DSTV streaming

Bangkrot

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Am a premium subscriber who often watches A and wife watches B. Any idea of how much data say a 2 hour DSTV program is utilizing ? Appreciate your knowledge - thanks. Peter
 
Budget on:

480p = 800 MB per hour
720p = 1 - 1.3 GB per hour
1080p = 1.9 - 2.5 GB per hour
 
https://www.dstv.com/topic/dstv-now...4.1539670226-1531860528.1504757546#overview-9

As with any other video service, content streamed from DStv Now could potentially use large amounts of data.
You are able to control the amount of data used by selecting the Video Quality setting while playing video on the DStv Now website, or changing the Maximum Video Quality in the Settings menu of both the Android and iOS apps.
Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, you can expect to consume the following amount of data while streaming Live TV:
  • Standard Definition (SD) channel can consume between 1.9MB per minute and 13.5MB per minute.
  • High Definition (HD) channels can consume up to 20MB per minute.

Video sizes for DStv Catch Up vary in size, depending on the quality of the video and the length of the title:
  • Series can range from 200 MB to 300 MB
  • Movies can be anywhere from 700 MB to 5 GB

We strongly suggest using DStv Now in conjunction with an uncapped ISP account and familiarizing yourself with the fees that your operator charges for data (both in and out of bundle).
 
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