Films/DVD Asylum

NOT so galantly, I am afraid! It sucks sometimes.

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Victor Khomenko

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In Reply to: RE: Netflix- so gallantly streaming posted by Bambi B on April 16, 2010 at 09:02:07

I noticed many, many interruptions, and then it struggles to restore the connection, and usually switches to lower quality level.

In fact I have not seen quality lever 4-dot in a while, and last night it barely crawled at 2-Dot "one notch below lousy" quality...

I suppose with the streaming becoming more popular their servers are quickly falling behinder and behinder.

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Are you streaming at 1080? - Bambi B 08:32:05 04/19/10 (1)
Victor!,

I had a visitor last week and haven't been using Netflix streaming except for "All Above Eve". The quality bar is always all but three bars- does that equal a "7"?

Actually Netflix streaming looks better on this set (Sony 32" CRT, 2005) than DVD's on my $99 Sony DVD/VHS player. So far, and none of the 4 movies had technical problems- nor the 3 DVD's. In fact, that's been a refreshing change from my usual Time-Warner cable service which has a noticeable defect- pixelation or delay in every 30 minutes, and a freezing/modem reboot every week or two.

With my set I suppose I'm running at 480p, which may make a difference- perhaps I'm not so near bandwith limits.

Are you streaming at 1080?

What is your wireless network or are you wired? Shopping for the wireless router, I read that the only standard to use is the "N" or "N+". The older- last month- "G" routers, which I think do 54Mbps, apparently have not enough bandwidth for streaming HD. I bought a $75 Belkin [236-4] that supposedly can do 300Mbps using "N+"- 802.11n (draft 2.0). I've read a number of places suggesting Belkins are the thing for Netflix.

> Interesting that in the 21st C. anything that's remotely fun still requires so much work and technical understanding! Not too mention the cost. There's an old Russian Proverb, "Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes",..

Cheers,

Bambi B
- I think so, but that is not the point... - Victor Khomenko 09:53:47 04/19/10 (0)
  Forget the 1080, 720 or even 480P - the quality we were getting last night was below your typical bad VHS tape, and I shit you not.
  
  I just checked my Internet speed - 22MBps, not bad at all. Will check it again when the Flix service kicks the bucket, but at that time the computers were running fine, so I am definitely inclined to think this is the demand thingy.

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