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Saturday, May 15th, 2021 12:22 AM

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Peacock app is unusable - slow, slow and slower

Accessing Peacock (and Paramount+) app from my set top box is nearly impossible. It's very, very slow to load and impossible to navigate.

I just recieved an updated and latest box and modem. Have 1.2 gb internet, web speeds are great. But loading any app thru Xfinity is slow. Guide showed a bit of improvement with new box but it's slow as well

Netflix, Disney+, etc thu SmartTV hub is great.

Help!

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4 years ago

Hello, @rdj64! Thank you for your post. I see you are mainly having issues with both Peacock and Paramount+, and you've already swapped your equipment. I'm glad to hear other apps like Netflix and Disney work great; however, it would be great if all the apps worked as expected. You described Peacock as being very slow. Are you having the exact same issues with Paramount+, or did Paramount+ provide more functionality? If you watch Peacock on other devices, do you have the same problem there as well?

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4 years ago

Maybe I can shed some light on the problem.  PEACOCK was unacceptably SLOW to open and navigate on my X1 box.  When a tech was here I told him about it.  He changed the resolution in the Settings on the box to a LOWER resolution and that cured the problem.  But, I'm NOT with my high quality TV going to watch a lower resolution.  Xfinity needs to FIX the problem (along with other problems).

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@janice805 the startup of internet apps often take longer as the app must gather the data to present (the user interface, the tiles for data, test your connection to determine optimum video bitrate for the connection and buffering of video before it begins. reducing the set top box resolution just limits the testing at higher resolution so it loads faster. 

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4 years ago

It’s the worst. I got a message to upgrade my equipment last time I went to use peacock. I got the new stuff and it was even worse than before. It’s the worst of the bunch. 
And no nbc, it’s not my internet speed. 

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@mikel1056 please post a new thread for your issue. be sure to give the equipment model numbers (set top boxes). 

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