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I've watched a few Netflix movies over the internet on my Mac since they added Mac support a few months back. I have a fast internet connection (15 Mbit down) and the quality was pretty close to DVD. I wouldn't watch an action flick on my laptop, but it was great for the documentary I watched.
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I've watched a few episodes of The Office on my allegedly 3.0MBit connection (really closer to 1.5) and I get "medium" quality at best. It's watchable, but only if you don't care what the video looks like.
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Does the HD streaming only work through the Xbox or does it work for subscribers through other devices (PC) as well?
I get "high" video quality when streaming, but don't know if that means HD or not... it looks good, but I don't think it's HD.
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Jason, I'm pretty sure HD is available only through XBox, Selected BD players (LG and Samsung, maybe others?) and the Roku box and NOT through PC.
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Jason, if you click the watch instantly tab, and the lick on genres and selct HD it will show you the instant HD movies that are available.
When it shows your signal stregnth it says "presented in HD", or at least it does on my xbox. have watched one movie and it looked great, but ever since my signal has been at 1 bar and the movies have sucked. I am not sure if the problem is with netflix, xbox, my isp, or my router.
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HD may only work with a netflix ready device and a TV though ( as tom mentioned)
pulled this off the netflix site:
Certain titles are available to watch in HD on your Netflix ready device. In order to watch in HD you need:
A HD TV and component or HDMI connection from your Netflix ready device to your TV
A high-speed internet connection at time of playback (typically 5 Mbps or higher)
-David
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Well, I am extremely dissapointed with the netflix service right now (for online viewing) I just tried watching a bit of a movie and it was soooooo fuzzy... looked like a movie would look like after about 2 cases of beer.
I quit the movie and did a speedtest at speedtest.net and I am pulling 16.7 mb/s, so I tend to think the problem is with netflix.
What do you guys think?
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Yeah, I think you need an HD supported box, like Tivo or Roku.
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