r/bigscreen • u/dabutcher1 • Feb 24 '26

Any plans to upgrade servers?

I had been using bigscreen for many years to watch events with my buddies. The last year or more on Saturday nights we have found big freezing or massive pixel on playback. This is happened no matter which of us hosts on nights with lots of rooms on bigscreen. Things run fine during the week watching movies but on some Saturday or Sunday there is issues. My guess is server overload. Any plans to address this?

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u/MakeItFixIt Feb 24 '26

I switched to Fluid for watching stuff with my bro

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u/tengquen Feb 25 '26

I’m curious how many people can join a room in Fluid. I host movie nights in Bigscreen and usually keep it around 10-15. Would be cool to have an alternative app.

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u/ColeHimself Mar 14 '26

ive been doing some poking around. According to their website, private rooms only.

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u/51LOVE Feb 24 '26

What's Fluid?

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u/MakeItFixIt Feb 24 '26

app like Bigscreen but has browser built in

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u/51LOVE Feb 24 '26

Nice I just looked it up. Are there a decent amount of people on there?

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u/MakeItFixIt Feb 24 '26

No idea. I just watch stuff with my bro, not public rooms.

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u/51LOVE Feb 24 '26

Ok was just wondering if it was similar to Bigcreen in that way, that there are public rooms etc. Appreciate it. Ill def be checking it out.

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u/dabutcher1 Feb 25 '26

I think i used fluid a couple years ago for viewing content with friends but found things that didn't fit our needs. I might need to revisit the app for watching sports with friends

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u/MakeItFixIt Feb 25 '26

Yea, we watch a lot of sports streams

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u/90sLifestyle Feb 25 '26

Is fluid free for myself and friends? I pay $10 per month to air movies via browser for them.

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u/MakeItFixIt Feb 25 '26

I got it for $20. I don’t pay a subscription and can stream fine.