In my haste to review Netflix on the PS3 I didn't wait for the second disc. Upon testing with the second disc, several new items came to my attention.
Good news every body!
First the good news, streaming to both PS3s seemed to work just as well as streaming to one.The other shoe drops.
Now here's the bad news. So the first test was removing the disc while a movie was playing. When hit eject, I immedately got a screen saying "invalid disc". Not the worst thing in the world, since Netflix will send you multiple discs, but annoying none the less.Now we hit a sore spot with me, I have on PS3 connected via HDMI and one via component to different TVs. If I play a BluRay disc or game I get at least 720 p resolution. The Netflix disc loads up in 720 p; however, on the TV with component connections when I played a movie, the resolution dropped to 480 p, and the aspect ratio changed. Not only did I not get full screen video at a supported resolution, but the image was wrong (forcing a 16:9 image to 4:3 by stretching). I looked for an option on the PS3 to explain this and failed to find anything. The only explanation I can come up with is that Netflix wants an encrypted signal to the TV and won't do analog HD. A crying shame for customers, and I'm removing a full point from my last review.
Ratings:
- Video Quality - Superb over HDMI, Crappy over component
- Audio Quality - OK (2 channel DD, No different than standard Netflix streaming)
- Controls - Meh
- Selection - So so (Missing new releases)
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I would agree it does suck that the quality dropped but I would assume that it has to do with copy protection issues. MPAA has very tight rules about there stuff.
ReplyDeleteAh but the key is, if I play a bluray disc the quality doesn't drop. This is new behavior.
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