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10gb to stream a movie
Really? I was completely out of data, aside from bonus bites. Bought 10gb and ordered a movie from Amazon Prime, (HD). No other devices connected to the network other than the router and the Samsung s...
Hi Damselfly72,
I believe this is because apparently Amazon is using a higher bitrate and does not seem to allow quality/rate adjustments outside of their own proprietary Fire TV products. Basically this means that Amazon won't automatically adjust itself based on multiple factors (screen size, bandwidth, device capability) like other video providers do, resulting in you having to receive video in the format Amazon has on file. Adjusting this setting using built-in options on devices like Roku's may change what you see, but won't change what you get. Sometimes this will also cause buffering or poor visual quality. Read more hereRegarding your mobile provider... I'm not sure who you have, but many providers are now automatically turning on their own versions of "VDS" to help save mobile data and ease network congestion. This might be enabled on your service plan, so it's worth a check. VDS is enabled for all customers on Gen4 and Gen5 service plans.
I hope I was able to offer some helpful info :)
-Amanda
Interesting. I never knew any of that, though it makes perfect sense.
We really do learn something new every day. :)
If you where installed more then 2 years ago. That means you are on Gen 4 not Gen5. So there is no video data saver. So it is sending it in 1080p Or it could be in 2080p. Depending on the movie.. Most cell service send all movies over 480P because the screens are so small.. B
gokartergo24 wrote:If you where installed more then 2 years ago. That means you are on Gen 4 not Gen5. So there is no video data saver. So it is sending it in 1080p Or it could be in 2080p. Depending on the movie.. Most cell service send all movies over 480P because the screens are so small.. B
I'm still Gen4 plan but have VDS. Pretty sure they rolled it out for everyone on both the Echostar satellites. No?
BirdDog wrote:
gokartergo24 wrote:If you where installed more then 2 years ago. That means you are on Gen 4 not Gen5. So there is no video data saver. So it is sending it in 1080p Or it could be in 2080p. Depending on the movie.. Most cell service send all movies over 480P because the screens are so small.. B
I'm still Gen4 plan but have VDS. Pretty sure they rolled it out for everyone on both the Echostar satellites. No?
That's what I thought, too. I'm pretty sure I've seen other people with Gen4 mention having to turn of the VDS to stream.
It's too late to call now, but tomorrow I'll ask my stepfather to check his, as my folks have Gen4.
- We have the VDS, just have to turn it off/on...has a 4 hour window before it auto resets itself.
