So I bought my dad a Smart TV. Unfortunately, it’s kind of a pile. It manages OK with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon, but while it can run the former and the latter at 1080, when I try to run VUDU, I can barely get one bar. I even tried a wired Ethernet connection through my DVR which AT&T say is a no-no. It works slightly better, but only sporadically. Maybe VUDU uses more bandwidth and the decompression is too much strain on the TV’s software or something. My Blu-ray player, wired PC, and Chromecast don’t have this issue, not do any of my mobile devices. Unfortunately, I can’t exactly open up the TV and put in a better processor. My WiFi is fairly strong, 10-20 when it’s working well (Although we’ll be changing providers soon). Is there any damn thing I can do to get the thing to handle the strain? Especially now that VUDU have asshole-ish-ly removed the HD 720 option, leaving me with only HDX that the TV can’t handle and SD.

Any advice?