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Originally Posted by nialli
It's not particularly bad. Netflix adjusts the definition in the first few seconds of play depending on the bandwidth availability, but you can always rewind and play the opening again.
As a test this morning I played the opening minutes of Iron Man 2: when the Universal logo appears it's definitely SD and quite poor, but by the time the Marvel logo appears (after the flickering comic book pages) it was sharp and HD. I don't have a 1080p TV so couldn't see any improvement after that but it was a great picture at 1080i.
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It doesn't bother me, I was just explaining to Andy why it did it that way. Most people want to see the film instantly, so Netflix accommodate that by starting at a lower bitrate. It also prevents the film pausing part way through to re-buffer on a bad or congested connection; Netflix just automatically drops the bitrate and the film keeps playing.
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Originally Posted by martin201002
I love this netflix update was watching top gear on tivo downstairs stopped it, and resumed it from the same place on the tivo upstairs. Bloody brilliant.
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It will resume it rom the same place on any Netflix device, not just your two Tivo boxes.