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minimum broadband speed for tv dongle
barnaclebill
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Thinking of trying now tv with the dongle, my broadband speed checks at about 6 on my wifi router for downloads, would that be fast enough to watch the programs?
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Steady 6Mbps might be ok for streaming SD.0
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What dongle? Chromecast? Fire? Or something else?
I use now tv with a chromecast and have a BB speed of 1.6Mbps so 6 should be more than enough for standard quality if not HD too.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)0 -
It's no good looking at your sync speed, you need to do an online bandwidth test..... Preferably several different ones, as some sneaky ISPs tend to give users full bandwidth to those sites whilst limiting speed to everything else.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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I was trying to post a link for the OP , but as a new user I can not
look at thinkbroadbank site and run there speed test , at the moment you only have the link speed between your router and the wireless device
can someone link that site for me?0 -
What dongle? NowTV (white box) gets its data via wifi (the black Nowtv box handles wifi OR cable). 6Mbps is plenty.barnaclebill wrote: »Thinking of trying now tv with the dongle,0 -
I recently bought a Now tv box and have a download speed of 3.8mbps. It works fine. Now tv state a minimum of 2.5mbps is needed.
Would be interested to know if anyone has similar speed and uses two now tv boxes at the same time.0 -
Futuristic wrote: »Steady 6Mbps might be ok for streaming SD.
6Mbps should be fine for Standard HD (but not Full HD).Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
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ta, now lets hope the OP uses it and can then tell us there true figures , and not just those between router and wifi device0
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You could also try the BBC Iplayer test page ... that's a similar scheme to what NowTV uses. So if you're OK for Iplayer you should be OK for NowTV.
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/speed_checker_online
Edit: Just seen that BBC have retired their diagnostic tool.
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