Streaming Content Question

[Icemanbrfc]

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

 

[Soul Assassin]

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.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Thanks for that. Just streaming in general. Mostly from Kodi, Netflix and Hulu.

 

[Beachless]

Netflix is one of the best though if you use some of the other sources it can be much much higher.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Does Netflix do things differently? Why would a video in 480p on netflix not be the same as another 480p video? Very interesting that

 

[SauRoNZA]

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.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

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.

 

[Chevron]

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.