I am a happy tivo user, having switched back to tivo after being frustrated with the cable co dvrs. Recently, I took my annual business trip to India and didnt want to miss my favorite shows so I purchased a stream.
Setup was fairly simple, and I downloaded a bunch of shows in my house before i left to watch on the plane. Transfer speed were slower than i would have expected, but not totally unbearable. I watched all the downloaded shows on my flight with no issues whatsoever.
Once i reached India, the troubles began. Internet speeds in India are not near as good as in the US, but they are fair (DSL level speeds on average). I tried downloading shows from two of my offices, and my hotel. In all cases, transfer speeds were utterly abysmal. I could have lived with this, but whenever a show finished downloading, and i would then watch it, it would lock up at some point in the middle of the show while watching. It was definitely an issue with the downloading show as I could rewatch it and it would freeze/lockup at exactly the same point.
Any good app/hardware should have the ability to avoid issues such as this (corrupt files) Of the 20+ shows i downloaded during my trip, less than 5 were able to be watched all the way through. Soon as I got home, i downloaded again, and they worked fine. I also tried downloading a shot from a friends house in the US and it worked fine.
This was highly disappointing to me. Does anyone have any idea why the download recovery/reparing/file checking is so bad on the stream? I feel like I wasted my money on this device...
I have Verizon fios as my internet provider, so my connection is solid..
Setup was fairly simple, and I downloaded a bunch of shows in my house before i left to watch on the plane. Transfer speed were slower than i would have expected, but not totally unbearable. I watched all the downloaded shows on my flight with no issues whatsoever.
Once i reached India, the troubles began. Internet speeds in India are not near as good as in the US, but they are fair (DSL level speeds on average). I tried downloading shows from two of my offices, and my hotel. In all cases, transfer speeds were utterly abysmal. I could have lived with this, but whenever a show finished downloading, and i would then watch it, it would lock up at some point in the middle of the show while watching. It was definitely an issue with the downloading show as I could rewatch it and it would freeze/lockup at exactly the same point.
Any good app/hardware should have the ability to avoid issues such as this (corrupt files) Of the 20+ shows i downloaded during my trip, less than 5 were able to be watched all the way through. Soon as I got home, i downloaded again, and they worked fine. I also tried downloading a shot from a friends house in the US and it worked fine.
This was highly disappointing to me. Does anyone have any idea why the download recovery/reparing/file checking is so bad on the stream? I feel like I wasted my money on this device...
I have Verizon fios as my internet provider, so my connection is solid..
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