Netflix Ps3 app no longer shows quality?

Hi mproper, no issue here but another member (hsedsie) posted the issue in the PS3 thread.

It's there for me as well.

Its not showing up for me either. I get the time & sound options but not video quality.

Same with me too. Started a couple of weeks ago first with not displaying audio and then since last Thursday not displaying the video quality. I deleted the game data and app but it still does not work. Also when watching SD or HD content sometimes the quality would drop for about 15 to 30 seconds which looks real bad then it is fine. Also the interface is worse now because the titles are smaller and misaligned.

Hi mproper, try all three titles and still display time, video and sound. Wonder if this issue is with certain location (ie. east coast, west coast)?

I reported this in a few threads the other day, asking if others had seen the same problem. I have a launch model 60 GB PS3 and nothing that I've tried will get its Netflix player to show the "Video" line in that information overlay. I also have a Sony BDP-S390 BD player whose Netflix player has the same feature which is also partially broken. The PS3 will only display time, unless I change the audio option or enable subtitles; the S390 displays the Video line, but will not dynamically update it--turning the overlay off and back on will get the currently correct value displayed, but it won't change if the encode changes.

Not actually a bug, since that information overlay is not an advertised feature of the player, however much some of us enjoy it. If you want to get a quick read on whether you're currently getting the higher bit rate encodes from Netflix, play Example Short 23.976, a test clip which has an overlay with bit rate and resolution information burned into every encode. I know, it's not the same thing.

Same here. I just discovered this thread. I noticed this a couple weeks ago. I'm annoyed, I used the feature quite often.

Maybe they are downgrading the streams and don't want it to be readily apparent?

If I'm playing X-HD, I always check to make sure it toggles up. Can't do that now....

Without any update since last I checked....I just pushed select while watching Walking Dead and it once again shows stream quality!

Works for me now as well, though I was forced to take the 4.30 system firmware update before I could run a network app.

It started showing video quality again for me too however I still have the problem with it sometimes dropping down to crappy Low/SD quality for about 15-30 seconds and It does not matter if I am watching SD or HD. Low/SD is pathetic and should not even be a encoding option come on it is 320x240 resolution. Actually I have a bunch of 320x240 videos on my computer that look better than Low/SD.

Mine is showing up as well.

Has anybody tried syncing this up with their iPhone? Its pretty cool.

Directions:

Open the iPhone Netflix app and the ps3 app. Browse with your phone until you find a movie or tv show that you want to watch. When you select the video it'll ask you if you want to watch the video on your phone or on the ps3. If you select ps3 you can continue to browse and queue up other videos on your phone.

I deleted the Netflix app on my 4th Gen iPod Touch since it runs like crud. It is slow, laggy and crashes. The 4th Gen is a POS anyway and I might upgrade to the 5th Gen when I can get a good deal on one.