Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)

Quote: Evenbob

Turn it too low and you'll get a lot
of buffering and a crappy pic. The
sound won't mesh with the action.

That's not right.

You will get lower picture quality, but you will not get more buffering than you were getting before.

Quote: petroglyph

I started getting messages in my computer screen saying I've used 80% of my data for the month. We started binge watching Breaking Bad, it's great because we have never watched it before other than few episodes.

When you start watching Netflix, do your IP's make you pay extra for more data time?

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87
Low (0.3 GB per hour)
Medium (SD: 0.7 GB per hour)
Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD and 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD)

So obviously if your ISP imposes a 300GB data cap, you only have 100 hours of uses at 3 GB per hour for HD . Since the average Netflix uses is now well over 60-70 hours per month binge watching obviously puts you over.

Our ISP has never had a data cap. But it was just sold.

Quote: Pacomartin

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87
Low (0.3 GB per hour)
Medium (SD: 0.7 GB per hour)
Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD and 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD)

So obviously if your ISP imposes a 300GB data cap, you only have 100 hours of uses at 3 GB per hour for HD . Since the average Netflix uses is now well over 60-70 hours per month binge watching obviously puts you over.
.

I just read that if you use Firefox or Chrome
you can't get HD from Nflix, it will only stream
720. You have to use Outlook Express to get
1040.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/626744/Netflix-Full-HD-High-Definition-1080p

I'm glad somebody brought this up. They
raised Comcast users to 1000 MB in June.
I was 300 last year. Comcast has a meter
you can check to see how much you use.
Currently I'm about 9MB a day, 270 a
month. I didn't know any of this till I
just looked it up.

Quote: Evenbob

I just read that if you use Firefox or Chrome you can't get HD from Nflix, it will only stream 720. You have to use Outlook Express to get 1040.

Video comes in "interlaced" or "progressive". Custom is to use a "i" or a "p" following the number of
If you look at a "refresh rate" where the image is changed 60 times per second, with "interlaced" only over other line of pixels is changed each time.

rows columns r/c and r*c
480 720 0.6667 172,800 interlaced
480 720 0.6667 345,600 progressive sometimes called "enhanced"
720 1280 0.5625 921,600
1080 1920 0.5625 2,073,600 progressive
1080 1920 0.5625 1,036,800 intelaced (half as much)

North American standard television dating to WWI is 480i because only 240 lines are changed each time.

High definition is either 720p or 1080i. A progressive 720 is called high definition.

The following channels choose to broadcast in 720p, but the rest of them broadcast in 1080i. Sports seem to look better in 720p because of fast moving balls. Since Disney is set up to broadcast ESPN in 720p, they also broadcast entertainment channels using same 72p. Ditto for Fox.

ABC 720p Broadcast Broadcast
Audience 720p Entertainment Cable
Crime & Investigation Network 720p Entertainment Cable
The CW 720p Broadcast Broadcast
Daystar 720p Religion Cable
Disney XD 720p Family Cable
Disney Junior 720p Family Cable
Disney Channel 720p Family Cable
Freeform 720p Family Cable
FX 720p Entertainment Cable
FXM 720p Movies Cable
FXX 720p Entertainment Cable
FYI 720p Lifestyle Cable
Ion 720p Entertainment Broadcast
MyNetworkTV 720p Broadcast Broadcast
Nat Geo Wild 720p Lifestyle Cable
National Geographic Channel 720p Entertainment Cable
Reelz 720p Entertainment Cable

beIN Sports 720p Sports Cable
beIN Sports en Espanol 720p Sports Spanish Cable
Big Ten Network 720p Sports Cable
ESPN 720p Sports Cable
ESPN2 720p Sports Cable
ESPNews 720p Sports Cable
ESPNU 720p Sports Cable
ESPN Deportes 720p Sports Spanish Cable
ESPN Goal Line/Buzz Beater/Bases Loaded 720p Sports Cable
Fox 720p Broadcast Broadcast
Fox Business Network 720p News Cable
Fox Deportes 720p Sports Spanish Cable
Fox News Channel 720p News Cable
Fox Sports 1 720p Sports Cable
Fox Sports 2 720p Sports Cable
Fox Soccer Plus 720p Sports Cable
Fox Sports Networks (All Networks) 720p Sports Regional Cable
MLB Network 720p Sports Cable
MLB StrikeZone 720p Sports Cable
Root Sports 720p Sports Regional Cable
SEC Network 720p Sports Cable

But that article is about "full high definition" or 1080p which is only available from blu-ray cds or streaming services like Netflix.

Quote: Evenbob

Currently I'm about 9MB a day, 270 a month.

You mean GB (gigabits). Megabits are too small and are a good measure of e-mail.

Quote: Pacomartin

You mean GB (gigabits). Megabits are too small and are a good measure of e-mail.

I expected you will get a blast from EB Paco. Lots of people have 1GB / month or less plans and do fine.

Quote: kenarman

I expected you will get a blast from EB Paco. Lots of people have 1GB / month or less plans and do fine.

I think you are referring to cellular data plans where data is usually $10 to $20 per gigabit. EB was talking about data from an ISP that is functioning through a cable.

A multiple-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems. A cable system in the United States, by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition, is a facility serving a single community or a distinct governmental entity, each with its own franchise agreement with the cable company. Though in the strictest sense any cable company that serves multiple communities is an MSO, the term today is usually reserved for companies that own a large number of cable systems, such as Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, and Videotron in Canada; Altice USA, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable in the United States; or Virgin Media in the UK.

Watching video via cellular data is hugely expensive

Amount of data: 450 GB (150 hours @3 GB per hour)
Cost on basic MSO service: $30 to $80
Cost on cellular: $4,500 to $9,000

My cable company charges by speed only, not by data usage.
330 Mpbs Internet $59.99 per mo.*
155 Mbps Internet $49.99 per mo.*
50 Mbps Internet $39.99 per mo.*
25 Mbps Internet $29.99 per mo.*
12 Month Pricing No Contract Required
*Surcharge for modems and routers.

I loved the old Westworld movie from the 70's
Now watching the updated series on HBO NOW
wow.
Really enjoying this
HBO spent a lot of money on this and you can see it on the screen

Quote: terapined

I loved the old Westworld movie from the 70's
Now watching the updated series on HBO NOW
wow.
Really enjoying this
HBO spent a lot of money on this and you can see it on the screen

Show Spoiler

Totally hooked me with the 1st beginning story. One of those you think you know exactly what's going on and then boom, the rug gets pulled out from underneath you and you think yea, that makes sense. Some of the tourists on the trains are robots

How many episodes have you watched?

I watched the first four as they aired, then I kind of fell off when The Walking Dead came back (they have the same timeslot). The rest are on my DVR waiting to be binged.