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What happened to my Netflix?! Here's why you're not always getting HD

Digital Trends- You’re home from a long day at work, you’ve just fired up your killer 1080p HDTV, and you’re stoked to watch Orange Is the New Black on Netflix in all its stunning, “Super HD” glory (because … ya know … the cinematography). But when you press play, it takes a while for the show to load, and when it does start playing it looks terrible. Netflix very clearly states this show is in Super HD – its equivalent to 1080p – but what you’re looking at is standard definition at best, and possibly much lower than that. So what’s going on?

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Settler3795d ago

Would have been nice if they said which ISP they were on. Some are guilty of throttling heavy traffic sites(Youtube, Neflix, etc.) It's not always Netflix's fault

Crazay3794d ago

My Internet Service Hijacker is BRUTAL for this.

kingPoS3794d ago

It's as bad as torrent throttling, except... this time we're paying. lol

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justSumDood3794d ago

Netflix always starts like this but, the resolution increases as it continues to play.
Watch and see for yourself.

Section83794d ago

This is why North America is barely ready for streaming. What's going to happen with Gaikai when Sony rolls it out for PS4? It will all depend on your connection. Our internet sucks huge compared to South Korea and Japan. And it's also why we're not ready for all digital either.

iliimaster3794d ago

im screwed im paying 80$ for 10mbps

Deadpoolio3794d ago

It just depends on the carrier....I have FiOS so I am constantly getting Super HD on my PS3 and it never drops

skyfire22613793d ago

Your logic makes no sense. The facts are North Americans are using the Internet more and more over the past 20 years so then how are we not ready? We are ready, but the telecoms don't want us on the Internet because it destroys their old business methods (tv, cable) and gives power (choice for one) to us the user.

If we had fiber to the home like other parts of the world you would be thinking a smarter tune.

Section83793d ago

No shit. Your last paragraph says exactly what I posted. Unless our 2 governments clamp down on the ass raping that the public gets from the cable companies, then we'll never have insanely high bandwidth. South Korea for example only pays $18/month for broadband 200 and you don't think we get screwed here. Sure our quality of life is better in NA but you have to pay for it.

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