Apple Tv 2 (4.4.4)Screen saver starts during Netflix

Apple Tv 2 (4.4.4)Screen saver starts during Netflix.To avoid this I had to disable the screensaver completely.

Same here. It's just started doing this during NetFlix.
Turned screen saver off now...

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