Down loading in bonus time
I'm new to Hughes Net and would like to know to download shows from my Amazon Prime during the bonus time Hughes Net offers. Thanks
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When you say “local WiFi”, do you mean the WiFi on the Hughesnet router, or do you need a separate router? If I download to my laptop, would using an external hard drive for additional storage space be helpful?
Yes I actually added a hard drive specifically for movie storage and playback over HughesNet wifi (internet not required). Another feature of PlayOn is that it saves recorded movies as MP4 video, so if you have the Roku with a USB slot you can transfer a video to a thumb drive and watch without the need for a wireless network. The network is nice though and gives you a library of movies to select from. I did have a recording fail on me last night, it happens occasionally especially with Amazon. PlayOn lets you subscribe to TV series too, so if there is a particular series you like you can batch record, you would have to take care not to go outside the bounds of bonus time. PlayOn is not the only program out there it is just the one that I use.
- Thank you! I’m new to this, and know just enough about computers to be dangerous, lol! About how much data does one movie download use?
- Jeff_T Thank you! I’m new to this, and know just enough about computers to be dangerous, lol! About how much data does one movie download use?
Standard quality is approximately 1GB an hour for me so you can say a regular movie is going to 1 or 2 GB.
I noticed you posted twice here is a tip, the three vertical dots in the top right corner of your posts will pull up a menu allowing you to edit your post.
