Clean install of Mavericks, Netflix HD slow in chrome and safari

I did a clean install this morning, but netflix still lags and becomes unsynced when I play hd streams. I have a macbook pro 15 early 2011 with the 2.3 ghz i7, 8gb of ram, and the 1gb 6750m, so i think that I should be able to play netflix totally fine. The only thing that worries me is that I have the higher res screen option (1680 x 1050) which I guess might be impacting performance, but I am not sure. Is this just a software thing or is my computer not able to play netflix hd streams?
I have noticed general choppyness around the system. Is this just a symptom of the hd display? Help is appreciated!
Also I ran etre check while playing a stream and you can see that the cpu usage for chrome isn't that high, so it doesn't seem to me that there is a hardware issue.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
          AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:33:58
Disk Information:
          ST95005620AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Gautam's HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (484.38 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          gfxCardStatus
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          None
Old Applications:
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              22%          Google Chrome Helper EH
               9%          coreaudiod
               4%          WindowServer
               4%          EtreCheck
               1%          Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
          246 MB          Google Chrome Helper EH
          188 MB          mds_stores
          131 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          123 MB          Google Chrome
          82 MB          softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information:
          3.17 GB          Free RAM
          2.32 GB          Active RAM
          1.25 GB          Inactive RAM
          1.26 GB          Wired RAM
          2.05 GB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Any MacBook Pro from the past decade is certainly able to support Netflix HD.  So, it could be an OS problem, or it could be a network problem.  It's not likely a hardware issue if normal web browsing works normally.
Have you considered that the problem may not be your Mac at all?  It's all over the news for months that there are ongoing Net Neutrality / throttling issues occuring between ISPs and Netflix.  Just Google "Netflix" and you'll see what I mean.  Your Mac may be fine, the bandwidth you have paid your ISP for is likely more than suitable, yet money-grabbing ISPs are purposely either throttling streaming media, or are purposely not upgrading their networks to support the required traffic, or are not playing fairly in making peering agreements.
I can offer a few suggestions to try to determine if it's your Mac or your ISP.
The first thing to try is to connect your MacBook Pro directly to your home router using an Ethernet cable and then try Netflix.  If it works, then you have a problem with your Wireless network.
If that doesn't work, then try another device on your home network that is capable of using the new Netflix HD resolution.  So, try a game console or another computer to see it you can stream HD content from Netflix from any of them.  If the same symptoms occur, then it's not your Mac and you can try a few other things.  Or, take your MacBook Pro to a friends house that has a different ISP and see if it works from there.
If it still seems to be your MacBook Pro then first try reinstalling the latest Silverlight player from Microsoft.
If you think it's your ISP, then you can try several things that are commonly discussed in the ongoing Netflix vs. ISP news:
* Call your ISP's support and make them work with you to solve the issue.
* Change DNS server settings to OpenDNS or Google's DNS servers
* Use a VPN service to attempt to mask your Netflix traffic from your ISP.
* If you have another ISP available in your area, do some research to see if their customers are having the same problem, and if not, seriously consider changing ISPs.  If that's an option, call your current ISPs customer support and tell them that you will be switching ISPs because they are interferring with streaming media.  Then do it!
* Call your congressman and tell them to support Net Neutrality legislation, and to help influence getting the FCC to declare ISPs as "common carriers".
* If your ISP offers a "Business-class" service. Consider that instead of consumer service.  It's more costly, but many ISPs don't (yet) interfere with Business-class services.
Good luck.  Hopefully it's something within your control such as your wireless network, and not your ISP.

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