Those looking for the HD video quality and polished interface of Apple TV and Vudu will be disappointed. The Netflix Player is strictly barebones--you're not intended to do anything more than just dive in and watch the movies and TV shows you've already queued up via your online Netflix account. The biggest drawback--for now at least--is the dearth of quality content. Thanks to Hollywood's byzantine licensing system, less than 10 percent of Netflix's 100,000-plus library of titles is available for streaming to the Player. That means, for now, that only two of Netflix's top 100 DVDs are available for streaming: March of the Penguins and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

I have a Netflix account for renting CDs

Me, too. I've tried to watch their free movies (those in the
queue that say "watch") on my firefox browser. I just
discovered that it only works on the IE browser! I checked
and they're doing maintenance for a couple hours.
Oh, well

Purchased one about two minutes ago. I let my early adopter friend buy it first. Played around with it for a bit and liked it. I also reduced my plan so this thing could pay for itself in a year.

Purchased one about two minutes ago.

Excellent! Netflix is actually really reliable for rentals and
it's convenient, too.

My Netflix works like a charm; being in a big city, I never wait more than two days for a movie to arrive. I am trying to talk my husband out of getting this player, though. I do not need one more electronic device in my house.

Yeah, I've never had a problem with delivery service. One of my main motivations for getting the player was to downgrade my subscription. As busy as I am I don't always have time to watch everything I rent in a reasonable amount of time, but I like having multiple options when I do have time. Also, my girlfriend will keep a single dvd for a month before returning it so I was just wasting money. This way I can get rid of her queue and downgrade the others and hopefully save a little time and money.