Netbook video stuttering - can you advise?

[sfjnet]

Hi,
I recently bought my daughter a MSI Wind U135 DX (1GB ram, 160GB disk, Windows 7) and she loves it. The only problem is that she wants to watch online TV here in the UK such as BBC iPlayer and 4OD, and the playback stutters badly. Two questions for you: is there anything that can be done about this? I dont know if she has other apps running when she tries to play the video. Would that make a difference? Also, would there be any effect by upgrading her version of Flash (assuming she doesnt already have the most recent one)?

Second question is - if we cant do anything about this problem I think I will have to replace the netbook because she intends to use it at uni and will definitely want to watch TV that way. Can you recommend a not-stupidly-expensive netbook that doesnt have video stuttering issues?

Many thanks

[VHG]

Stuttering is often a sign that your broadband is too slow to download the video fast enough to watch it (in other words you are watching it faster than it can download).

Some options include:

Get faster broadband

Choose a lower quality video (if that option is available)

Downloading some or all of the file first, THEN watch it.

Having said that, Netbooks are often under powered so that may be part of the problem. Any chance you could try it with a "proper" laptop and see if that is better using the same broadband speed.

[galeck1947]

VHG is right that is a netbook style computer and is not meant to watch TV on as it wasn't designed to do so. You will need a more powerfull one to do that it is too underpowered