About Plangd

I currently have an older hughesnet system, Gen 4, but I rarely use it for streaming. I monitor my data and can do a good bit of downloading in the off hours, from Netflix or Amazon Prime, then watch on my ipad.  We will be moving into a newly built house in a week or so and had a Gen 5 system installed about a month ago. I thought I would be able to do occasional streaming to a new TCL Roku tv and some downloading to my ipad to then cast to the tv. My hope was that I could manage my data with this combination.  But I am having problems even before getting into the casting.  I can’t get a decent picture that isn’t blurry or runs without constant buffering.   I have existing subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Prime, a 30 day free Sling account, and a 30 day free YouTube tv account, and the built in Roku on the tv.  YouTube tv is terribly blurry but it doesn’t have the buffering problem.  I tried a basketball game on Sling with Video Saver snoozed and it’s a great picture but I get the game for maybe 15 seconds then variable amounts of buffering, repeated over and over.  Really impossible to watch.  Netflix and Amazon Prime are decent. I have been reading threads and trying to sort out where to start problem solving.  I am not attempting to stream the best quality video.  In most cases it is the “good” quality or standard.  I have done speed tests and have a variation from 12 - 25.  I have tried with the video saver feature running and snoozed.  I just can’t seem to get a combination of decent picture that runs continuously.   Long intro but first, is my plan realistic?   Perhaps I should just get Dish TV in there for most viewing and forget about streaming.   ... View more