So, last week I signed up for Amazon Prime when they had their $73 deal. I figured I'd be able to save $73 in shipping charges over the next year to at least break even and make it worth it. Another nice benefit to Prime is their Prime Video. I've slowly been working towards cutting the cord. I had this thread a while back about cleaning up the coax in our house and then getting a network port, coax, HDMI and USB ports set up by my living room TV for my HTPC. I wanted to make sure that everything was wired up correctly and that I had network access in the appropriate places to have access to my media. Things have for the most part been good. Currently all of the TV series & movies that we watch are ripped / downloaded and put down on my WHS server and then we either watch them with Kodi / HTPC on the living room TV or with the WD TV Live on our bedroom TV. Again no major issues.
Now I'm attempting to add streaming videos into the mix. Over the weekend we were gonna watch the Hunger Games with our niece. So I figured it would be a perfect time to try out Amazon Video (don't really think it matters, but the first Hunger Games movie wasn't available for free via Amazon Prime Video, so we ordered it from Amazon for $3.99 and then streamed it). We got everything going and the movie played ok for a couple minutes, but then started stuttering pretty bad. I tried to pause it for a few minutes and then play it again thinking it would buffer for a bit, but that made no difference. I was able to switch to the standard definition version without much hassle and from that point on it played perfectly.
I would think with my setup that I'd be able to stream HD content without any issues. I'm pretty confident that my modem, router and switch can handle HD streaming. They have all be recently upgraded with this thought in mind. But I wanted to get some [H] opinions about what's going on.
SURFboard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
TP-LINK TL-WDR3600 Wireless N600 Dual Band Router
TP-LINK TL-SG108 8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch
All of the network cabling in the house is Cat5e from Monoprice. I bought pre-made cables so there wouldn't be any issues with putting ends on correctly, etc. Also about 95% of the coax in the house has been replaced. I do have Time Warner Cable for internet and we have "standard internet". I've been trying to figure out the speeds for their standard level, but I'm having some trouble finding any info on it. Another thing that I thought of is that we tried to stream this movie around 8:00pm on a Saturday, so would it be possible that the slowness was on Amazon's end because it was a weekend night, which would possibly be busier for them??
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Now I'm attempting to add streaming videos into the mix. Over the weekend we were gonna watch the Hunger Games with our niece. So I figured it would be a perfect time to try out Amazon Video (don't really think it matters, but the first Hunger Games movie wasn't available for free via Amazon Prime Video, so we ordered it from Amazon for $3.99 and then streamed it). We got everything going and the movie played ok for a couple minutes, but then started stuttering pretty bad. I tried to pause it for a few minutes and then play it again thinking it would buffer for a bit, but that made no difference. I was able to switch to the standard definition version without much hassle and from that point on it played perfectly.
I would think with my setup that I'd be able to stream HD content without any issues. I'm pretty confident that my modem, router and switch can handle HD streaming. They have all be recently upgraded with this thought in mind. But I wanted to get some [H] opinions about what's going on.
SURFboard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
TP-LINK TL-WDR3600 Wireless N600 Dual Band Router
TP-LINK TL-SG108 8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch
All of the network cabling in the house is Cat5e from Monoprice. I bought pre-made cables so there wouldn't be any issues with putting ends on correctly, etc. Also about 95% of the coax in the house has been replaced. I do have Time Warner Cable for internet and we have "standard internet". I've been trying to figure out the speeds for their standard level, but I'm having some trouble finding any info on it. Another thing that I thought of is that we tried to stream this movie around 8:00pm on a Saturday, so would it be possible that the slowness was on Amazon's end because it was a weekend night, which would possibly be busier for them??
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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