And neither controls what the other does.
And Netflix doesn't have their own infrastructure to manage, as they rely on all the different internet connections across the country and 3rd party streaming devices (Roku, etc.) to provide their service.ĭirecTV and Netflix are two very different TV providers aimed at different markets. They are different providers with different business models. That has nothing to do with what Netflix chose to do by having both DVD and streaming options. There has been no hardware advancement (at least publicly known), other than the launch of the Genie-2 (HS17) which I would actually call a step backwards because of the over simplified but restrictive design that takes away too much freedom from the statement of "DirecTV is not a streaming provider" is fact. But AT&T had enough of a challenge updating and adapting the account systems to work together. Yes the dream was that AT&T acquiring DirecTV would bridge the gap between satellite and those secondary hardline services. That side of it could use an overhaul, but not so long as channels keep disabling our FF/REW capability for their On Demand. So that is not a technical issue like the earlier issue, but the limitations of the design.
This results in the speed they upload it at, the various different paths it takes to you, plus it is provided in full resolution through the entirety of it (not adjusting for bandwidth like dedicated streaming providers) factoring in. Each channel maintains their own library. Since DirecTV is not a streaming provider, they don't have their own servers providing the On Demand content. The download/buffering issue is a different issue. What happened? It isn't listed on the bill, but you pay plenty, I believe it should be supported. I remember when AT&T was the cream of the crop with Bell Labs being the envy of many electrical engineer.
Microsoft was showing it off in their demo room in Redmond, and their a duplicate room in Disneyland in the old Carousel of Progress. You may or may not recall but many years ago they introduced a PCI card that work really well but they choose not to sell it.
I've used open source software that streams better than this solution. I bet if they wanted for it to work well they could find a software company that could pull it off. Just seems to be a problem with the solution on the PC. I have been waiting 3 years for it to work. If you can't get it to work, then don't offer it. I can't see where any reasonable person would accept that answer. So I went out and purchased a 100 foot ethernet cable, connected it up and same thing. Their tech support said it was my wireless, I did mention that Youtube works great, no pause.
When I first started using it the problem was it would keep pausing cause it could not download fast enough. This next time it works well will be the first time. The mobile app seems to work much better.ĭid you ever see the advertisement that it works on anything, mobile, computer, laptop, tablet, tv. Channel surfing on a the computer app is not easy. I was doing this to attempt to watch two football games at the same time. One other note, you cannot run it twice on the same computer, no error message just says you need to reset the video player. At this time I have 6 (six) computers in the house and it only works on 1 (one). He ever texted me later after trying it on his wife's laptop at his house (this guy is good). But not for a lack of trying, the Tech was one of the best I have dealt with, and he spent way more time than I expected to try to help. With a DirecTv Tech at my house we connected my Windows Computer to the wireless (even though it was on the same subnet) and I still get the message. I can't get my streaming to work on my computer because it says it has to be on the same wireless network. They used to advertise about it which seems wrong. AT&T made it clear to me that viewing DirecTv on my computer is not a part of their paid service.