Disney on Netflix

Disney and Netflix announced a few weeks ago that they would work together to bring Disney movies to the Netflix instant view section.  I believe the original announcements were for several of the popular Disney Channel shows, but way more than that has shown up recently.

Here are just a few of the full blown Disney movies you can now watch anytime you want on Netflix streaming:

• Enchanted
• The Game Plan
• Meet the Robinsons (which I actually think is a good film)
• Ratatouille
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

I’m not certain at the moment if I’m seeing all of them or not.  The reason is that Netflix just recently announced a beta for using Microsoft Silverlight to stream content through the web vice their current proprietary plugin.  That’s in preparation for Netflix offering streaming through the XBOX 360 later this month.

The good news is that if you own a Mac, you can now also see Netflix movies as well as on a Windows PC. 

The problem at the moment is that not all streaming movies that are in the proprietary form are available in Silverlight form.  Once you sign up for the open beta though, you can’t go back. 

So hence why I can’t see if there are other Disney movies that are on the service that just aren’t yet on the Silverlight side.

Regardless, if your a Netflix subscriber and a Mac user this is the ONLY way to watch streaming movies.  Sign up for the beta here.

Happy streaming!