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Netflix Movies Not Starting

When I hit play on any Netflix the "spinning wheel of death" goes for about 10-15 seconds, then a message that says "Sorry we could not reach the Netflix service . . . " I have unplugged and tried again etc, no luck. Anyone know what the deal is?

2007 SR MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 8, 2010 3:32 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2010 3:35 PM

Same problem here. The initial screen load fine, all movie posters are there, but movie will not stream.
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Oct 8, 2010 3:59 PM in response to Drewsky415

I am getting the same problem

First of all the is a new Apple TV 2 that is replacing my 160 GB (320GB) Apple TV. My old Apple TV never gave me any problems. The apple TV set up easy enough and connected to home sharing. I added my Netflix account but it had problems connecting. I tried a few more times and it finally took.

I can't play any movies or TV shows. I just get an error. To be clear. They don't quit playing they just never start.

• I only have 3 active devices associated with my Netflix account
• My Netflix account is in good standing
• My iTunes account is in good standing
• I have a WIRED netwrok using a Apple Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme (802.11n /w Gigabit)
• I just tested my connection at just under 6 mbps
• The 8.8.8.8 DNS trick did not work
• No firmware updates are available

I would like to add MY iPad and PS3 both work with Netflix perfectly. Netflix wrks fine on my computer too. The reason I got the Apple TV was to give my PS3 a break. I don't like all the disk accessing on the PS3 system, This Apple TV is supposed to be faster!

I have rebooted my U-Verse Home Gateway, My routers and the Apple TV. Nothing seems to make Netflix work.

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Oct 8, 2010 4:27 PM in response to Drewsky415

I've got the same problem on my iPad, my iMac and MacBook work fine, but the iPad won't stream anything. I've been getting 2 errors "NCCP authorize fail" and "sorry couldn't connect to Netflix servers". This has been going on for a few days now, I've restarted, re-installed, and still nothing. I'd be ****** if I had just purchased Apple TV 2, hopefully this will be solved by the time mine ships.

Oct 8, 2010 5:00 PM in response to Drewsky415

Same here, ive been watching an episode of the Avengers every night since it arrived with no problems. Then tonite as I select the episode I was halfway done watching, I receive the "sorry we are unable to connect with Netflix service. If problem persists contact Neflix" or something similar. I checked my account and I am not over my limit of devices. I can connect with iPhone, iPad , and Sony Bravia TV though without issue. Has anyone solved this issue?

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