IdeaCentre Q180 Low Framerate, Chocking with Flash Video, Hulu, etc.

Hi,
I just got the latest IdeaCentre Q180 (with 4GB RAM) and I'm disappointed that I have to spend so much time on installing drivers and configuring the system :-(
The problem:
Playing high-res DivX videos with VLC or Windows Media Player works perfectly.
HOWEVER, playing Flash-based videos such as HULU or Amazon Prime Videos result in noticeable low framerates. It is not a start and stop behavior that you have when you bandwidth is low. Actually the videos are fully buffered.
It is more like a low framerate - such as playing 3D games on a slow machine.
The CPU usage is only around 20-30%.
The Lenovo box is hooked with a HDMI cable to a TV.
What I tried:
I tried to deactivate and activate hardware accellaration in Flash without any difference.
Installed latest ATI Catalyst drivers
Installed latest Realtek wireless drivers (otherwise I had no stable Wifi connection)
Updated Windows 7

Obviously I'm not the only one with the issue:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4258364
I'm wondering what Lenovo has to say?! Anyone else has low fps?

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merci a tous pour les nombreuses réponse. j'ai dû mal a les lire vue que je ne lit que le français. je vous remercié encore une fois amicalement. Blanchette 2.
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:50:19 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: I'm having problems with Flash Videos (Youtube and ESPN)
What I meant is Hardware Acceleration off (disabled).
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Crackling/substandard sound in flash videos (YouTube etc) regardless of video quality setting.
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"malton05" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I've encoded a number of videos in the FLV format(using
both Flash Video
> encoder and Quicktime), using standard preset settings,
inserted in
> webpage
> using dreamweaver standard - Insert Media - Flash Video.
When I try to
> play the
> videos, online or testing in browser, the video does not
play the whole
> way
> through. It'll play 15 sec into the video and then stop,
although it seems
> to
> have some of the rest of the video if you play around
with the controller.
> I've
> looked on the Flash encoding forum (other people have
the same problem)
> and
> looked on the site for more info but cannot find any.
>

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