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Karen256
New Poster
8 years ago

Upgrade to Gen5, can you stream Netflix?

I'm considering upgrading to Gen5 but I'm extremely irritated by the fact that to do so I would have to sign another two year contract. I keep hoping that someday soon real high speed internet will b...
  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    8 years ago

    In theory, if you use the lowest definition possible on Netflix, AND you don't do anything else (like browsing facebook and youtube) while watching Netflix AFTER you have exhausted your data, you should be able to stream your old shows still.

    Of course, if you do have data allowance remaining, you could probably do more than just netflix at the same time on your connection.

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

I don't use Netflix, but I can tell you that since my own upgrade to Gen5, Youtube works perfectly at any time of the day and, during my short streaming test with DirecTV, I was able to stream on demand shows without any buffering at all. 

 

Keep in mind, though, that streaming is still a data intensive activity, and doing so in HD will still eat through your data allowance at around 3GB per hour.  With that said, though, as was mentioned, people who have gone into FAP were still able to stream in LD, and even SD, without any issue, though I wouldn't rely on the latter as always being the case.