Question: I’m not a Netflix user. Or Hulu or any other streaming service.
The reason is that I absolutely cannot abide any sort of pausing, buffering, pixelation, lipsync or other flaws while watching something. When I have missed a show on ABC, NBC, etc. I will suffer through these problems just so I don’t miss the story but I don’t consider it acceptable for cord cutting.
I have a 45Mbs connection, yet I still have these problems. Is there a way with Netflix to download a movie or show and watch it later rather than stream it while you watch ?
I’ve never had those issues. I have a fairly standard Internet connection and I stream either through my Roku, my MacBook Pro or iPad. The picture quality is excellent and I never get the kind of buffering issues you describe. Maybe the bottleneck is in the device you are using.
45Mbs is more than sufficient. An HD 1080p stream only requires 6Mbs. But if you’ve got buffering issues I would suggest its either a router or the streaming device. I used to have that problem until I purchased a high-end router and went with Roku Sticks as my streaming device. The cost is recouped in about 3 months of cord cutting.
What do you got? Dial-up? If you have standard broadband internet service, Netflix works like a glove.
Hmmmm. I have only a 15Mbps internet connection but I have very little pausing and buffering problems.
Do you own your own cable modem and router or rent them? I own mine and they are rated at many times faster than my internet connection itself.
Also, I use a wired connection from my router to the Roku device but I realize that’s not practical in all cases.
I use a Sony Blu Ray with built in WiFi. Works great with Netflix and Amazon Prime. Sometimes I think the problem is buffering and freezing is how far the device is from the router, so using an Ethernet might work.