Trouble with video streaming on netbook

I just purchased a Dell netbook (Intel N455 Single Core, 1.66GHz, 1GB DDR3 1333MHz 1 DIMM, Windows 7 Starter) and I'm having trouble with streaming video (TV shows from network sites) not playing properly. It will play for a couple of minutes, then seems to stop and buffer, but won't start again. Sometimes the screen has gone black and a 'this content is no longer available' message comes up, which I've never seen before from watching on our other computers. Speedtest shows a download speed ~3-4Mbps.

It seems strange to me that a brand new machine designed for web browsing would be having trouble with video. Is there something I'm missing?

Thank you.

Reply 1 : Trouble with video streaming on netbook

Most netbooks can't stream like that. Nothing's really busted, it's just a limitation of the slower CPU and video.

Not strange at all. Netbooks continue to be OK for email and most web stuff. Not a good choice for video streaming or games.
Bob