Have you noticed that movies and shows from Netflix look bad
for a few seconds? That is because Netflix will start playing a
stream sooner than it can be played at its full quality and
buffers for the full-resolution version as it is ready then the
stream will be displayed at full resolution.
If your bandwidth slows
down (like when sharing WiFi), video resolution will drop until
the full-res stream is sufficiently buffered again. Netflix does
this to keep the load times short so you see less buffering
circles instead of the show. This is effective use of technology
others might do well to emulate.
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