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NetFlix Party on DSL
tgammet | 12:34 PM on 08.12.2009 3 comments


NetFlix streaming barely worked as it was on my little 1.5Mbps connection anyway, so I had very little expectations of it working when you add in voice support for the new party system. I'm glad to say it works fairly well.

Our party size was 3 people. I got booted from the party 3-4 times, but was easily and quickly able to rejoin within a minute. We watched movies and TV shows for a good 4-5 hours. For me, that's pretty good. Two of those kicks happened outside of movie watching. I was also surprised at how good the picture quality was during the watching.

Prior to this update I was getting 1 bar, and the movie was always degrade after the first 5 minutes. Stopping to buffer. An experience a lot of my friends have had, only their connections supported a much higher quality than mine. I'd go from blurry, to blurrier! The connection seems stronger now. While watching on my own things were much smoother and no more stopping to buffer.



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Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2009 14:02
Jesse Cortez
I also did a Netflix watching party last night, and besides the ridiculously long load time for my lame internet connection, it was great!

Double Team and Super Mario Bros Super Show FTW.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2009 16:45
tazarthayoot
I did it for hours last night with little to no problem. Time to upgrade to a faster connection, son.
tgammet's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2009 22:34
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hahaha my friend's pick tonight. He went with "Gay Sex in the 70s" for tonight's viewing. So much cox ><
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