due to the recent influx of xbox beta testers and beta testers of a service that will not be named (it starts with t and ends with ivo - not that tivo ever does any beta tests, though...), the people using the roku instant watch box haven't been able to stream at anything faster than "one dot" - the lowest streaming quality.

i've noticed this on my unnamed box... and it sucks

anyone else see this?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/is-your-roku-netflix-player-stuck-on-one-dot-streaming/

11/16/2008 2:49:49 PM

HEY GUYS EVAN HAS A LOT OF MONEY

11/16/2008 2:50:55 PM

You can force full bandwidth/ 4 dots. I did it and mine works like a charm, although I did move my wireless access point a little closer to avoid hang-ups. I cut and pasted this from a Roku Forum thread: "Using the remote, hit Home Home Home Home Home Rewind Rewind Rewind FastForward FastForward (that's 5 Homes, 3 Rewinds, 2 FastForwards), keypresses about 1/2 second apart. You may have to try several times and the trick is to make the keypresses spaced out far enough. (Remember, the last two are >, which are on the bottom row of buttons, not the < and > keys to the side of the select button.) This will take you into debug mode."

Once you are there you select 2.2 Mbps. It works, flawlessly for me.

11/16/2008 2:52:06 PM

you mean his bf's money.

11/16/2008 2:52:21 PM

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"You can force full bandwidth/ 4 dots. I did it and mine works like a charm, although I did move my wireless access point a little closer to avoid hang-ups. I cut and pasted this from a Roku Forum thread: "Using the remote, hit Home Home Home Home Home Rewind Rewind Rewind FastForward FastForward (that's 5 Homes, 3 Rewinds, 2 FastForwards), keypresses about 1/2 second apart. You may have to try several times and the trick is to make the keypresses spaced out far enough. (Remember, the last two are >, which are on the bottom row of buttons, not the < and > keys to the side of the select button.) This will take you into debug mode." Once you are there you select 2.2 Mbps. It works, flawlessly for me."

yes, but then you get massive buffering times i don't have a roku box, but i've heard this from many people

there's a reason it autonegotiates down to the 1 dot streaming

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"HEY GUYS EVAN HAS A LOT OF MONEY"

why do you people say things like this in just about every thread i make
it's fucking annoying

11/16/2008 2:53:21 PM

Because it's fucking annoying, mostly

11/16/2008 2:55:19 PM

lol

11/16/2008 2:58:48 PM

so which netflix plan is the best value?

11/24/2008 9:25:34 PM

i have an xbox

11/24/2008 9:29:33 PM

That sucks.

11/24/2008 9:31:29 PM

no

11/24/2008 9:34:02 PM

we do the 3-at-a-time plan. it's like $18/mo

11/24/2008 9:45:59 PM

Torrents for the win.

11/24/2008 9:47:02 PM

3 at a time is the best

it literally takes a DAY for the movies to ship from the netflix center to your house, so there's really no reason to have more than 2-3 at a time

make sure you get one with unlimited instant watch

11/24/2008 10:33:17 PM

i figured there was some plan in the middle that would be the best deal...like not the cheapest but not the most expensive

11/24/2008 10:36:46 PM

then get two at a time. that way you'll always have one to watch while the other is being sent back

11/24/2008 10:37:31 PM

i have the two at a time, but damn if i only get to watch 4 a month

way too much work right now

11/24/2008 10:38:02 PM

yeah, really depends how much you'll actually watch them.. i mean, if you ship one on mon, they get it tue, ship tue, you get it Wednesday.. so if you want one every night you at least need the 2 at a time deal.. and weekends create a total cluster fuck of timing sometimes when i forget to drop them off like on a Wednesday it takes the time i'll get the next movie from fri to Monday or Tuesday.. so yea, nice to have an extra one or two for whenever i wanna watch them

11/24/2008 10:39:38 PM

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"i figured there was some plan in the middle that would be the best deal...like not the cheapest but not the most expensive"

3 at a time isn't the most expensive

11/24/2008 10:39:44 PM

if you watch a movie every night you need to get out more

11/24/2008 10:40:12 PM

^

11/24/2008 10:40:40 PM

if i got netflix it would strictly be for burning purposes

11/24/2008 10:40:50 PM

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"NDA VIOLATION EXPOSED?!?!?!"

11/24/2008 10:45:49 PM

XBOX360 FTW

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"Basically, Netflix at 8.99 a month (108 dollars per year) plus Xbox live (50 dollars per year) = 160 dollars for unlimited downloadable content"

11/24/2008 10:47:01 PM

2@ a time. i receive DVD, I burn ISO on computer, I return DVD. I receive DVD, I burn ISO on computer, I return DVD. I will have so many dvds to watch in the future..

11/25/2008 7:42:40 AM

People are willing to pay for internet downloads?

News to me... you people and your mountains of cash money.

11/25/2008 8:03:44 AM

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"NDA VIOLATION EXPOSED?!?!?!"

netflix beta isn't under NDA

11/25/2008 9:33:05 AM