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It seems to be more popular all the time so I thought I would take advantage of Netflix's 30 day free trial. I spent about half an hour signing up, configuring the PS3 and picking out a test movie. Finally decided on Expendables, started the movie but the picture was so bad I turned it off in less than 5 minutes.
It was way worse than On Demand which is comparable to broadcast TV. It's even worse than DVD and maybe even VHS. Why would anyone pay for this?
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For some reason my Cary Cinema 11a surround processor does not receive audio signal from PS3 with Netflix. Bluray and dvd work fine. I can listen to left/right thru TV speakers but no dialog. I must have something in the Cary or PS3 set up wrong.
I went to the Netflix web site and adjusted audio settings to 2 channel and suddenly 5.1 was working???? Went back in to Netflix web site and it was set to 5.1 which is my preference any way. Oh well, I think I might like the service.
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You should check your internet speed. Netflix streaming players run at a lower resolution if the available bandwidth won't allow HD. Try running the test at speedtest.net, making sure that you run it on a PC that's connected to your home network in the same fashion as your streaming player (in other words, either wireless or ethernet-wired). My internet connection is generally between 10-15 Mbps and I almost always am getting a very good hi-def picture (when the source is HD). On a few occasions, the picture has dropped down to lower-res for a moment or two.
Not sure why you got such poor picture quality but you can set the picture quality to 3 different levels to conserve bandwidth if needed. I have ours set to the highest quality and if the movie is in HD it looks just as good as playing a blu-ray disc on our 55" TV. I am very, very pleased with the Netflix streaming quality.
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