iPad Netflix app, Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV Netflix client, Vizio TV Netflix client all show same pattern as WDTV. These results are consistent across all my devices (even though only WDTV directly shows the resolution, my eye can distinguish on the others when I am at sub-DVD, DVD (480) or HD levels) – i.e. It is during the prime time peak evening hours when performance slows to crawl.
Wd tv netflix movie#
If I try watching the same show or movie during day time hours on Netflix, I get flawless 1080p performance. (For anyone who does not know, while watching Netflix on the WDTV press the Options button on your remote and in the upper left you will see a player timer and an indicator showing you the current resolution of the Netflix stream.)
Wd tv netflix 480p#
Now, if I try watching anything during evening hours, I am lucky to get 480p and more commonly get 288 - 380 lines of resolution. Still more recently, I watched Orange is the New Black averaging around 480p. More recently, I watched Walking Dead with mostly good results (720p - 1080p). For example, I watched several seasons of Breaking Bad in 1080p without one glitch or stutter. I used to be able to conistently get 1080P streaming on Netflix on my WDTV via Comcast hard wired Ethernet connection.
I have been battling similar issue for some time. I just wanted someone to tell me “we are working on it” and i will be fine, but no one seems to want to take ownership of anything. i came to this conclusion because if i wake up at 4 in the morning and turn on my wd… behold 720p then latter in the day 288p with buffering. they cant keep up with the lower compressed feeds so things just default to 288p. My personal opinion since everyone is playing the blame game, is netflix got hammered during the Christmas season. the resolution is way better but you can see the difference in textures and such. the wd player and ruku etc… uses a lower compressed video stream ( looks better on tv ) and devices like blurey players etc… uses a higher compressed lower overhead video feed. after about the 3rd call to netflix i learned something interesting. i have called netflix with mixed results, first person told me they detected my comcast connection being up and down. now 288 most while 420 is a speacial moment now.
the good old days i watched 720 all the time. it happened right after charismas for me. I have been having the same issue for you.
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