Whenever I watch VODs I get lots of lag - even in low quality VODs. It stops to load for some seconds with random intervals.
At the same time if I instead watch live streams I can do so without problems in highest quality - I can even watch a youtube video at the same time without problems.
I have also double checked that nothing is using eating up with my internet bandwidth when the VODs lags.
I talked to my brother who has the same problem - he lives in a different town and has a different ISP. I can see that many others in EU have the same problem:
http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/questions/5244516-constantly-lag-buffer-for-everyone-in-europe-
My personal conclusion to this is that Twitch finds it acceptable to provide a laggy service when watching VODs. This directly have holded me back subscribing to some twitch streamers - I will either watch them live when I can or watch the youtube streams instead. The VODs are pretty much unwatchable for me.
I hope you improve this asap - or alternatively that a competitor will be able to provide a better service.
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