TiVo Search/Netflix Watch Instantly Not Working

Reboot your TiVos.

 

The same here.... for several days. Its only SOME movie titles. I can't find the pattern.

Yep I rebooted. Did not help.

I also unregistered the TiVo @ Netflix and re-activated, no help.

I may try unactivating, rebooting, re-activating.

Frustrating. This is with a Premiere.

 

Be sure to call TiVo and Netflix and register complaints about any serious continuing problem you're having. They may not help you immediately but if you don't complain they aren't even aware of the problems.

 

Netflix stopped working for me today... I rebooted, confirmed network settings, deactivated my tivo from netflix... still not working. I just got off the phone with tivo and was told that a netflix "update" was ongoing and to try again in a few hours. Was also asked to call back in if I was still having trouble tomorrow. I asked if it was an application update but it wasn't... just some tweaking on their end to enhance streaming/buffering.... or so I was told.

I was really hoping for a new netflix app.... the tivo implementation of netflix is pretty bad compared to all the others out there.

 

I have had the same problem all day 5/22/11 no Netflix
I tried the reboot, then un-plug for 5 minutes then reboot still a no go. Double checked network is working and I can stream video from my iMac to the Tivo without any problems. So it has to be a Netflix issues.

 

I had this problem for most of the day today as well. It just started working again. I think the problem happens when TiVo's HME server is down. It is usually a rare occurrence, but I've seen this happening a few times just lately, so they must be having problems with the server. All of the extra screens (apps) that appear to load from outside content seem to run through that mechanism. It was originally meant to be a platform (Home Media Extensions) for building custom apps, but these days it seems to mostly be used for these apps they provide through their server. It means that TiVo has a single point of failure which can bring down TiVo Search, Netflix, Pandora, and any other similar apps at the same time. So, I doubt Netflix was ever down today, it was just TiVo's server that provides the Netflix app interface. Wish they would beef up that server a bit, add some redundancy, or come up with a way to make it more distributed.

 

Getting this error today while trying to use Netflix:

"An unexpected error has occurred, either the Netflix Service is inaccessible, or there was a network error. Please try Accessing Netflix again. If you are still having trouble, go to (TiVo support link) for help."

Edit: rebooted the TiVo and it worked. Stupid TiVo. I had to lose some in-progress recordings so the family could watch a Netflix movie they were waiting for.

 

I notified TiVo support of the problem, and they responded with:

- Chris