In Reply to: Do Netflix Streaming Movies appear in as high quality posted by ArdRi on April 4, 2011 at 16:10:26:
Early on their average quality was higher, but it seems with the popularity of the service growing, their servers have been unable to keep up.
Months ago it was not rare to receive the HD quality, but it has been sliding continuously, and now, if we try to watch during prime time, say from 9pm, most of the time we get VERY long loading time and often end up with two-dot quality meter, which is below your typical rental VHS tape quality.
Sometimes we get three dots (Ok to watch), and very rarely four (reasonably good), I forgot when it was last time we received the HD.
It is very time-of-day and day-of-week dependent, apparently reflecting the demand.
Also, there have been plenty if Netflix internal errors.
All in all, a typical picture of a new service in growing pains... no... agony... I hope they soon make much needed improvements, as such "service" is creating plenty of bad taste in many a mouth.
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Follow Ups
- It sucks, as the general rule - Victor Khomenko 06:24:53 04/05/11 (2)
- Perhaps it's when you're watching hits during prime evening time? I have had no problems during the evening - tinear 16:47:07 04/05/11 (1)
- Me watching hits? You mean - me? :) - Victor Khomenko 08:16:16 04/06/11 (0)