I thought this was a fluke with YouTube. 8.1 seemed to fix it, but now I'm getting the same issue with the CW app. Not normal right? What does 1GB of data get you in terms of streaming over "LTE"?
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1 Hour Streaming = 1GB of data used?
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I can tell you that a 45 minute episode of The Blacklist was about 700mb on Netflix. I was streaming them while in line for the iPhone 6 and checked my data before and after a couple episodes since I had never streamed video for that long.
Depending on what you're streaming, 1GB per hour is about right. I don't think its unusual.
It depends on how the video or audio is encoded. Higher quality means a higher bit rate, and more data used over time. If the video is a lower bitrate, then you can use less data, but the video will look blocky/grainy, and the audio will distort.
If it's in HD, then definitely you're going to use 1GB of data per hour, easy. An HD video uses about four times as much bandwidth as a standard definition video, to get the same level of quality.
just wait until people start trying to stream 4K video. According to netflix, you need at least a 20Mbit connection to do that. That means you can easily burn through 7 Gigabytes playing an hour of 4K video.
According to Verizon's data calculator, 1 hour of HD video uses up only 400 MB.
But that's obviously false, in my personal experience I get about the same data usage as you. A little over 1 GB for 1 hour of HD video and a little less than 1 gig for hour of SD video.
But that's obviously false, in my personal experience I get about the same data usage as you. A little over 1 GB for 1 hour of HD video and a little less than 1 gig for hour of SD video.
Yeah I tested Hulu plus shows and they do almost exactly 400mb per hour so that seems on point. And they look crystal clear so I guess I'll just go that route from now on
1 Hour Streaming = 1GB of data used?
If data caps are the future of cell. Then there needs to be a greater effort made into video compression.
If data caps are the future of cell. Then there needs to be a greater effort made into video compression.
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Hopefully subscriber competition and advancements in data transfer efficiency on the carrier side will push data plans into unlimited territory in the future.
Hell, remember when we were on tiered cellular voice minutes. I used to buy 450 minutes a month and try to text as much as possible to get Rollover minutes.
Hell, remember when we were on tiered cellular voice minutes. I used to buy 450 minutes a month and try to text as much as possible to get Rollover minutes.
Just one more reason why I love having unlimited data. Use your iPhone how you want without worrying about such things.
