{"id":702968,"date":"2010-03-28T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10003811"},"modified":"2010-03-28T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T18:01:12","slug":"netflix-streaming-for-wii-loads-slow-but-still-faster-than-ps3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/702968","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Streaming For Wii Loads Slow, But Still Faster Than PS3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/2232638047_f072871f0d_m-thumb-224x240-38659.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>Now that Wii-owning Netflix customers have received their streaming discs, let the console wars begin anew! At stake now: which provides the best Netflix-browsing experience&#8230;.and the least agonizingly slow load times?<\/p>\n<p>The winner in a competition of the Wii and Playstation 3? According to Super Power Bros&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/superpowerbros.com\/games\/video-comparison-netflix-ps3-vs-wii\/\">unscientific test,<\/a> Wii. While video streaming is relatively smooth, this video shows menu load times long enough for you to wander off and make popcorn.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Omh5K3-EiPc&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Browsing movies with the Wiimote is apparently also pretty fun. Me, I&#8217;m sticking with my 20-year-old NES and cheapest model Roku.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/superpowerbros.com\/games\/video-comparison-netflix-ps3-vs-wii\/\">Video Comparison: Netflix PS3 vs Wii<\/a> [Super Power Bros] <em>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5503593\/netflix-disc-comparison-says-ps3-is-slower-than-the-wii\">Kotaku<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Wii-owning Netflix customers have received their streaming discs, let the console wars begin anew! At stake now: which provides the best Netflix-browsing experience&#8230;.and the least agonizingly slow load times? The winner in a competition of the Wii and Playstation 3? According to Super Power Bros&#8217; unscientific test, Wii. While video streaming is relatively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2758,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2WSc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}