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> Quality. I don't care that your algorithm thinks my network is not fast enough for HD. Just let me tell it that it's wrong. Or I could torrent and download so

> Quality. I don't care that your algorithm thinks my network is not fast enough for HD. Just let me tell it that it's wrong. Or I could torrent and download something in actual HD within just a few minutes. This is so true. I have a decently fast connection (75mbps) and Netflix's own speed test tells me the pipe really is that fat. YouTube can play 1080p60fps content without breaking a sweat. But Netflix is always blurry af. I tried firefox Chrome edge and even the native windows app. The quality is always lesser than what you can get on YouTube. It's the same on Android. I think it doesn't even show me 720p on my 1440p phone. Even when I pre-download something so the network strength is not an issue. On the other hand, Amazon prime content is crispy clear 1080p most of the times.

ryandrake 9y ago
Maybe your ISP is specifically throttling Netflix, but not their speed test?
- PMan74 9y ago
  I'm pretty sure their speed test (fast.com) is designed to hit the Netflix content servers making it difficult (impossible?) to throttle either independently.
FuckOffNeemo 9y ago
1080p and 4k streaming on Windows currently only works on Internet Explorer\Edge. Other browsers are at a lesser resolution, I believe it was 720p but that could be wrong. Edit: yup, 720p on everything except IT. https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742 Quote: Google Chrome Up to 720p on Windows, Mac, and Linux Up to 1080p on Chrome OS Internet Explorer up to 1080p Microsoft Edge up to 4K* Mozilla Firefox up to 720p Opera up to 720p Safari up to 1080p on Mac OS X 10.10.3 or later
- dingo_bat 9y ago
  I know, that's why I tried IE, edge and also the native Windows app. The quality is still crappy. In fact I wanted to watch the movie Pacific Rim, and the quality was so bad that it was unwatchable. I torrented a 1080p copy and watched that instead. As I said, the weird part is that their is no improvement in quality even if you pre-download the content.

ryandrake 9y ago

Maybe your ISP is specifically throttling Netflix, but not their speed test?

PMan74 9y ago
I'm pretty sure their speed test (fast.com) is designed to hit the Netflix content servers making it difficult (impossible?) to throttle either independently.

FuckOffNeemo 9y ago

1080p and 4k streaming on Windows currently only works on Internet Explorer\Edge. Other browsers are at a lesser resolution, I believe it was 720p but that could be wrong. Edit: yup, 720p on everything except IT. https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742 Quote: Google Chrome Up to 720p on Windows, Mac, and Linux Up to 1080p on Chrome OS Internet Explorer up to 1080p Microsoft Edge up to 4K* Mozilla Firefox up to 720p Opera up to 720p Safari up to 1080p on Mac OS X 10.10.3 or later

dingo_bat 9y ago
I know, that's why I tried IE, edge and also the native Windows app. The quality is still crappy. In fact I wanted to watch the movie Pacific Rim, and the quality was so bad that it was unwatchable. I torrented a 1080p copy and watched that instead. As I said, the weird part is that their is no improvement in quality even if you pre-download the content.