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Joey the lips

Hi Folks

Not too sure if this is the right section. Thinking of joining netflix. However i have a 10gb download limit and not to sure what net flix downloads at...

For example. If net flix streams at 2gb per hour then the adverage film will be 4 gb meaning i will have used my monthly allowence after 2 films.

This does not make sense to pay for based on this.

Does anyone know what the adverage film streams at or where i can get more info.

Stuck Cone

http://ask.metafilter.com/177347/What-size-is-the-average-movie-download-in-gb

RangeR

Stuck Cone wrote: »

http://ask.metafilter.com/177347/What-size-is-the-average-movie-download-in-gb

That link is highly biased towards hd and, to be honest, reads as if none of the posters have even used netflix. Op, ignore the link. Its bull****.

When you sign up to netflix, you can choose to stream at about 300MB per hour, 500MB per hour or about 1 or 1.5GB per hour.
You can also change this setting at any time.

This gives you great flexability, even on 10GB cap. I have mine set to 300MB per hour and it is great quality.

Average movie being 1.5 hours. Lets say thats 500MB. Watch 15 movies a month which uses 7.5GB. That still leaves you a healty amount for other usage.

Still cheaper than renting DVDs.

Joey the lips

RangeR wrote: »

That link is highly biased towards hd and, to be honest, reads as if none of the posters have even used netflix. Op, ignore the link. Its bull****.

When you sign up to netflix, you can choose to stream at about 300MB per hour, 500MB per hour or about 1 or 1.5GB per hour.
You can also change this setting at any time.

This gives you great flexability, even on 10GB cap. I have mine set to 300MB per hour and it is great quality.

Average movie being 1.5 hours. Lets say thats 500MB. Watch 15 movies a month which uses 7.5GB. That still leaves you a healty amount for other usage.

Still cheaper than renting DVDs.

Thank you for that info. I will be watching the films on a HD Tele will i still get half decent resolution. Are you watching them on a smaller screen?

Cantona's Collars

Here's the usage from Netflix.

Manage video quality
We know that some of you have internet data caps and we want to make it easier for you to manage how much data you use.
We offer 3 video quality settings to help you manage your data usage. No matter what level you choose, your Netflix membership price will remain the same.


Good quality (up to 0.3 GB per hour)

Better quality (up to 0.7 GB per hour)

Best quality (up to 1 GB per hour, or up to 2.3 GB per hour for HD)

watty

Poor quality (up to 0.3 GB per hour) or 4" screen

Sub quality (up to 0.7 GB per hour)

good quality (up to 1 GB per hour, or up to 2.3 GB per hour for HD(nowhere near BD quality HD) ) 28" + screen

You need more than a 10G limit. especially as you use the internet for other stuff. We have 60G and people in the family are now forbidden from Video Skype or YouTube etc without checking current download state and if someone needs a Steam or Linux distro.

10Gbyte is only enough for ordinary browsing and email.

Ranicand

Yes indeed 10 GB is a total joke in this day and age.

UPC allow 500 GB per month which works out a 16 GB per day.

330 MB per day is all you could use.

That is one hour of Netflix a day on it's lowest quality without using your connection for anything else.

RangeR

Joey the lips wrote: »

Thank you for that info. I will be watching the films on a HD Tele will i still get half decent resolution. Are you watching them on a smaller screen?

OP, I watch my Netflix on a HD 42" TV too. Lowest quality is not that bad.

Hey, I tell you what. Don't listen to me or anyone else here. You can get Netflix free for a month. Try it out for yourself. What do you have to lose.

Just keep a not on how many hours you are watching in a month. On the lowest quality, try to limit it to about 20 hours a month and you won't go far over 7.5GB.

Have fun.

emaherx

I/My Family have watched about 2-3 hours of Netflix a day since the service launched. Have used about 30GB of data for month of Jan, most of which was netflix.

I have netflix set to lowest Quality 0.3 GB an hour. Picture quaility is quite good on a 32" screen (So Wattys 4" screen is a little exadurated. Now I have Saorview and Freesat HD on a 40" Sony Bravia. so quality is nothing compared to that but is watchable certinly alot better than some of the old analouge pictures that some of us grew up with!).

I use three Broad band which leaves me restricted to 60GB a month hence I have set the quality to the lowest

RangeR

OP, I recorded my TV playing Netflix via my PS3 @ 300 MB per hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSCGTb26RU

The video actually doesn't do it justice. It seems very bright.

samsx

Maybe this is off topic slightly, we watch very little 'ordinary' TV now and have also accessed the american version of Netflix which is far superior. Anyway...i have a download limit of 25GB p/month with 3, can somebody explain to me why Download limits are set at all?? surely at this stage limits can be scrapped, if Mr Rabbitt introduces a MEDIA TAX instead of the TV licence will I not be paying twice for the privilege of watching internet streamed TV?? Lets face it 'ordinary' TV is becoming less and less watched and the Internet is the way of the future, with NETFLIX, HULU PLUS, the TV Players etc. so can download limits be done away with once and for all??? Let us Irish Plebs enjoy the future that is HD Tv without limiting our viewing to the basic resolution so we don't incur extra charges... bloody country is nothing but charges/fees/penalties/levies/taxes/fines/overdue charges etc. etc. etc.

RangeR

samsx wrote: »

Maybe this is off topic slightly,

Slightly?

samsx wrote: »

we watch very little 'ordinary' TV now and have also accessed the american version of Netflix which is far superior. Anyway...i have a download limit of 25GB p/month with 3, can somebody explain to me why Download limits are set at all?? surely at this stage limits can be scrapped, if Mr Rabbitt introduces a MEDIA TAX instead of the TV licence will I not be paying twice for the privilege of watching internet streamed TV?? Lets face it 'ordinary' TV is becoming less and less watched and the Internet is the way of the future, with NETFLIX, HULU PLUS, the TV Players etc. so can download limits be done away with once and for all??? Let us Irish Plebs enjoy the future that is HD Tv without limiting our viewing to the basic resolution so we don't incur extra charges... bloody country is nothing but charges/fees/penalties/levies/taxes/fines/overdue charges etc. etc. etc.

Caps are there because...

• Data is not free.
• The transport of data is not free.
• The use of international Interconnects are not free
• Some operators over sell usage hence need to limit users so everyone gets a "fair share".

Edit : Three don't sell broadband. They sell Mobile Internet. It's just not broadband, no matter how you look at it.

RangeR

Joey the lips wrote: »

Hi Folks

Not too sure if this is the right section. Thinking of joining netflix. However i have a 10gb download limit and not to sure what net flix downloads at...

For example. If net flix streams at 2gb per hour then the adverage film will be 4 gb meaning i will have used my monthly allowence after 2 films.

This does not make sense to pay for based on this.

Does anyone know what the adverage film streams at or where i can get more info.

Hey OP. How did your trial go? How was the quality on your 10GB?

samsx

OK... Bullet Points and all!!!

RangeR

samsx wrote: »

OK... Bullet Points and all!!!

I have an unhealthy relationships with lists

samsx

Could be a lot worse.... thanks for the info.