Netflix shows off its features

The crowning glory of Netflix’s media briefings this week was a 4K stream of an episode of House of Cards, with the streaming service keen to show off its ultra high definition credentials to differentiate it from its competitors.

And of course execs were also keen to play down the perennial grumbles from Aussies that the internet here is just too slow still to support such high quality streaming.

Unfortunately, despite being in the heart of Sydney, the strain on the network meant instead of the crystal clear picture, Netflix showed off its “adaptive streaming” capabilities which saw it buffered down to HD quality.