I have a question, or maybe it's more a plea for help! I cut the cord about 6 months ago, added a new digital antenna, bought a new Amazon Firestick, a new 1G Arris Surfboard cable modem, and a new 4G Netgear wifi router. The only thing that's not new is my 2 year old hi-def Sony TV.
I've signed up with Tablo, which allows me to either watch OTA through my Firestick, or record it to watch later. I've also subscribed to HULU which streams through my Firestick. (Both my OTA signals/Tablo, and my HULU stream run through my Firestick.)
After I assembled everything, it all worked fine during the day, but in the evening, buffering becomes a huge problem. Some evenings buffering will be minimal, but other evenings, the TV pauses and buffers more than it shows a picture which makes watching the show impossible. This happens whether I'm watching OTA shows, or via HULU.
I took the same Firestick, and plugged it into a low-def TV that is at least 10 years old, and it has minimal buffering (almost none). It appears that my 2-year-old hi-def TV is the problem.
I've tried to tweak the settings in the TV, but that doesn't seem to help. I've also turned off the wifi connection in the TV (but left the Firestick wifi enabled). I'm still getting way too much buffering to watch many of the shows.
We have a lot of devices connected to our router, but most only utilize the network occasionally, like our smart thermostat. We don't have kids living at home anymore, and don't use any other laptops, phones, iPads, etc. when we are having the buffering problem. I feel my router and cable modem should be adequate.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any thoughts or suggestions?