I bought my HP Envy 15 ts Notebook PC around September 2014, and the only complaint up until now that I've had is about the distracting fan noise, which is bareable now as my brain seems to subconsciously block it out in quite the same way that it would block out one's own body odor, a child crying, or any other persistent unpleasantries after prolonged exposure.
Now, I have another problem, only 7 months after buying the machine! Every video I stream lags immensely, to the point where they become unwatchable. This is not acceptable for a laptop so young, especially given it's specs. It has a 2.5GHz intel i5 processor, and 4GB of RAM.
Let me explain the problem further. YouTube videos are actually the only videos that work without lagging.... even then, it only runs smoothly up until the resolution is set to 1080p, at which point the video becomes really choppy. Am I wrong in assuming that a fairly new mid-range computer should be able to handle a 1080p video???? On a side note - the last generation of my phone could handle this task with ease. I could probably grit my teeth and bare this loss of resolution and settle, like a feral beast, with 720p.... if it worked for anything else except YouTube.
Streaming on any other website is futile, even legitimate ones. Watching a TV show on Netflix, or 4od, should be an enjoyable experience, instead, every punchline is ruined by the spasmodic fluttering of a cast who seem to have all inexplicably developed Parkinsons whilst trying to catch up with the audio track - this causes ineffable fury, enough to make me question my own psychological stability.
I have tried making sure that every other program or tab is closed except for the one playing the video. I have tried playing the video while monitoring my CPU and RAM usage in task manager, but this all seems to be normal. I'm one step away from playing my notebook some nice relaxing music, giving it a back massage, telling it it looks nice and running it a hot bath. Please help.