We got our Roku box this week that allows us to instantly stream movies from the Netflix library. Now that we have been using it for about four days I thought I would do a follow up to the post I wrote on May 26th in which I talked about ordering it.

It is easy to fill up the instant movies que by going to our online Netflix account and selecting the titles we want to eventually watch. I added a bunch of things that I was pretty sure I would like as well as some things that I probably never would have chosen if I had to pay extra or, if I had to wait for the DVD disc to be mailed to me. One such thing was a documentary about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec called Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre. I found it interesting and somewhat inspiring mostly because of the innovations that Toulouse-Lautrec came up with. I qued up some other interesting looking documentaries, including some on pregnancy. The movie selection is not amazing but with the variety of categories you can choose from it makes it worth while. And, I hope that they will keep expanding the available titles to include some more modern things.

We do feel a bit like guinea pigs because there are some functionality issues like the navigation being a bit clunky. For instance, once in a while the picture will freeze and take a moment to catch up to the audio. That has only happened a few times on the first day we used it though. One time we saw a line across the screen that was a glitch in the streaming, I think. Additionally, I think the remote control user experience is below par. One issue I have is that level at which you can forward or rewind a bit rudimentary and imprecise.

All in all we find this device and service to be worth it. It is just so easy.