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Netflix Movie Streaming Suffers Serious Loss in Quality, Say Roku Owners
blog.wired.com - 12/4/2008
Netflix Movie Streaming Suffers Serious Loss in Quality, Say Roku Owners
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The fairy tale marriage between the movie rental darling Netflix and Roku , the hardware maker that enables the streaming of its videos, has suffered an unfortunate setback. According to a customer forum on the Roku website, the box has suddenly suffered from a significant loss of ...
forums.roku.com - 12/3/2008
Roku Forums :: View topic - Are you experiencing loss of video quality? PLEASE READ
— forums.roku.com — I've submitted a couple of times, including a post yesterday venting my frustration. I'm back to report... that tonight I cannot even get 2 dots, and 1 dot buffers for a long time. But... when I use my notebook computer, the quality is 1 dot at best. ... (more) Roku Forums :: View topic - Are you experiencing loss of ...

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Netflix Roku Streaming Box Suffering From Serious Video Quality Issues [Roku]
Gizmodo — ... the problem, but the lack of complaints on other Netflix compatible devices like the Xbox 360 and the Samsung BD-P2500 / BD-2550 Blu-ray players make this defense unlikely. Apparently, the problem is serious enough that some are experiencing quality drops of 50% or more with extremely low connection speeds. Just how widespread this problem is remains to be seen, so I have to ask: if you own a Roku, have you noticed any quality issues lately? [Roku Forum via Wired] ...

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