Apple TV 3 Bad Streaming Quality

Just set mine to Auto and it didn't change anything.

Same problem as everyone else is having

start netflix

good stream for about 3 secs then goes to a beyond worse 1982 singal

Called Netflix who "isnt aware of this and blames apple and comcast"

Called Apple who blames netflix

Called Comcast who says there singal is fine

I'm getting a hard wired 57/down 12/up singal so its not that

netflix does work during the day but at night is crap

heres some point that i have found that arent mentioned in this forum

- netflix doesnt work on my Apple TV OR my imac at night (so its not just apple tv)

- I have found that if you exit out of the movie and resume playback about 6-12 times it picks up a singal that it stays with finally. its a crap fix, but its the only thing that has worked for me and is about as annoying as watching horrid quailty that we are paying for, but at least you can watch the movie at some point

The sure-fire fix for me was this:

1) Set AppleTV on wifi

2) Configure router to use a static IP for the AppleTV's MAC address

3) Launch Netflix on iPod/iPhone/iPad, choose show, enable AirPlay to play on AppleTV

At this point, i get the nice high-res video on the AppleTV from netflix.

Went to netflix.com and logged in, changed streaming speed, working so far:

Tried that, that only works for netflix.com for me. ATV3 is still blurry. I even exchanged the ATV3, still blurry. It's obvious it's Netflix/ATV3's fault.

Heres a forum i found that addresses alot of the issues and why Netflix is to blame

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28820834-Speed-Netflix-Comcast-does-not-support -HD-streaming~start=30

IMHO, I can't see how it's a Netflix/Comcast issue. I have Comcast, and get Netflix in HD on my BluRay player and my SmarTV. But not on AppleTV.

Exactly, that's why it's an obvious Netflix/ATV3 problem. I get super HD Netflix on my laptop, iPad, Nexus 7, iphone 5, and xBox, all on Wifi, but blurry on my ATV3.

In my case, I don't think it's my ATV3. I have Comcast, new modem, which has been rebooted, and my ATV is plugged into my AEBS via ethernet. I've rebooted my router as well.

I'm getting very poor vidoe quality (hardly watchable) while watching Netflix movies via both my "wired" ATV and my MacBook Pro wirelessly.

When I view Netflix's "Example" test video, it hardly ever goes over 750kbps on both the ATV and MacBook Pro. Most of the time it sits at 275 -540.

Dale.

I believe it is an Apple TV problem, and not a bandwidth problem. I can airplay a Netflix movie from my ipad to the Apple TV and the resolution is great, when I switch to Netflix directly from the Apple TV the resolution is terrible. Apple and Netflix need to get together and figure this one out!

This may actually be an issue between your ISP and Netflix. Netflix recently rolled out Super HD which seems to be causing quite a bit of issues for their customers. It appears that some ISP's aren't playing well with this new feature from Netflix. Check these out:

http://www.inquisitr.com/970127/netflix-super-hd-streaming-now-for-all-but-does- your-isp-support-it/

https://blog.blockless.com/category/service-reviews/#.UqanZGSxNXU

It might be worth a shot to call your ISP and inquire about this. Keep escalating until you get someone that knows the answer.

Hope this helps.

For me changing the streaming settings worked...for awhile. The. The quality slipped below SD and back.

I logged back into netflix_com and changed it to AUTO. It WORKED! Nice HD picture watching a movie...for an hour. Seems to be a temporary fix only.

Don't believe the problem is connected to Comcast I have time warner and am having same issues. Tested Internet speed not the problem also I can mirror netflix to aptv3 in hd no prob. Only prob is aptv3 direct netflix streaming hiccups after 10-60 seconds and quality is below acceptable! So apple, netflix or both get together and fix this!

I found a temporary solution. The problem only exist with Apple TV 3 which is 1080p. On Netflix all the shows with superHD will be blurry after 1st few seconds. To solve this you have to change the settings on Apple TV to 720p. So far all the shows with Super HD is converted to normal HD which is 720p.