Streaming quality issues

I am having this issue as well, AppleTV, Hulu and Netflix (haven't tested HBOMax or Prime yet) are nearly unwatchable the buffering and blurriness are so bad. I have gone through all the troubleshooting steps, with no improvement. I've also seen this issue being discussed on the reddit boards, so there is definitely a problem with the latest update.

I am having same issue. After updating tvOS 15 the video quality is reduced to 720 or even lesser. I have internet connectivity of 300mbps and Netflix /Prime video works perfectly fine with Firestick. But Apple TV shows tantrums. Disappointed.

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We understand you're experiencing steaming issues since updating. You have done great troubleshooting so far. We would recommend the additional guidance in the following article that may help:

If you can't watch or stream movies and TV shows in the Apple TV app

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Yes. I am experiencing this on all 3 of my boxes since IOS 15 was released. I have a 4k gen 2, 4k gen 1, and Apple TV 4th gen boxes. They all struggle maintaining download speeds since the update. My Roku device does not. I had Spectrum out to swap out my modem, run line tests, etc and everything but my Apple TV’s test ok.

I’m having streaming issues on my local wired network using the Computers app from my iTunes library on my Mac Mini M1. Apple TV 4th generation boxes, hardwired network. Never a problem with local streaming before tvOS 15. Now sometimes it won’t load the library at all, sometimes when I select a movie it will say it doesn’t exist, sometimes when watching a movie it’ll buffer heavily or the picture will freeze while the audio continues.

I was thinking this could just be the 4th gen are so old now I would have to upgrade for it to continue working but if it’s affecting newer boxes as well that’s not a solution.

Can't believe they haven't shipped a fix yet for this mess, months after breaking it. It's extremely annoying, especially with the NF app.

The worst part is you can't even downgrade the tvOS version if you have an ATV 4K. Completely stuck at this point.

Meanwhile, has anyone else found any workaround?

I’m glad you couldn’t delete it because I had the same issue and a Google search brought up your post and your solution. Worked for me too! Thanks!

It is a very widespread issue, even to this day. There are subreddits about it all over the internet.

I actually replaced both my modem and router and it fixed the throttling. My modem was from Spectrum, which I swapped out, and I just bought a new router and everything works fine now.