I have found that most of the time, the in TV APPs Suck a big d*** in terms of streaming. Once you put in a Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV, all is well. If the rest of the network is humming along just fine, I would blame the TV manufacturers on making crappy Apps.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 10:24 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken, > > I like my rokus. One real nice thing is the vudu app on the roku. I > believe that is the walmart movie rental app. If you fire up that app, you > can go to browse without any login. Part of the browse screen is the > settings/options. If you go to that screen you can do a network test. It > will measure the connection and report back the highest resolution you can > watch. I'm not sure if it gives a raw speed, but it is nice to use to test > to see how well the roku is connected. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Mark mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > www.MyakkaTech.com > > ------ > > Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 12:13:09 PM, you wrote: > > > The other thing I notice in the original post is both these people are > using the built-in apps in the TVs. > > Just like the proliferation of streaming services has led me to use > Netflix as a benchmark, I feel we need a benchmark streaming device or > app. Like is it a Roku or a Roku TV? If not, stop by our office and > borrow a standalone Roku, if that works, blame your app or device. Or ask > them if they have updated the apps on their TV, that will befuddle most > customers. Just because Samsung or Insignia or whoever loaded some apps in > the TV so they could call it a “smart TV” and charge $20 more doesn’t mean > the apps work well or that TV manufacturer tech support knows anything more > about streaming than “tell them it’s their ISP’s fault”. A few years back > we even saw a flurry of Samsung TVs that were incompatible with certain > popular WiFi routers, we would tell customers to call their computer guy, > who would come out and say yep, you need to either buy a new TV or a new > router. > > The other problem is people want to use these little streaming sticks > because they’re cheap, but hiding behind the big screen all the way across > the house, it’s just asking for WiFi problems. At least with a smart TV > there’s probably (but not necessarily) an Ethernet port, but asking someone > to try plugging it in with a cable instead of using WiFi is like asking > them to walk across a bed or hot coals. Plug in a cable? What is this, > the stone age? I’m not going to do manual labor like plugging in a cable. > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Eric Muehleisen > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:47 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik and Netflix > > If it's PPPoE, check your MTU. We've found in a few cases that mismatched > MTU can cause random buffering issues. Seems to only affect Netflix. > Amazon, Hulu, Sling and others are not affected by this for some reason. > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 8:24 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm only posting because I've had 2 reports, one on my network, and one > on another network (In-laws out of state) within the last 2 weeks. > Mikrotik RB951 routers doing NAT and WIFI. Everything looks good, but > both people say that netflix/streaming keeps buffering/stopping. > Running current firmware and have been installed for years. Speedtest > apps show no problems. WIFI signals look good. Haven't heard any > reports from other parts of the network. > > Now both of these people are using the Apps built into their TV, I don't > know what brands. I'm not even sure where to start troubleshooting > something like this. I'm visiting the customer on my network tomorrow > to see if changing the wifi equipment helps. My customer regularly sits > at 5mb/s for multiple hours so It appears that streaming should be > working fine. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- -- *Sam Lambie* Taosnet Wireless Tech. 575-758-7598 Office www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com>
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