Netflix Problems

Amen. Just posted another thread about my frustration over this very issue. For months now. Last night I gave up. Booooooooo ATV2.

No good here. Going back to ROKU player that worked perfectly. ATV2 is crap. I'm sure this is somewhat intentional so that you just switch over to itunes and rent/buy a movie. Never understood why Apple would add a cheaper service like Netflix in the first place.

Actually I use Netflix more than iTunes rentals, it's flawless and a great value. There are many factors that have been discussed that can cause issues.

Ended up returning my ATV2. I may give it another shot down the road. Back to my ATV1. Now I just have to find out how to transfer my purchases from the ATV back to my library!

When I first got my ATV2, streaming of any flavor was all but unusable. Weeks later, I discovered the problem was with my Internet provider - all their bandwidth was being consumed. They doubled their capacity and I started getting my advertised speeds consistently at which time I began enjoying my ATV2. Following the 4.3 update, it seems like the pausing and re-buffering is worse than ever, even though my Internet speeds are now perfect. My ATV2 is hardwired to my AirPort Extreme. I do not experience anywhere near the pauses when I watch Netflix on my Sony Blu-Ray player, but I prefer the ATV2's Netflix interface. I'm glad this "hobby" device only costs $99, but even that is too much for something that isn't usable in the real world.

vazandrew wrote:
Actually I use Netflix more than iTunes rentals, it's flawless and a great value. There are many factors that have been discussed that can cause issues.

This has been my experience as well. Not even a single pause for rebuffering. I have Netflix on PS3 and TiVo as well, but AppleTV is my client of choice. My guess is that Netflix probably has different servers handling different devices, and that in some regions they've been unable to keep up with the rapid increase of Apple TV as a client. My only real performance complaint is that for some shows some or all of the "thumbnails" for FF and rewind are missing.

That would be my guess too and I have tried to convey that. I have noticed the thumbnail issue once or twice but I usually watch straight through in any case.

Keep getting the same Netflix error when trying to login after the latest system update. Nothing on the Netflix site gives any information. Been like this for almost a week now. Wiped the system a few times. Everything else works.

Yep. I'm done. Got this unit just before Xmas and I only once attempted to rent a movie on it. Epic load time, ruined my evening. I learned my lesson the first time. Lost revenue, apple.

But I kept it around for Netflix. Which is now gone. My two laptops and 2 iPhones work fine, so this is clearly an ATV issue. I am ******. I have wasted so much time on this forum trying to figure it out. It's going back tomorrow. And I will be that customer.

Go to the website, Netflix is down. They are working on getting the streaming service back up.

No issues streaming from the Netflix site now. But still cannot sign in on Apple TV.

Streaming is back up. At least on my MBP. ATV, not so much. It won't even let me log in.

Strange coincidence because I replaced my DSL modem, upgraded ATV firmware (after the DSL upgrade, so I know that works fine) and then Netflix goes down. It made it difficult to troubleshoot for a while, but the only remaining problem is Netflix with the ATV.

I'm sure they are working on it. It was still down when I checked 40 minutes ago so they are probably still working on some servers.

The strange part to me is that it seems to crash the apple tv each time it fails to log in. My apple tv freezes on a black screen for about 90 seconds, then reloads the home screen as if it had just rebooted.

Well, it gets better and better for me.

Netflix has worked flawlessly since I got the ATV2 UNTIL the 4.2 update. After that I started to get the stuttering problem as well.

I found that once, after power cycling it worked for a whole TV show but for the most part it was still having issues.

I went to watch something tonight and it started stuttering. I power cycled and the thing came back up but when I go to Internet, Netflix, MLB and NBA are all non-reponsive. In addition, after this power cycle it installed version 4.2.1.

What's even worse is that Netflix locks the ATV2 and then reboots it.

Like others, Netflix works fine on all other devices in my house (Wii, Xbox360, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, Win7 pcs...).

Apple screwed something up here.