What is good speed of broadband?

Mister_G

J_B wrote: »

This!

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Sorry, what was 'this'?

AndyPK

"This" Youth speak for agreeing with you :rotfl: I think

forgotmyname

Pincher wrote: »

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/tv/v6.html

"Experience mesmerising 4K Ultra HD
4K Ultra HD is here, and boy oh boy, it looks good. Experience Netflix (if you’re subscribed) and YouTube in 4K Ultra HD2."
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My parents said something similar after getting a HD TV. Wow the picture quality is great and this HD is brilliant. Err no your watching terrestrial TV win an antenna and its not HD.


Youtubes 4k is limited to 35/45Mbps though. Whats the full rate 17GBps?

AndyPK

Although some TV's are HD terrestrial TV win an antenna if you select channels 101, 102 103 etc.

Not many HD channels though

cajef

forgotmyname wrote: »

Err no your watching terrestrial TV win an antenna and its not HD.

I can assure you that I can and do watch terrestrial channels in HD on my Panasonic TV.

macman

It would help if the OP told us what service they were on, and their current speed...

SlipHook

Mister_G wrote: »

Not if you're on sub 2Mb ADSL and no Virgin (fibre) in sight!

Do you live in a rural location? I believe this is similar to myself. The speed of the broadband is so low, but because it's a rural spot. A friend has virgin media and it's ridiculously fast. Unfortunately I am with sky broadband and they only have a limit they can go to with their packages.

SlipHook

editor1 wrote: »

I'm none too sure why you desire to stream media at full HD, when 720p is more than enough, unless your LCD panel is more than 55in, in which case you may notice a difference in resolution. As such, if you can get a regular ASDL connection speed of approx. 6Mb you'd have no issues with 720P, further, it may pay to actually download first and then watch - on a 6Mb connection you can DL a DVD quality programme in about 90 mins, that's just over 4GB, again, SD and 720P downloads are quicker and again, any differences in TV resolution are only really noticeable if you have a big panel.
Given I don't have a TV ariel and any media I watch is downloaded from the Internet, I usually only DL SD media if its TV and 720p if its movies - all play fine on my 46in LCD TV, and will do so unless I have a huge monitor, namely 55in and above, in which case you'd notice the jump between SD/720 and 1080p - don't watch much You Tube and iPlayer works fine on regular ASDL service.

Whenever I try to watch youtube videos in 1080p, even 720p, the load up time isn't worth it. The time it takes to load up a 5 minute video on 720p is about 5 mins (the length of the video itself) and 1080p would probably be 10-15. My broadband is crazy slow, definitely under 2mbs. Where I am located doesn't help either.

J_B

AndyPK wrote: »

"This" Youth speak for agreeing with you :rotfl: I think

Youth?

I am delighted to be referred as one of those!! :T

Mister_G

SlipHook wrote: »

Do you live in a rural location? I believe this is similar to myself. The speed of the broadband is so low, but because it's a rural spot. A friend has virgin media and it's ridiculously fast. Unfortunately I am with sky broadband and they only have a limit they can go to with their packages.

Yes, I do. Fortunately our local cabinet was recently upgraded to FTTC and my speed has lept up to a dizzy 18Mb!