So I was really excited to come home today and give the new Netflix streaming a try over my TiVo. It’s a great idea, and saves me from having to watch movies on my monitor downstairs.
Sounds like a great idea, sure, but to actually be effective it has to work.
So far in the last 45 minutes, I’ve yet to see a picture and my TiVo has reset itself 5 times while trying to stream a movie. It claims I have a great signal and will receive the highest quality.
One time, it didn’t reset itself. Instead it just hung on the Netflix screen for 10 minutes until I finally had to pull the power cord and give it another shot.
Then one time I actually got audio, but no picture and then it reset.
For those who don’t own a TiVo, the box resetting is extremely slow and painful. It literally takes well over 5 minutes just for it to reboot itself. Excrutiating.
I realize this must be working for some people, but for me it’s an epic fail. I may well cancel my Netflix subscription now. Part of the reason I was hanging on was for this revelation.
Lrn2Test, TiVo.
I’m gonna mark this bug as WORKSFORME. In all seriousness, it’s working great, much faster to start up than the Xbox. I’m sure that doesn’t make you feel any better. Maybe try wired?
Maybe it’s a bug specifically with the Series 3? I’ve been posting to TivoCommunity.com where others have reported a similar issue, but no one has found a fix for it yet.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=412618
Thought you’d get a kick out of this, even though it is off topic.
http://www.click2houston.com/slideshow/slideshows/18245323/detail..html
It streams on my Xbox 360 quite nicely. Only once have I had an issue. Josh, how do I add you to my blogroll? or you add me?
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