Windows Media Player Problem! HELP! :(

[Whiskers]

I can stream 1080p netflix encodes on my slow but stable 16Mb/s connection.

 

50Mb/s (if you're actually getting those speeds) would be enough to stream untouched Blu-rays. Which are usually around the 30-35Mb/s total bitrate. Not to mention a fully transparent h.264 1080p encode would usually come in at around 16-18Mb/s. The over compressed Netflix streams have a bitrate well below that, it's ridiculous that people in North America can't stream them.

 

Edit: Oh wait I just realised you're in Scotland, same here. You need a new ISP

 

Indeed. Problem for me is there's no ISP that can provide me with a better speed in my area - absolute highest is 4Mb/s.

[Murdoch]

Indeed. Problem for me is there's no ISP that can provide me with a better speed in my area - absolute highest is 4Mb/s.

 

Man that sucks, I take it you live somewhere quite rural?

 

I'm impatiently waiting for FTTC (BT infinity) to be rolled out to my area via the 'Rest of Scotland' Government initiative. But it seems that there are some places that are overlooked even with the 'Free Market' being supplemented by tax payer's money. 

[Whiskers]

Man that sucks, I take it you live somewhere quite rural?

 

I'm impatiently waiting for FTTC (BT infinity) to be rolled out to my area via the 'Rest of Scotland' Government initiative. But it seems that there are some places that are overlooked even with the 'Free Market' being supplemented by tax payer's money. 

 

Sort of rural, I live on the edge of Edinburgh.

 

Frustratingly all the areas around mine have Fibre.

[Enderman]

I'm afraid I agree with OneGun here.

 

The highest quality I can stream online is 720p on YouTube with lots of buffering or 480p on Netflix. Until such a time as everyone in the world has at least 50Mb/s download speeds, high-quality 1080p streaming is still going to be problematic.

i can do 1080p on youtube just fine with no buffering

same with 4k