Yes, again my techno-wiz husband has struck the Mother Lode!
Robert has been after me to switch from Blockbuster Online to Netflix. Somewhat reluctantly, I have gone with this change. Robert was all fired up because some folks at work have Netflix and LOVE it and can recommend movies to their friends and and and and and and and...........
To go along with our Netflix account, we HAD to purchase some new technology. You see, the plan we have allows for unlimited streamed movies--movies downloaded and played on the computer. If you have a Roku box (about the size of 8 CD cases stacked on top of each other), you can download a LOT (specific number unknown, but more than 100) of movies to watch at will. This means no futzing about with movies in the mail. Now they ONLY have about 10,000 movies available for streaming, but they add to the list daily. Sooner or later, we won't have to get any DVD's in the mail.
Anyway, Robert set it up on Thursday night. It took less than 10 minutes. He loaded 73 movies into the "Instant Queue" and a good lot of them were appropriate for the kids. Toph manned the remote for the Roku today and he and Hannah made a dent in the kids' movies--all of this without ANY form of instruction, by the way. Tonight we watched 3 movies. This is a nice thing, since our DVD player is still broken (no pitty, we have other ways to play a DVD).
I know I don't fully understand or speak the geek related to the Roku box. It doesn't actually HAVE the videos in the box, but it makes it faster or easier to stream them to the TV--or something like that. All I know is that if I push "select" on The Secret of Nimh, it waits about a minute, and then the movie starts!
Popcorn anyone?
3 comments:
Wow, I'm going to tell Cary about this machine. Very cool!!
How is the sunburn today?
I had a migraine hangover today. Do you like matinees?
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