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broadband USAGE question
For every 1 hour of TV iplayer I watch,what is the approximate usage?
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Taken from an online broadband guide:
It's very difficult to say how much bandwidth you might use when it comes to watching online TV as BBC iPlayer, 4 on Demand, ITV Player and YouTube, to name but a few, all use different video encoding methods to compress video and stream it to your PC.
However, we can give you a very good idea which will let you decide whether you need to go for a beefier broadband package or maybe even an unlimited broadband deal.
BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer for example is a ravenous beast in bandwidth terms as it automatically adjusts the quality of the video according to the speed of your broadband connection.
Luckily, there is a low bandwidth option if you want to reduce your usage but this still uses around 450-500MB PER HOUR OF VIDEO. If you want watch iPlayer in high quality a one hour programme will use around 650MB of data.
4oD by comparison uses smaller amounts of data but has inferior video quality.
It's very difficult to say how much bandwidth you might use when it comes to watching online TV as BBC iPlayer, 4 on Demand, ITV Player and YouTube, to name but a few, all use different video encoding methods to compress video and stream it to your PC.
However, we can give you a very good idea which will let you decide whether you need to go for a beefier broadband package or maybe even an unlimited broadband deal.
BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer for example is a ravenous beast in bandwidth terms as it automatically adjusts the quality of the video according to the speed of your broadband connection.
Luckily, there is a low bandwidth option if you want to reduce your usage but this still uses around 450-500MB PER HOUR OF VIDEO. If you want watch iPlayer in high quality a one hour programme will use around 650MB of data.
4oD by comparison uses smaller amounts of data but has inferior video quality.
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