Netflix Problems

Thanks for sharing. I had the same experience with the 112 message. I tried manually setting the DNS to 8.8.8.8, but that did not work for me.

Then I saw your post, and gave it a try. That solved the problem for me too, at least for now. I add that caveat because I got that 112 message a week or so ago, but it resolved itself. The problem that started yesterday was not resolved until I did the power cycle.

I hope that this is not a recurring problem.

Here is what I did : NOTHING.

Here is what happened : +It started working all by itself+.

As I posted before, Netflix knew they had a problem and just needed time to sort through it. I gave them that time, and it all magically started working without me needing to do anything.

People need to realize corporations live and die by resources and they don't necessarily solve problems the way you or I would do so. They allocate the resources necessary to solve a problem, but they don't necessarily have (or want to allocate) the resources to solve the problem yesterday. In order to solve a problem, you necessarily have to be able to replicate the problem to understand what is going on. It probably took Netflix a few days to be able to do this, as it obviously wasn't affecting all Apple TVs.

So let's all just go back to enjoying an incredible product. 🙂

We got one a couple days ago. Set up not problem. Then some annoying mysterious Netflix issues. No trouble seeing all 378 movies in the instant cue. Just some subtitles were cutting off, sometimes clicking play took me back to the main menu instead of playing a movie. Then after an hour EVERYTHING worked flawlessly. Hmmm.

I suspect what's written above that Netflix is fixing things behind the scene. Maybe Apple also although I didn't touch the DNS or restore the Apple TV. Electronics don't fix themselves so someone is fixing things in the background.

My only issue is turning it on after its off. Only the play/pause will do it. No big deal really. I had read the menu button is the proper way but that doesn't affect it.

My experience is 100% identical to yours. Once I finally ponied up the money for an Airport Extreme, I never had a single issue. Went through 3 warranty replacements for Linksys, 2 for Belkin. The AE has been flawless. And wireless N is fantastic.

I had the situation where I could get certain titles to stream but most would not. And this solution totally worked! I had talked to Apple, Netflix and my ISP and they were all stumped and (with the exception of my ISP) pointed fingers at each other. Wish Netflix would pass this solution on to Apple Support.

I was using OpenDNS and switched to Google just for the AppleTV since my Panasonic TV's Netflix app didn't encounter this issue.

I fix my problem on 11/4 by changing DNS to 8.8.8.8 and unplugging the Apple TV for 30 seconds or so.

Today the problem is back, but without the 112 code after the error message. Unplugging and replugging the Apple TV has not worked this time.

I just picked up the new Apple TV after loving my first gen for the past couple years. I like this one well enough so far but have too been unsuccessful with Netflix even connecting.

same issue here. bought the atv around day 3. been using it to watch netflix everyday just about. 2-3 days ago, started having issues.

when selecting netfix in the menu on atv, it acts like it forgot my netflox login info. so ive had to put that in over and over - and it never sticks. it says it cannot connect to the netflix server - specifically:

"Sorry we could not configure your device. Please try again later. If the problem persists, please visit the netflix website. (114:500)

Click OK on that, then I get the "Accessing Netflix" spinning wheel for about a minute. Then the "enter your netflix email ID form pops up. Again, as if it forgot I have been logged in and watching shows for weeks now.

Works fine on my mac, iphone and ipad. This has to be atv/netflix issue.

Eric,

I'm having the same problem today. I finally got past the error messages that you posted above and now it just says "Netflix unavailable, please try again later." Since there are more than one of us having the problem today I hope that means that it isn't a fault in our boxes.

Same here. It requests email and password than shows the spinning ball. After about a minute it starts over with the password screen. Purchased last night so have not even used it.

I have two tivo boxes, imac, iphone, roku and lg tv which can all access and play no problem.

Yes I know Netflix has a 6 limit device usage and I don't have all of my devices activate. I simply tried all of the above to see if any other device was having issues. The answer is no.

Hopefully this will be fixed in the next few days...if not I'm taking it back

I'm very disappointed. This is my 4th different apple product to have problems.




Yes

We also are having problems with Netflix today. It was working fine recently. My wife was browsing the instant queue and then tried to play a show and it timed out and started acting funny. then it asked her to log in to netflix again. Now it alternates between saying the login is incorrect (confirmed it wasn't by logging in on my computer) and saying "Netflix is busy... try again later". Is anything official being said about this issue? I looked on the Netflix site and they referred me back to Apple support.

I watched a movie on netflix, today, and then could not access netflix again. I finally did a restore on the ATV. Now I can not login to netflix on the ATV, as has been reported by others.

I have two more days to return my ATV to Amazon for a refund. I will call Apple tomorrow. If I do not get a sensible answer from them, that is what I am going to do.

This is great when it works, but the overall experience has been terrible for the past five days.

Add me to the list of having problems. I haven't been able to log into Netflix for the last two hours on my ATV2. Can access Netflix on my PS3 fine, though.....Gotta luv technology. I wish there was a site page on Apple or Netflix that would say there is a problem at the current time and maybe an update when all is working well.

I am having the same problem after my Apple TV just showed up today. Also, it was taking forever to try to play a You Tube video. I have 6MB/sec up and 6MB/sec down, and I did a bandwidth test .. and netflix plays fine on all of my other devices in the house...

Now this is interesting. I can stream netflix to my iMac, but not to my ATV. I called the netflix support number 866-716-0414 and got a recorded message saying "We are currently experiencing problems streaming movies...."

We will see what tomorrow brings.