Streaming video performance? Has anyone tried to watch a show on hulu.com (or similar sites) on the eeeTop?
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Just tried an episode of The Office on hulu this morning, and found fullscreen to be jerky. Restoring to the default hulu small video size was smooth though.
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Netflix does in fact stream to the TV using an iPhone 4. In my initial test of Hulu Plus it did not work. I'll test it again.
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I've tried Netflix and Amazon video, and both stutter a little too much to be tolerable. Web-based things like youtube work just fine.
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I didn't experience the setup problems you did, nor did I experience the stuttering. So I guess the answer to your question is that things must have improved. After more testing after my initial review, I did encounter a few negatives: I did hear the noisy fan (I didn't notice initially since it was in a room I don't often visit). When trying to play the streams on my MacBook laptop using Safari, I did get stuttering, but that isn't my primary use case. And when playing on Roku, the video quality isn't as good as, say, the same shows streaming from Hulu. But I would expect that since Hulu isn't streaming live and can devote more horsepower to encoding the streams. On an iPad, however, the streams look great! Also, I've recently had a chance to try streaming from Simple.TV to ChromeCast. Similar issues with video quality not being as good as live TV, but quality was the same as on Roku. I actually prefer viewing on ChromeCast vs. Roku, but that's my personal preference. Overall, I'm quite happy with the device. Is it perfect? No. But it seems that it is getting incrementally better with each software update.
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Sorry to split hairs, but the server issues are on Netflix's end. Netflix has had server issues since they upgraded the interface the first week of June (they've since stopped rolling it out to all users). It seems to only happen during prime viewing hours though. If you are having problems with services other than netflix and at odd hours I'd look for another problem, either with the roku box itself, your router, or your ISP. I haven't experienced problems with other services but I don't use Amazon on Demand. There may be a correlation between netflix and amazon as I read netflix migrated to Amazon's servers. Try some of the other channels to determine if it's a problem with anything else (nasa tv? pandora? etc). Netflix's engineers are struggling to find the correct content to display on their main screen without overloading the servers, it changes almost daily. I expect they'll get it resolved soon but it's been a bad couple weeks for them. For more information check rokulab's user forum: http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewforum.php?f=28
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Recorded shows? Are you referring to shows you have stored on a hard drive? I don't have the costar anymore but it does have a plex app that works somewhat. I would suggest a chromecast cheaper and actually works a lot better
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M, sorry, but I'm not going to be much help with this question. I stream off Netflix and Hulu. Also watch DVDs via a blu-ray player hooked to the TV via HDMI. There are 2 USB ports on the TV, however.
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Since Hulu uses Flash player you will see a 5-10% increase in playback. Not significant by itself but noticeable. The biggest bang for your buck with this device is native playback with H.264 encoded files and the like. I hope that answers your question.Here's a Tom's review answer that has Hulu specific improvements. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/netbook-10-inch-performance,2751-18.html
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I believe it will, it boosts processing power for 1080 playback, it plays everything I have thrown at it in my Apple TV , bluray files, mp4, mkv, just no experience with streaming Hulu , or Netflix , but I'm sure the principle is the same
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You are welcome. Do me (us) a favor and let me know which one you decide to keep and why. If the next firmware revision or two does not fix the video streaming, then I will probably add one of those two just for Hulu. You could save me the hassle of buying both, comparing, and returning one :)
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I have not tried that but I stream from a home server with no problems.I hope this helps.
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Even if you use WiFi, the streaming is fast and reliable. I've had it for a long time now and never experienced any lag. It's just the menu that's very slow. It's fine if you know what you want to watch, but it's like being on dial up again if you are just browsing.
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Yes you can, also Hulu, Netflix and Amazon. I have had no problem streaming these.
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I have the UN50HU6950 and Plex is an available download. I have not used it yet, so I cannot comment on performance.
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I have the same TV and it can stream Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix and Hulu by itself. Once the TV is connected to the internet either by wired connection or the wifi adapter you only have to press the internet button on the remote. A menu will pop up on the bottom of the screen and you can pick the service you want to use. I've used mine for Amazon VOD and Netflix and it works great.
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Probably not, given your viewing preference. But keep an eye out for the Hulu paid service, which should be coming out any day now. It might be the closest thing to replacing TV, with quick additions of now-playing TV shows - and they plan on adding the service to many steaming devices. I think if Netflix were a bit better about getting more steaming content, I would have switched it out already. We'll see what happens in the future.
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Not sure on quality of streaming sites and types of sports. Might be an app around. Supplement it with basic cable.