“I am in a rural area, have Direct TV, a router which is slow. Will the fire stick have alot of interrupting buffering”
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Sadly a slow internet speed poses problems.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes all streaming device require a certain mps
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It all depends on your internet service speed--
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm in a rural area as well. I have a cell booster in my house and use my mobile hotspot and don't have any trouble with buffering. If you have slow internet I see an issue with buffering
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Run a speed test from a phone or computer connected to the wifi. 1) google "speed test" 2) click run If it's over 10mbps you should be fine. If not, bestbuy has a great return policy.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I personally had issues with mine buffering at times but my household also was drawing bandwidth with Xbox and PC at the same time. I upgraded my router to improve quality and was still cheaper than my cable package.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm also a direct tv user and I have t has any issue with buffering with my cable company.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It depends on a lot of other variables... What type of Internet service you have? What options you have for internet? What hardware your using? What settings you have, or have available? Who else is using your internet? What time of day your using it? etc... and that's just on your end! The best thing to do is purchase one, hook it up and try it. If it doesn't work out, return it!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.From what I have learned by watching countless programs on YouTube and reading lots of articles, buffering has very little to do with internet speed and a lot to do how many people are accessing a network. For example, my smart phone works at a speed of just less than 5 Mbps but I can access YouTube and cast it on my TV, no problem. Plus I can watch movies, play games, etc. My Internet speed through Spectrum is about 100 to 200 Mbps and I have to deal with buffering when watching sports. Why? Because I am accessing a free network so I have to contend with everyone else in the world accessing the same network. Therefore, buffering issues. But if I use Pay-Per-View, no buffering issues because with PPV, a network is created exclusively for me and I share the signal with no one. The beauty of Fire Stick is having access to a lot of downloaded material found on the Internet so if I experience buffering issues on one network, I simple escape out of that program and find another network. Within five minutes, I am up and running again with picture perfect quality. Of course, if time is of the essence, you could always go back to cable TV, pay the extra $140 or whatever you were paying and hope that solves the problem.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you try to watch 1080p yes 720p no. Can you watch YouTube 720p?
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