Netflix Quality Issues

Netflix runs fine on my 4mb line. I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed with the content (SA) on offer.
 
avr-rulez said:
search on Netflix for this:

Example Short 23.976

This will run a video streaming test starting in BELOW SD up to what ever line speed your connection can maintain.
There is a resolution display that will show exactly what res you are in.

Remember to also try Edge and IE browser as they will give 1080p or higher..
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Iv'e tried that before but I always get a no match error?
 
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I easily get 720p with DD5.1 on my 4Meg link if there is no congestion. Since the 5.1Mb upgrades I hit 1080p with Stereo audio.
 
netstrider said:
You can press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+S when watching Netflix in your browser and manually set the bit-rate and content delivery node (CDN). Additionally; when pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+D the video playback stats will pop up and you can see the quality gradually improving or degrading.

More of this here: http://qz.com/261426/the-hidden-com...and-improving-your-netflix-streaming-quality/
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Sadly that feature resets every time you open a new stream, and sometimes when your down rates drops, your stream will stop and start to buffer, rather set playback settings to high and leave it there. If you cant get HD it means your ISP is throttling you, some ones using your WIFI, you have packet loss on you line or somethings running software updates in the background :).
 
How I know when I have good quality with Netflix... when my son complains that he's lagging in DOTA2 or LoL :p
 
I was hoping that the grainy quality of Netflix would improve once my 100Mbps connection was up and running, but it's still grainy.

Only benefit of fibre for Netflix is that the crappy quality at the start of a stream is barely noticeable. And that multiple 1080p streams don't affect one another.
 
Bryn said:
I was hoping that the grainy quality of Netflix would improve once my 100Mbps connection was up and running, but it's still grainy.

Only benefit of fibre for Netflix is that the crappy quality at the start of a stream is barely noticeable. And that multiple 1080p streams don't affect one another.
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That's interesting, are you streaming on a laptop or a desktop with dedicated GPU running of VGA or HDMI ?
 
krustyrsa said:
That's interesting, are you streaming on a laptop or a desktop with dedicated GPU running of VGA or HDMI ?
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Desktop, mobile, Android box and WD Live TV box. 1080p is the same quality on all of them. Pretty annoying slight graininess to the picture.
 
Bryn said:
Desktop, mobile, Android box and WD Live TV box. 1080p is the same quality on all of them. Pretty annoying slight graininess to the picture.
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have you tried Netstrider advice?, open the streaming stats window and check what quality you streaming on, also set your playback quality to manual, full high quality and try again
 
To be fair I noticed grainy video (noise as it is properly called - assuming we are speaking of the same thing here) when watching The Following on Netflix and it was streaming at 3180 Kbps, 1920 x 1080. I had made the comment earlier tonight to my girlfriend that they could have used better cameras to shoot the scene or provide better lighting.

If this is not what you are talking about, but rather 'pixelated video', then it is strange. On the 10Mbps ADSL line I have the video does every now and again (on certain shows) drop down to a lower resolution when it has been going well on a higher resolution for a while. I have noticed the same on downloads where I'd average ~850KBps and then it would suddenly drop to ~300KBps for about 2-3 seconds.

This degradation also tends to be more frequent on Netflix when there are two streams running. Most of the time once it has reached a stable bit-rate it stays there.
 
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krustyrsa said:
have you tried Netstrider advice?, open the streaming stats window and check what quality you streaming on, also set your playback quality to manual, full high quality and try again
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I don't watch much on desktop, so that wouldn't help very often. I'll try it out of interest though sometime to see if it makes a difference.

netstrider said:
To be fair I noticed grainy video (noise as it is properly called - assuming we are speaking of the same thing here) when watching The Following on Netflix and it was streaming at 3180 Kbps, 1920 x 1080. I had made the comment earlier tonight to my girlfriend that they could have used better cameras to shoot the scene or provide better lighting.

If this is not what you are talking about, but rather 'pixelated video', then it is strange. On the 10Mbps ADSL line I have the video does every now and again (on certain shows) drop down to a lower resolution when it has been going well on a higher resolution for a while. I have noticed the same on downloads where I'd average ~850KBps and then it would suddenly drop to ~300KBps for about 2-3 seconds.

This degradation also tends to be more frequent on Netflix when there are two streams running. Most of the time once it has reached a stable bit-rate it stays there.
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Yeah I'm speaking about noise and not pixelation. The quality is pretty good, but I really wish the noise wasn't present. It's only Netflix that has it.
 
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