 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
kudos:1
 ·Vonage
·ViaTalk
| I like Download rather then stream I like this better because you can download the film, rather then stream. I would rather actually have the film available to watch over and over, rather then be in constant state of streaming. Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. |
|
| said by DaveDude: Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. I disagree. I have the Netflix Roku box and have had no issues. Streaming begins in seconds...not a single hiccup or rebuffer. Hundreds of hours so far and not a single problem. |
|
 RickezGoinginsane
join:2000-09-02
Three Rivers, MA
 ·Comcast
| I have been using ROKU also, along with Vonage and downloads for my computer repair business. No Problems. I like the way Netflix remembers where I stopped the movie where I was watching it.
--
Got a one way ticket, going the wrong way.... |
|
| I hit the snot out of my Comcast circuit but my Roku box has performed exceptionally well. I've had it for about a year now, was initially unimpressed with the streaming library that Netflix offered, but they've since expanded it considerably. I went from using it 3-4 times per month to 5-6 times per week. Great device, hasn't given me any problems whatsoever. |
|
jca2050Premium
join:2002-02-04
Hacienda Heights, CA Reviews:
 ·Verizon FiOS
| reply to DaveDude
said by DaveDude:I like this better because you can download the film, rather then stream. I would rather actually have the film available to watch over and over, rather then be in constant state of streaming. Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. You can't do that with streaming content? Unless the 3 seconds it takes to buffer is too long. A majority of broadband internet connections nowadays can handle streaming video with ease, unless you live in a very rural area and are limited to satellite or weak wireless. |
|
RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to DaveDude
The Netflix streaming has been faultless. I have not had one single issue with it, and that's on a six meg DSL connection with other services running including downloads and uploads. And the best part is...it does not cost extra.
As I mentioned elsewhere, once TiVo turns on Netflix streaming on their Series 3 DVRs, anyone with one of those and a Netflix account will have streaming, rentals via Amazon and a host of other options on equipment they already have. Blockbuster is waaaaaay late to this party. |
|
| reply to discjoker
said by discjoker:said by DaveDude: Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. I disagree. I have the Netflix Roku box and have had no issues. Streaming begins in seconds...not a single hiccup or rebuffer. Hundreds of hours so far and not a single problem. Thanks to LimeLight Networks. Netflix uses limelight networks to stream their video's and anything and everything I have ever seen that is streamed from limelight works flawlessly. This includes when I was watching the olympics live, netflix, presidential elections. |
|
 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to jca2050
said by jca2050:said by DaveDude:I like this better because you can download the film, rather then stream. I would rather actually have the film available to watch over and over, rather then be in constant state of streaming. Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. You can't do that with streaming content? Unless the 3 seconds it takes to buffer is too long. A majority of broadband internet connections nowadays can handle streaming video with ease, unless you live in a very rural area and are limited to satellite or weak wireless. Most people have connections of 3 mbps or less. And you also assume no one else is using that connection in the house. and sorry it takes longer than 3 seconds to buffer a SD movie let alone a "HD" movie. I have a 10 Mbps connection so I know. |
|
|
|
BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to captain456
said by captain456 :said by discjoker:said by DaveDude: Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. I disagree. I have the Netflix Roku box and have had no issues. Streaming begins in seconds...not a single hiccup or rebuffer. Hundreds of hours so far and not a single problem. Thanks to LimeLight Networks. Netflix uses limelight networks to stream their video's and anything and everything I have ever seen that is streamed from limelight works flawlessly. This includes when I was watching the olympics live, netflix, presidential elections. you say limelight we all know it's Silverlight which is MS. Considering how mnay complain about IE, Vista and other MS products etc etc take that for what it's worth. MLB.tv recently dumped Silerlight and went back to Adobe. |
|
1 edit | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by jca2050:said by DaveDude:I like this better because you can download the film, rather then stream. I would rather actually have the film available to watch over and over, rather then be in constant state of streaming. Netflix i think will have a problem with the streaming aspect, because no ones broadband is that well managed. You can't do that with streaming content? Unless the 3 seconds it takes to buffer is too long. A majority of broadband internet connections nowadays can handle streaming video with ease, unless you live in a very rural area and are limited to satellite or weak wireless. Most people have connections of 3 mbps or less. And you also assume no one else is using that connection in the house. and sorry it takes longer than 3 seconds to buffer a SD movie let alone a "HD" movie. I have a 10 Mbps connection so I know. Define "a lot longer than 3 seconds." It takes a maximum of 11 seconds from the time I select "play" on my Roku to when video starts (tested several full length movies just now). Yes, 11 seconds is almost 3 times as much as 3 seconds but isn't a heck of a lot of time. |
|
| reply to BF69
"We all know".
No, you don't know, you're 100% wrong and don't understand the technology at all.
The streaming software technology is Silverlight. The content is delivered over the internet by a company that has nothing to do with MS, Limelight. Limelight is a CDN - Content Delivery Network, similar to Akamai. |
|
