Streaming Content Question

Icemanbrfc

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Hi guys

I would like to know a question around streaming, and how much data an hour would consume. I know it might vary and so on, but a rough estimate on the following

480p
720p
1080p

I'm curious to know this, as I would like to get a capped ADSL account, but what would a rough estimate be per hour streaming on those connections

Thanks
 
Hi guys

I would like to know a question around streaming, and how much data an hour would consume. I know it might vary and so on, but a rough estimate on the following

480p
720p
1080p

I'm curious to know this, as I would like to get a capped ADSL account, but what would a rough estimate be per hour streaming on those connections

Thanks

This is from the Netflix site:

Low (0.3 GB per hour)
Medium (SD: 0.7 GB per hour)
High (Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD and 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD)

You didn't say streaming from where.
 
Thanks for that. Just streaming in general. Mostly from Kodi, Netflix and Hulu.
 
Netflix is one of the best though if you use some of the other sources it can be much much higher.
 
Does Netflix do things differently? Why would a video in 480p on netflix not be the same as another 480p video? Very interesting that
 
Does Netflix do things differently? Why would a video in 480p on netflix not be the same as another 480p video? Very interesting that

Because resolution isn't everything.

Bit rate and different codecs make quite a difference.
 
Aah I see. I'm not much clued up with these things, but I want to eventually switch over to a capped account. So would need to figure out how much data I would need to get through the month. I'll only be streaming, but no gaming or torrent downloads.
 
Aah I see. I'm not much clued up with these things, but I want to eventually switch over to a capped account. So would need to figure out how much data I would need to get through the month. I'll only be streaming, but no gaming or torrent downloads.

Depends how much streaming you do. I use 200GBs to 300GBs a month on streaming.
 
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