DStv's embarrassing streaming limit and resolution

wingnut771 said:
I just showed above that it uses hardly any data at all. A 2mb line is sufficient for “best” setting for Dstv.
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Last time I checked, admittedly this was before this DSTV Stream app nonsense, the SD quality used more data than the 720p quality of on YouTube. 1080p was the same quality as a YouTube 480p and used almost as much bandwidth as a 4K YT video.

Just using the eye test the picture quality looks almost the exact same back then to the current DSTV Stream.

If what you say is true than looks like they had the opportunity to increase the picture quality of their streams and chose not to.
 
Okay I'll stop trolling with the bitrate comment.

But just remember that 4K , 2K , HD or whatever means nothing if it is so compressed that Ramaphosa looks like Tiger Woods.
 
RedViking said:
Okay I'll stop trolling with the bitrate comment.

But just remember that 4K , 2K , HD or whatever means nothing if it is so compressed that Ramaphosa looks like Tiger Woods.
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True, ...

But my video quality improves, from 720p, to 1080p, to 4K and is very watchable at any of those resolutions. 4K is just glorious.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
720p at 50/60 FPS is not too shabby.

50 FPS = UK, New Zealand, Australia
60 FPS = USA, Canada
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Now Sports in Hong Kong has all if not most sports in 4K 50fps

Never seen the premier league better

Wish iptv didn’t buffer much would have kept it
 
William1102 said:
Now Sports in Hong Kong has all if not most sports in 4K 50fps

Never seen the premier league better
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Must give it a look, again. Forgot them for some reason.

Must be getting old.

Malaysia also always had Streams at 50 FPS.

Not sure if they have 4K streams as it has been awhile since I looked.
 
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elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Must give it a look, again. Forgot them for some reason.

Must be getting old.

Malaysia also always had Streams at 50 FPS.

Not sure if they have 4K streams as it has been awhile since I looked.
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There is only one 4K channel I think but the rest of the channels are 1080p 50fps
 
wingnut771 said:
Just as a test? How much bandwidth does it use? Showmax also uses around 2mbps.
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I've no idea how to check the bitrate. But anyway, just opened my MacBook and watched some cricket on DStv. wow, absolutely shocking quality. Couldn't even read the names of the batsman and the score on the scorecard at the bottom of the screen. I did a speedtest and I was getting 450Mbps on wifi so that's not the issue. Opened Showmax and watched a bit of Despicable Me 3, that was nice and obviously HD, but I guess that can build a nice buffer so it should be good.
 
Spizz said:
I've no idea how to check the bitrate. But anyway, just opened my MacBook and watched some cricket on DStv. wow, absolutely shocking quality. Couldn't even read the names of the batsman and the score on the scorecard at the bottom of the screen. I did a speedtest and I was getting 450Mbps on wifi so that's not the issue. Opened Showmax and watched a bit of Despicable Me 3, that was nice and obviously HD, but I guess that can build a nice buffer so it should be good.
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Try non-animation?
 
Spizz said:
Yeah, tried House of the Dragon and it looks pretty good. I'd say 1080p, not that I'm an expert, but it looks great. This is in the Safari browser btw.
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Yeah, it looks slightly better than dstv but still uses the same 2mb bandwidth. Tried brave and edge browsers. Not as sharp as normal 1080p distros imho.
 
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