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netflix: How many devices at one time?

Answer your question, if it is not a movie, it is not on netflix. Most stuff is available on Hulu, RSS, etc, but you will need Play On. As for how many machines, only one per account, and if you where to connect with four streams at the same time, you would saturate your low speed Internet connection to the point that it would be like browsing on a 300 baud or lower modem.

reply to Snakeoil
You can have up to six streaming devices registered to your account at one time, this includes computers. Computers can drop in and out easily from the website, so it's not really an issue.

I've done streaming with two devices simultaneously with no problems. If you try for six at once, you'll find out how good your internet connection really is.

Current TV episodes are not available from Netflix. But older collections are. (Johnny Test: Yes, Chowder: DVD only, not streaming.)
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reply to Snakeoil
Netflix does have a lot of kids stuff in the instant watch. My daughter has been watching Bugs Bunny, Pink Panther, Veggie Tales, Bob The Builder, Barney, Thomas, etc... So kids shows aren't a problem.

reply to Snakeoil
Netflix does have the Disney shows: Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana. You can see for yourself what is available for streaming.

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reply to Snakeoil
You need to factor into your math here that running several streams of video at a time for a few hours a day, you will likely exceed a monthly download cap if your broadband provider enforces one, or is contemplating one. This could force you to upgrade to a business level account which may be more expensive than what you now have. This will depend on your ISP and the competition that's available where you live.

Netflix does have TV shows, but not current season TV, if that's important. If you can wait a season or two to catch some of the shows you now watch on cable, Netflix can supply some of what you want on download. For other shows, you may have to get DVDs. Of course, some shows are available on Hulu, though they've been toying with the idea of going to a pay model, which may still be cheaper than cable.

reply to Snakeoil
We cut the cord mostly, but we kept "limited basic" cable which is basically local broadcast channels. It's cheaper with Comcast to bundle basic TV with internet than it is to have internet alone. I don't know that we've watch the locals at all though, except for the news.

We have two Roku boxes and an HTPC. Between that and our plethora of PCs we have plenty of viewing choices. Lost, Heros, Prison Break...watched them all streaming from Netflix w/o commercials..and there are tons of other things to watch besides. Many broadcasters offer full episodes of their popular shows on their websites too. You can buy single episodes of current show from places like Amazon.

If there are shows that your kids really like, you could prob just by them a new DVD every month and still come out cheaper than cable.

If you are inclined, you could also find anything you want to watch via BitTorrent.

If you like to watch sports though, this might not be the best route for you. Although, I like to watch the UFC PPVs - which I discovered is a lot more fun at the local pub anyhow You can get Baseball on the Roku player.

BTW my wife and I are both power users, we have three teenagers with all their iPods XBoxes, PS3 etc. I'm on a 22/5 internet tier and use 180-200GB data a month.

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reply to Snakeoil
It used to be it depended what plan you had. If you had the 1 out at a time, you were allowed 1 device for streaming, 2 out at a time, 2 streaming devices, and on upwards from there. Sounds like that could be different now?
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reply to gregz
And you got this info where? Wow. I guess I'd better tell the husband to stop watching the instant queue stuff on his computer, the Wii and the laptop hoooked up to the tv downstairs. Shame on us for trying to use more than one device.

The husband and I were talking about this the other night. We've been really taking advantage of our subscription, especially with the British shows. We just finished watching The Sarah Jane Adventures and have a few of the Classic Who stories on instant queue. I figured that for the cost of the dvds we've been renting, we'd have probably spent well over $100 if we went to Blockbuser or Hollywood Video. For the monthly subscription, it's not bad. We've also been using Netflix to pick up the slack with Rent Anime. For whatever reason Rent Anime doesn't have the first box set of Honey and Clover, but they have two and three.

BTW, streaming on the Wii rocks!

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reply to gregz

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As for how many machines, only one per account,

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reply to Snakeoil
I forgot to mention that for the Disney shows that are on Netflix and are still being produced, the newest episodes are actually available via streaming.

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reply to mareastrum
You take into account what is being done on the connection (browsing, downloading, watching video streams, online gaming on xbox and PS3, and you can watch your speeds drop to the point that it is not worth eating up all of that bandwidth.

I personally find watching movies online on a computer a waste of time.

reply to gregz
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reply to gregz
Be that as it may one account can be used to stream to various media players at the same time which was I believe the crux of the matter.

As for wasting money that depends on the customer. Personally I have a little extra to waste.