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And how exactly do you "think" 800 kbps connection is "fine" for watching 3 mbps video? Don't you pass simple math course?
I don't know what is the situation with your desktop, or with the desktop of your neighbors, but the connection of your laptop is definitely not "fine".
I also don't know what causes it. If it's not your ISP who delivers good bandwidth to you, then it's your WiFi router or your laptop may need also drivers for it's wifi card.
Do you install such drivers /I would ask - any drivers at all; when you buy hardware do you bother to read the manuals/?
Or it may be bad hardware as cbrunnem say.
 
Now i've tried to download a movie that is 1080p... it does seems to work.. but the sound dissapear every 5-6 seconds and then scomes up... it is also like they move in slow motion sometimes, why?
 

cause your laptop is not fast enough. we have told you that. you need to do what previous people have recommended or just return the laptop. id get rid of it as it is not a good laptop.
 

i would as well but one thing i dont get is that why a 15 inch laptop would ship with a only 1ghz cpu? plus why win 7 ultimate when most laptops in the mainstream get home premium instead
 
"Now i've tried to download a movie that is 1080p... it does seems to work.. "

Now that is when you need these hardware acceleration drivers Pyree is talking about.
 
I've downloaded them already but it doesn't seems to work... My friend have a laptop and is specs are:

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2GB DDR3 Memory
Intel celeron processor 900
Intel GMA 4500M

On his computer it works very well to play with vlc, gom player etc...
But i cant even play on VLC because the video just stops and you just hear the sound at the background.
What could the problem be? Is it because i have to update my graphic card or what?

OBS... maybe this is a bit offtopic but everytime i listen music on spotify and watch clips at youtube the sound mess up. the music sounds like a robot and stutter all the time, and when i click pause and play again, it says that i have a problem with my sound card. why? =(
 
is this a joke to you? cause you are not listening to us. you have a cpu power issue cause your cpu is not strong enough and you internet connection is too slow. end of story that is your problem, return the laptop and get something more powerful. stop trying to go off roading in a Ford focus. it just cant do what you are asking it to do.
 

you probably have intergrated sound which really put its load on the cpu and when you try to do sumthing a bit more demanding than surfing the web and office etc, the cpu is loaded trying to process the video and the programs and does not have enough power to process the sound and for your issue about the 1080p movie when the sound disappears, thats why. as for when the it seems like the movie is playing in slow motion, your laptop cant process it fast enough so the framerates are dropped, resulting the movie slowing down. and yea do return the laptop if you still can for a better one as the one you've got isn't great and you wont be able to really upgrade it
 
just use windows media player instead of vlc, it uses less cpu as compared to vlc
as i just purchased it today and encounterd same problem. :)
 
HEY..Nextr

have you tried windows media player codec?
you should install windows media player codec then you will able to play 1080 videos by windows media player.

i'm having same laptop,i'm not able to play 1080 videos by using vlc player but by installing this codec i'm able to play 1080 videos using windows media player .

 
Sorry to say it buddy but I have the exact same laptop as you I have a higher bandwidth and I lag when watching videos sometimes. also the GPU is integrated and the CPU is soldered to the board, I have been trying to find ways to make my laptop faster for days now
 


Because 480P is crap on this laptop and 720 still isn't the best
 

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