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Streaming experience....
For the first time I tried the On Demand option with my DirecTV. I wasn't planning on leaving the service connected, but only try it to see how well it worked with Gen5. It worked well, but it chew...
C0RR0SIVE wrote:Just throwing this out there... The Video Data Saver will work with all web-based streams from what I can tell... Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, ESPN, and so on. DTV On Demand and similar don't use a web-based stream to show movies, it's a straight up download of a pre-set size. So test the smart-tv with the video saver function, and make sure you leave Netflix on "Auto"!
Mine seems to be doing fine with Netflix set to low definition and data saver on. In fact I tested the other night and could stream with no buffering even with speed below 1 Mbps. Took about 90 seconds to load though. Probably beam and gateway make a big difference, mileage may vary.
It will do find in that manor, but, if you set for a higher resolution than what the system allows for on the data saver setting it will start to buffer.
C0RR0SIVE wrote:It will do find in that manor, but, if you set for a higher resolution than what the system allows for on the data saver setting it will start to buffer.
I'm sure it will. Was only explaining what works for us with few issues for a long time now. Speed has to be really, really bad before we can't stream at all. Again, we stream pretty much what we want without eating through our allowance and I download large files drivers frequently without going over. We don't do hours of watching everyday though, mostly some on the weekends and wife does some during the week.
Granted, no kids in the house, that would be a whole different story.
Out of curiosity, how much data do you use, approximately?
tampasteve1 wrote:Out of curiosity, how much data do you use, approximately?
Hi tampasteve1, not sure if you're asking me and if you mean per stream or monthly useage but we usually run at about 30 GB per month and videos normally run around 250-300 MB for a 45-60 minute video from Netflix. Of course more for a 90 to 120 minute movie.
The monthly amount is with me also doing much more than just streaming. Like I said already it isn't like we stream movies or series episodes everday for hours at a time but we do watch whenever in the mood and don't feel restricted as to when we can.
