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This message was authored by: ScallyDeejay · ‎01 Feb 2022

Quick query, for example if I watch a channel on sky glass (itv for example). How much data would this use per hour? Interested to see how much it would be a day

This message was authored by: mikealanr · ‎01 Feb 2022

It's hard to say with out knowing exacting the data consumption rate Glass uses and that depends on what compression technology sky uses.

However 5 Mbps for "the best video and audio experience" (according to Netflix) and the internet says Youtube utilises about 3.5-8 Mb/s…

So multiply by 60 to get minutes then by 60 again to get hours.

eg 5Mbps x 60 = 300Mb
300Mb x 60 = 18,00Mb to get to hours
18,000 Megabits = 2.25Gb

i think my maths is right but had a long day!

MikeAlanR

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This message was authored by: TimmyBGood · ‎02 Feb 2022

@mikealanr wrote:

However 5 Mbps for "the best video and audio experience" (according to Netflix) and the internet says Youtube utilises about 3.5-8 Mb/s…

5Mbs is too low to use as a figure for HD, and way too low for UHD. A minimum 10Mbs / 25 Mbs is more realistic.

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