I just had one of my worst PSN experiences ever. I rented an HD movie and over 2 hours, I managed to watch about 1 hour of said movie. I saw more playback stops and buffering than actual movie.
I recall the good old days of PS3, when if I chose to rent a movie on PSN it would download the movie to my system (over 2-5 hours), and then play back flawlessly and delete after I finished watching it.
With PS4, it seems my only option is to stream my movie rental, which after this evening, seem not to be ideal. I’d really like to see a “download to system” option for movies rented on PS4 via PSN. Until that option is added, I’ll have to refrain from renting any more movies from PSN, as it’s just not worth 4 hours of my time to attempt to watch a 2-hour movie.
Thanks.