01-02-2017 11:18
Hi there,
Just recently bought a NOW tv box with free month cinema pass. I watched 2 films at the weekend and it used a massive 13 GB of my data allowance (which is not unlimited) and i only found out because BT contacted me to say i was nearing my monthly allowance.
Is it just movies that use up a lot of data? Or will watching iplayer, all4 etc use up a lot of data also.?
Thank you in advance.
01-02-2017 17:33 - edited 01-02-2017 17:35
Interestingly, it's possible to see the NOW TV bit-rate on certain playback devices. I've just played a few minutes of 'Today's New Premier' on my LG television and the displayed bit-rate is: 3185Kbps.
Todays new premier (movie) has a duration of 136 minutes or 8160 seconds.
3185Kilobits per second x 8160 seconds = 25'989,600Kilobits
25'989'600Kilobits = 3248.7MegaBytes | 3248.7MegaBytes = 3.2487GigaBytes
Or looking at it another way. Every hour (60 mins) consumes around 1.7GB of data 😉
Cheers
01-02-2017 18:13
@SeeMoreDigital wrote:Interestingly, it's possible to see the NOW TV bit-rate on certain playback devices. I've just played a few minutes of 'Today's New Premier' on my LG television and the displayed bit-rate is: 3185Kbps.
Todays new premier (movie) has a duration of 136 minutes or 8160 seconds.
3185Kilobits per second x 8160 seconds = 25'989,600Kilobits
25'989'600Kilobits = 3248.7MegaBytes | 3248.7MegaBytes = 3.2487GigaBytes
Or looking at it another way. Every hour (60 mins) consumes around 1.7GB of data 😉
@SeeMoreDigital Glad someone did the maths! My guess of 1.5GB/hour was just finger in the air stuff.
17-07-2017 13:45
17-07-2017 13:51
17-07-2017 15:06
17-07-2017 17:31
@Anonymous User @4268 @SeeMoreDigital
You know IS
Whenever this topic pops up in the forum those who take part in the debate have always pointed out that having a limited monthly data plan is not compatible with watching online (streaming) TV. No one, as far as I can remember, has ever argued for a low or lower quality streaming option.
In fact, a knowledgeable forum member, @SeeMoreDigital, has also worked out that his usage of streaming TV, including Now TV, works out at 1.7GB per hour, which IMHO is pretty much an average figure.
Also, from a personal perspective, my family's data usage, on a nothing special Internet line, has grown to nearly 300GB per month, almost up to 10GB per day, as we now seem to watch mainly online TV (terrestrial TV just seems so boring).
As you can probably guess, most Now TV users have an unlimited data usage account with their ISP's and, simply put, limited monthly data usage is really a bygone plan for a bygone age.
UK Bob
17-07-2017 17:35
17-07-2017 18:02
Hi @Anonymous User,
Please confirm the device you're using to access the NOW TV service?
Cheers
17-07-2017 18:10
17-07-2017 19:56
https://community.nowtv.com/t5/NOW-TV-Smart-Box/Secret-screens/m-p/415253/highlight/true#M2326
might help
I believe you can set the stream speed lower. Never tried it myself, but may work for you.