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New Apple TV Owner isn't thrilled
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FWIW I've had my ATV3 for about a year and it's worked pretty well. Never any issues with connecting to my wireless network. The issue I do have is needing to power cycle it from time to time, as it gets "stuck".
I've connected it to a mac per a debug guide I found, but all seems fine. No software updates are pending.
I recently bought a Roku 3 and am leaning in that direction moving forward. Plex media server on the mini which streams my content is pretty sweet.
I've connected it to a mac per a debug guide I found, but all seems fine. No software updates are pending.
I recently bought a Roku 3 and am leaning in that direction moving forward. Plex media server on the mini which streams my content is pretty sweet.
First movie rental
Well, I made it through my first movie rental - Chasing Ice (amazing film) - with no issues. I was poking about looking at some other stuff after when I had a video halt in the middle of playing. I had the iPad handy so I did a quick speed test. It came in at .40 Mbps. I gave up at that point, but within 20 minutes or so it was back to 11 Mbps. So it looks like my ISP still has the odd issue with brief speed drop offs.
I suppose I should try calling them.
I notice there is an option to rent and view later. Not having done this before, will that down load the rental before viewing it so I don't have problems later if my ISP takes a dump?
Well, I made it through my first movie rental - Chasing Ice (amazing film) - with no issues. I was poking about looking at some other stuff after when I had a video halt in the middle of playing. I had the iPad handy so I did a quick speed test. It came in at .40 Mbps. I gave up at that point, but within 20 minutes or so it was back to 11 Mbps. So it looks like my ISP still has the odd issue with brief speed drop offs.
I suppose I should try calling them.
I notice there is an option to rent and view later. Not having done this before, will that down load the rental before viewing it so I don't have problems later if my ISP takes a dump?
Only if they haven't upgraded to real speeds where you are. I have 50Mb DSL and can stream multiple HD videos at once. I can get at least 100 if I want to pay for it. And they are advertising 1Gb for business in the area.
Sorry if some locales haven't kept up. But it isn't the tech, it's the implementation.