 of Weeds was OK, season 2 was good, season 3 sucked, never got around to watching the rest.

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04-14-2010 , 02:11 PM

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TheNoodleMan

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Originally Posted by trippy

Season 1 of Weeds was OK, season 2 was good, season 3 sucked, never got around to watching the rest.

This is pretty close to my recollection.

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04-14-2010 , 02:22 PM

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dukemagic

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Originally Posted by MrWookie

Well, you could have him email you the code and a list of things to put in your instant queue periodically instead.

yeah this is what i do with my roommates. they're home more often and use the wii netflix to watch a lot of stuff, so i just have them email me stuff.

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Originally Posted by TheCanoe

With the Wii, you dont even need the instant Queue

It automatically has everything available broken up in to categories.

Youll be fine

really? i know it has the top 100 movies or whatever in a bunch of different categories (new movies, new television, thrillers, comedy, etc) but i didn't know that they have EVERYTHING available through the wii interface. can someone else confirm?