Question: Video streaming problems: Who's to blame, ISP or computer?
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I'm having a frustrating time watching video on my computer at home. Whenever I go to watch a videos whether it's on YouTube, news site, or some other Websites, my videos often gets stuck buffering after only a
few seconds of playing. When it seems like it's ready to go again, it plays for a while then starts to buffer again. It can take over 5 minutes to get through a 30 second video, and that's after the video starts playing! Is this an issue with my broadband provider or is it my computer? How can I tell whose fault is it? Are there tests I can run that help eliminate common problem areas, so I can nail down the cause of my frustrations? Are there ways to make things better. Or should I switch broadband companies? All this stop and go buffering is driving me a bit loony! Thanks for any help. -- Submitted by: Cindy W. Note: This post was edited by its original author on 08/23/2012 at 4:59 PM PT
I've purchased a ton of products from Amazon over the years and I think this is my first negative review (or review for that matter). The device worked for about a month. All of the sudden I started to notice artifacts and then all my displays started to turn off/on. I swapped cables but noticed no difference. I eventually took the device out of my setup and then everything returned to normal without the device in the rotation. I contacted their support for an RMA, but noticed they required all RMA shipping to be covered by the purchaser which doesn't make sense if the product dies within a few months after purchase. I had to follow up to get a response as well. Overall, just wasn't worth the cost to go through all the hassle of doing an RMA especially when other reviewers noted the same experience. It's a shame because when the product worked it did exactly what I needed it to.