I know for myself many podcasts I used to listen to I know watch on YouTube which greatly increases how many Bytes I download.
So
I have two options use less bandwidth or pay for unlimited. Truth be told I will eventually pay for
unlimited because I do see over time my usage just going up and up and up. More videos, more games, more music, … just
more. But I want to push off the
inevitable a few more months.
So
how can I do this? Well try and go after
my worst bandwidth offenders, Streaming Videos. Due to the pandemic we now have almost all
the major streaming services so I want to explore what the current GiB/hr they
usually run and how, if at all, I can reduce them.
Max Streaming Calcs
I am going to look at
· Netflix
· Hulu
· Disney+
· Peacock
· YouTube
· HBO Max
· Amazon Prime
|
Service |
Max GiB/Hr |
|
Netflix |
3.0
GiB/Hr |
|
Hulu |
2.5
GiB/Hr |
|
Disney+ |
2.0
GiB/Hr |
|
Peacock |
3.0 GiB/Hr ?? |
|
YouTube |
4.0
GiB/Hr |
|
HBO
Max |
3.0 Gib/Hr ?? |
|
Amazon
Prime |
1.5
GiB/Hr |
Links for this data
Netflix
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87
Hulu
https://help.hulu.com/s/article/video-quality
https://help.hulu.com/s/article/speed-recommendation
https://help.hulu.com/s/article/video-quality-settings
Disney+
https://help.disneyplus.com/csp?id=csp_article_content&sys_kb_id=f94d17c5dba098502e27eadc139619e8
https://help.disneyplus.com/csp?id=csp_article_content&sys_kb_id=74de48a91b0d8010a24eb8c11a4bcbe2
Peacock
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/peacock-app-faqs
https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-peacock-1030392/
Youtube
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-much-data-does-youtube-use-964560/
https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/How-Much-Data-Does-YouTube-Use
HBO Max
https://help.hbomax.com/Answer/Detail/2353
https://help.hbogola.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002850432-What-are-the-minimum-system-requirements-to-enjoy-HBO-GO-
Amazon Prime
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/how-much-data-does-amazon-prime-video-use-you-asked-we-answer/
https://ipstarbroadband.com.au/support/how-to-reduce-amazon-prime-data-usage/
Running Some Calcs
So let’s assume that to watch something for an hour on
average it’s going to take 3GiB. And
let’s assume you have 4 folks in your house watching 5 hours of video every
day….
3*4*5*31 = 1,860 GiB of data.
So not even doing HD 4K video in a household at home it’s very possible to get
over 1 TiB of data per month in a regular household.
How can we Fix it?
How can you reduce the video streaming bandwidth per
service.
Netflix
Log into your Netflix account
Click on Account
For every Profile open up Playback settings.
Uncheck the auto play then change the Data Usage to Medium.
Now you need to do this for every profile.
Which may be a neat way to set up family movie night and have an account that
is ste to High.
Hulu
There is no account or profile setting.
But you can change when watching a video.
Click on the config tool on the lower right and click on
Quality
Choose Data Saver.
I think it will remember your settings but You will have to do that per player.
Disney+
Log into your account
On the right click on App Settings.
Choose Moderate and Click Save.
This needs to be done per device! So
you need to do it on your PS4/5 and your web browser.
Peacock
I can’t seem to find a way to adjust this at this time
02/2021.
But give it 6 months.
YouTube
YouTube is simple just …
Click the Config tool then Click On Quality
Then make your selection.
144P is very blurry but fine for just listening and you can always change it
mid viewing J
HBO Max
HBO max does not seem to have a way to adjust bandwidth at
this time 2/2021
Give it 6 months I bet they will add it.
Amazon Prime
I do not have AmazonPrime so I cannot test this one out.
But go check out https://quickfever.com/how-to-change-video-stream-quality-amazon-prime-video/
It looks like you can do it.
I like to watch Movies but unable to get access on HBO Max in Canada , I read this blog https://www.streamingdigitally.com/watch-hbo-max-in-canada/ saying to use a VPN service, any review regarding this issue ?
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