Force Bitrate for Netflix and WD TV Live

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Streaming
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Is it possible to force video quality / bitrate for Netflix with the WD TV Live (3rd gen)?

Using the shortcut (ctrl+alt+shift+s) with a USB keyboard doesn’t work. I know it is possible to get to the bitrate force menu with remote controls of other devices and consoles for example up, up, down, down, up, down etc. but I can’t find anything similar for the WD TV Live.

Thank you in advance.

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Not that I’ve seen…  All of that is controlled from your account settings at netflix.com.

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Thanks,

Problem is they manage it acourding to bandwidth even if set to HD on the account.

I submitted it under Idea Exchange. As there is a shortcut via keyboard one can use when the content is playing (on PC though, doesn’t work on WD TV and a keyboard) it should be possible to do with a firware update.

Some days netflix limits me to very low rates for some reason (288 bitrate) and I found that 'n dont have issues with 1750 when set manually (tested with my PC). Even 480p is acceptable and doesn’t buffer again but 288 is just horrible.

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Great idea, you can change / check bitrate on a PC and a Roku, it would nice to do it on a WD also.