Why does my Apple TV 2nd generation stall every few minutes?

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Apple TV 2nd generation stalls every few minutes

I Try to use Apple TV to view online programs, like Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars getting Coffee" on Crackle via Apple TV, but it doesn't stream well. Runs a minute or 2, then stalls and up pops the dreaded spinning wheel....

In the same room, at the same time, I can watch without trouble on my wifi only iPad.

My TV is a Vizio, my network is Comcast, my thoughts are to throw the darn Apple TV in the trash as it has never worked very well. Software has been updated to no avail.

 

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Re: Apple TV 2nd generation stalls every few minutes

I am sorry you are having issues- personally if you are looking to get rid of it I would sell it on eBay- The 2 can be jailbroken but the 3 can't. You would have enough to but the apple tv 3 or another streaming device with $ left over