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re: Not happy with my Fire TV so far
Posted on 1/3/15 at 12:52 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 1/3/15 at 12:52 am to ILikeLSUToo
Netflix recommends 7mbps for 1080p last time I heard anything about it. That's probably for seamless streaming, however.
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Posted on 1/3/15 at 5:05 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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ILikeLSUToo
You're a very helpful poster on this board
Actually lately it's been working pretty good. Everything it's "supposed" to be used for (Prime, Netflix, etc) is working fine now. TVMC is still pretty slow though, so I hope the extender gives me the extra boost I need.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 7:43 pm to rintintin
Neflix, as far as I know, will at least adjust quality based on your available bandwidth.
Not sure how Amazon Instant behaves, but I did witness it working surprisingly OK on a slow connection recently. I bought my dad a fire TV stick for Christmas. My parents live in a rural part of Florida, where the only cable and internet options are satellite, and cell data routinely switches between 3G and EDGE. He was using hughesnet, but one of his neighbors started his own ISP. He's apparently renting a few hundred mbps worth of fiber, running it to towers with wifi transmitters all around the lake that the community lives on, and selling subscriptions with no caps. My dad switched to that, and he said it's been much more reliable.
Unfortunately, he's only provisioned for 1.5 Mbps. The whole family was there for a few days over Christmas, including a niece and 5 nephews who each received new iPod touches for Christmas, and a sister-in-law who got a new laptop. With everyone on their new and existing devices, it was basically impossible to do anything but browse the internet. Couldn't even get the Fire Stick to download the update it needed before we could set it up. Once everyone went to bed, things moved a lot quicker, and we were surprisingly able to stream World War Z from Amazon without a hiccup. It just took a little while to buffer initially, but the more important thing is the uninterrupted streaming once it actually starts.
Not sure how Amazon Instant behaves, but I did witness it working surprisingly OK on a slow connection recently. I bought my dad a fire TV stick for Christmas. My parents live in a rural part of Florida, where the only cable and internet options are satellite, and cell data routinely switches between 3G and EDGE. He was using hughesnet, but one of his neighbors started his own ISP. He's apparently renting a few hundred mbps worth of fiber, running it to towers with wifi transmitters all around the lake that the community lives on, and selling subscriptions with no caps. My dad switched to that, and he said it's been much more reliable.
Unfortunately, he's only provisioned for 1.5 Mbps. The whole family was there for a few days over Christmas, including a niece and 5 nephews who each received new iPod touches for Christmas, and a sister-in-law who got a new laptop. With everyone on their new and existing devices, it was basically impossible to do anything but browse the internet. Couldn't even get the Fire Stick to download the update it needed before we could set it up. Once everyone went to bed, things moved a lot quicker, and we were surprisingly able to stream World War Z from Amazon without a hiccup. It just took a little while to buffer initially, but the more important thing is the uninterrupted streaming once it actually starts.
Posted on 1/5/15 at 2:34 pm to rintintin
You should just get the restaurant this. I just got min in on Friday, and it's amazing how much better the stick performs being on that 5GHz 1300Mbps line. I kept my former N band router hooked up for laptops and phones and dedicated 2 firesticks to the 5GHz band and one to the 2.4 band. Last night I had all 3 sticks streaming movies at the same with no issues.
Posted on 1/5/15 at 2:54 pm to ithad2bme
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it's amazing how much better the stick performs being on that 5GHz 1300Mbps line.
Just to clarify, the Fire TV stick wifi is 802.11n 2x2 MIMO (I think it's 2x2. I initially thought it was just a single antenna but a smattering of google results tells me otherwise), so the best theoretical throughput you'll get on 5GHz is 300Mbps, and on 2.4GHz 150mbps. 5GHz band has the benefit of less interference (at least until everyone else jumps on 5Ghz sometime down the line). The problem in OP's situation, however, is that putting his Fire TV stick on a 5GHz band will make the problem worse, given the fixed location and distance of the router. 5GHz has a much lower usable range than 2.4GHz, and OP's problem is attenuation.
Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:00 pm to ithad2bme
I have 50mbps internet, a docsis 3.0 modem, and a wireless N 300mbps router. Are the 50mpbs and the 300mbps apples-to-apples? is my router sufficient? I don't know what all this AC 5GHz stuff is.
Posted on 1/5/15 at 3:20 pm to link
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Are the 50mpbs and the 300mbps apples-to-apples?
Not sure what you mean by this question. If you're asking whether the "mbps" means the same thing in both numbers, then the answer is technically yes. However, the 300mbps refers to max theoretical throughput between the router and your PC/other device and has no bearing on what's coming from your modem. Basically, if you're not having problems with connectivity and throughput on your current router, there's no reason to upgrade, especially if you stream exclusively from the internet and not local media files.
This post was edited on 1/5/15 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 1/5/15 at 5:27 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Good info, thanks. I guess that means I could put all 3 sticks on my 5Ghz 1300 mbps band without issues.
Posted on 1/6/15 at 9:18 am to rintintin
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have a WiFi range extender coming in this weekend, and am hoping I can just plug an Ethernet cable straight into the fire TV from that to improve the connection, but I have my doubts.
So, how did this work?
Posted on 1/6/15 at 12:39 pm to IPlayedGreatTonight
quote:i just played with mine for the first time the other night. This is what has me at odds with it. it is weird and i dont like how it takes everything off the screen when you are looking through movie titles.
stock UI is a little sketchy though.
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