Streaming Netflix: Apple TV x PS3

Can anyone help me figure out why the quality of the video when streaming Netflix using Apple TV is so much worse when compared to the quality of the video when streamed through PS3 and other devices, such as a PC or a Mac? This problem DOES exist and has been reported by others in this forum. If you have the opportunity to try and compare the quality of the video when streaming Netflix using your Apple TV and the quality of that same video when streaming from PS3 you notice a big difference. For starters, the PS3 system allows you to actually see the quality of the video being streamed from Netflix on spot, concurrent to the playback, in a scale of...
Low SD
Medium SD
High SD
Low HD
Medium HD
High HD
X-High HD
...this possibility is native to the Netflix client on the PS3, you just have to press the select button during playback. Apple TV doesn't let you identify the quality of the video in any way. This lack of transparency is really frustrating, because users have to count on their bare eyes, without having a technical reference, to find out if they are getting the correct video quality they are paying for. We can't forget that usually users will make sure they build up all the necessary infrastructure to strem videos in the best quality possible, spending a lot of money in hardware and a decent internet connection. Another thing is that movies and TV Shows purchased/rented through the iTunes Store doesn't suffer the same kind of degradation in quality. They are streamed in full 1080p without hicaps in my network.  This indicates that the hardware itself isn't the problem, the problem has to be something to do with the Netflix client in the Apple TV, maybe there is indeed some kind of restriction to the quality of the videos being streamed. For those who always come with the same explanation that is has to do with the quality of the user's connection, there is a major antithesis to that, that is the same doesn't happen if you stream Netflix using other hardware. My iMac streams in real HD. So does my PS3, which streams in X-High HD. My Apple TV 3rd gen, however, degrades so much the video that it is forcing me to stop using it.

You guys take a look at this...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1349557
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3801698?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2598840?start=0&tstart=0

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