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Disney+ buffering
I just received a new Verizon FIOS router (CR1000a) as my other one was quite old. I've hooked it up and everything seems fine with the exception for Disney+. It's constantly buffering. The FIOS TV s...
Have a Windows 10 system (or newer) with an Ethernet LAN connection at hand? The Disney+ App is available for Windows, too. Can't get rid of the idea that face some oddity around or near your LG C1 TV (with a Fast Ethernet 100 Mb/s link). Spotting several reports in the wild Internet with random results, some say everything is fine, just for example YouTube is buffering. Almost convinced using a different system like a small Windows box with just a Fast Ethernet port does not show any buffering. Could be many things going bad, almost impossible to answer.
schumaku wrote:
Could be many things going bad, almost impossible to answer.
Indeed. Throw in the different TV makers and confusion is almosy guaranteed.
In my case, I have used Powerline Ethernet rather than wifi to span the short distance between my router and the "TV" receiver. (I use a computer monitor and set-top boxes to watch things.) I also prefer wired to wifi.
I am not familiar with Panasonic TVs, but I know that Samsung stuff is famously finicky.
michaelkenward wrote:In my case, I have used Powerline Ethernet rather than wifi to span the short distance between my router and the "TV" receiver. (I use a computer monitor and set-top boxes to watch things.) I also prefer wired to wifi.
... so does the OP ...
gtb104 wrote:
I tried switching the TV from ethernet to WiFi connection, and the Disney+ app seems to stream fine. No buffering.
I'd prefer to have it on ethernet though, so I'd like to switch it back.
Don't worry, not the only brain starving this evening 8-)
schumaku wrote:
michaelkenward wrote:In my case, I have used Powerline Ethernet rather than wifi to span the short distance between my router and the "TV" receiver. (I use a computer monitor and set-top boxes to watch things.) I also prefer wired to wifi.
... so does the OP ...
Indeed. That is why I said also.