[geeks] Network software pointer

[Andrew Jones]

On 07/02/2012 05:21 PM, David Eisner wrote:
>
> I'm paying for 25 Mbps up/down, and when I used various online
> bandwidth testers (speedtest.net, etc.) I did measure bandwidth that
> good or higher. But the (excellent) support person at Netflix
> confirmed that I was getting only 720p -- with the occasional burst to
> 1080 -- while I was streaming and on the phone with him.
>

Virtually all Netflix content is 720p.   Netflix can vary the bitrate of 
the stream to match conditions, but as far as I know, they don't 
transcode 1080 content to 720 or vice versa.