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But like Microsoft Edge, Safari has an ace up its sleeve: support for Ultra HD (4K) streaming from Netflix. According to Netflix, Safari is the only browser on a Mac that can do so, while 4K streaming is locked to Microsoft Edge on Windows. However, you must have macOS Big Sur (Safari 14) or newer installed and a specific Mac with a T2 security chip to stream Netflix in 4K.

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Hi guys. The Microsoft Edge is my favorite browser of all times, really, but not when I try to watch netflix or other video streaming services, it always breaks, I have no ideia what to do anymore. Always when I try to play something there's an error and then I need to reload over and over again, sometimes even when I just play the video it stop working when I try to play again. Help me to keep using this best browser that I've ever seen.

I've ever tried to disable hardware acceleration, enable DRM content, install Microsoft Silverlight and a lot of other things, but I didn't get to watch so far without an error I keep receiving these error codes: D7356-7701 and others related. Is there's still something that can be done to really fix theses erros or I just have to be patient and wait for news versions of the browser?

Of all the things that matter when you are watching Netflix, the browser is one of them if you are not using the app on your device of choice. And what you are currently using is probably not the best one - particularly if you are using Google Chrome to watch Netflix on.

Around two-thirds of the world, at least according to a report by NetMarketShare, use Google Chrome as the computer's main browser. However, Chrome is quite terrible when it comes to watching Netflix. There are other free browsers out there that will get you better picture quality.

Netflix and other video streaming platforms protect content with something called digital rights management (DRM). DRM makes it harder for people to record Netflix on their computers and then upload that to any file-sharing services.

Different browsers use different DRM technology. Chrome and Mozilla Firefox use a software-based DRM system called Widevine. Unlike some other stringer hardware-based systems, this makes it possible (no easy still) for people to use screen- capture software to record Netflix shows.

And something like this is not what the likes of Netflix are going to be ok with - they do not want their content to be ripped off and pirated in super-sharp 4K quality. So, what they do instead is to limit the playback resolution to 720p (1,280 X 720 pixels) for both Chrome and Firefox on Windows, Linux and Mac,

On the other hand, Apple and Microsoft both use hardware-based DRM systems which are harder to crack than the Widevine software. Thus, in this case, Netflix allows Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari users to enjoy better picture quality.

For Windows users, thus, Microsoft Edge is the best browser to watch Netflix on where you will get up to 4K resolution. However, to ensure that you need to make sure your laptop/computer has these following features -

Most MacBooks have better than Full HD displays and with the macOS 11 (the Big Sur), Safari will be upgraded to support 4K streaming and you will be able to get maximum video quality from the top-tier Netflix subscription you are paying for.

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We want to watch netflix on the browser not the app. The login page appears but when we click on the Play button a screen appears talking about HTML5 and Silverlight. We know what HTML5 and Silverlight are but find it strange that the WebOS browser does not support this markup language on its player. Oddly YouTube works fine in the browser.

YouTube should run fine as it detects a compatible browser and then only uses HTML. Silverlight like Flash is pretty much dead in the water and no manufacturer if their browser does not support it now is going to bother building in support for it.

Yes YouTube runs fine but oddly not Netflix. I would have thought Netflix uses HTML5 for its browser and WebOS would display HTML5. No big deal just that we use the browser for everything else, email, YouTube, News channels, so we have simply got used to using Netflix from within the browser. Plus we have found Apps usually have limited functions, less security and more bugs so we avoid them. I would not want to get into a protracted discussion about whether to use apps or browser, just wondering, as you do, why a widely-used service such as Netflix would not work on a fairly-widely-used Operating System like WebOs and would there just be some simple setting that we are not aware of to enable Netflix to play content without leaving the browser.

1. Netflix's backend does not recognise the webOS browser, simple enough to cure in theory; just code in the browser ID string
2. The webOS browser does not meet the HTML5 requirements needed for Netflix, while it is pretty good it falls behind others such as Firefox, Chrome and Opera
3. The most likely culprit is probably a plugin on the site that the webOS browser cannot handle, in this case it is more than likely cadmium-playercore which is a JavaScript based player. While the webOS browser does support JavaScript it probably just does not like media players based on it, another user had a similar problem in this thread: -ken43

George. We just bought the tv. Then we realise we have been forced to use their browser. Their privacy policy basically says we have no privacy whatsoever and never will, they can watch, record, sell everything we do forever. I suppose the gloves are off in the game of big brother. Looking closer at the browser there does not seem to any 'right'click' function so we cannot use tabs, for example. Facebook renders impossibly huge on the screen with the content displayed at full width. Is there another way to browse the internet? The developers are either incompetent or like I wrote earlier the gloves are off, management designed this deliberately, they do not care about complaints and they are out for blood. So any other ways to browse?

Reply: It is down to Netflix to add the browser ID string in to their website's list of recognised browsers, it would also be down to them to ensure the site works in the webOS browser.

Reply: HTML coding is relatively straight forward, it is just down to the willingness of the content providers to move to pure HTML5/CCS3 when they have been wed to other technologies such as Flash and JavaScript for so many years that the change becomes too immense a challenge for them to consider. This is where the app has the advantage over the browser. webOS apps can be written as Packaged or Hosted, the former is installed in its entirety on the TV. The later is installed on the content provider's server and is accessed via a browser (LG's terminology link hidden, please login to view) essentially the app opens the webOS browser without toolbars etc and displays the remote content on the TV. Hosted apps enables the content provider to update as often as they like without the need to have it retested and posted in the app store by LG. So it does pose the question is Netflix can produce an app that is essentially using the webOS browser why are they not able to recode the website in pure HTML5/CCS3 to do the same job. I imagine their answer would be that they produce apps for different platforms so why would you use the browser.