How much data in 2 hours 4g TV

50Twuncle

I want to watch tomorrows Spanish Grand Prix on my mobile but how much data will (roughly) 2 hours of 4g consume ?
I have googled this question and have come up with between 200Mb and 2Gb / hour !

S0litaire

Depends on the site your using...

Don't know exact specs for 4OD or sky's mobile sites.

But if it's anything like the BBC's IPlayer, then an hour of high quality HD video is around 2Gb. Standard quality will be around the 500mb mark per hour.

But depends on signal quality and if the video stream will adapt for good or bad signals.

RumRat

It's not live on Ch4 so he'll be watching on skygo.
See HERE..... for estimated usage..

50Twuncle

RumRat wrote: »

It's not live on Ch4 so he'll be watching on skygo.
See HERE..... for estimated usage..

Fatal Error

custardy

50Twuncle wrote: »

Fatal Error

Then Google the question you see in the address bar......

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=skytv&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=how+much+data+does+sky+go+use?

50Twuncle

https://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/mobilebroadband/help/mobile-broadband-usage-guide-what-can-you-get-for-your-gigabyte
reckons 1 hr of standard def video is 150-350Mb and that is (presumably) to a TV - So a mobile will be considerably less ??

50Twuncle

custardy wrote: »

Then Google the question you see in the address bar......

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=skytv&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=how+much+data+does+sky+go+use?

That still doesn't really help - I am seeing anything from 180-1400Kbps - which is extremely vague !!
This is the reason why I posted the question here - to get helpful answers ...

custardy

50Twuncle wrote: »

That still doesn't really help - I am seeing anything from 180-1400Kbps - which is extremely vague !!
This is the reason why I posted the question here - to get helpful answers ...

You mean like this section?

Good internet connection, SKY GO set to Low Quality video 764 336
Good internet connection, SKY GO set to High Quality video 1064 468
Fast internet connection, SKY GO set to High Quality video 1564 687

You are not going to get a specific number. There are many variables.

kwikbreaks

Would be cheaper and in my view just as exiting to watch over a motorway bridge for a couple of hours - data usage would then be zero,

RumRat

listen to it on 5 live....

forgotmyname

4G is your connection. not a data rate.

Streamed video will be between 700MB and 1.2GB per hour on average.

But it depends on the quality streamed. Generally the above figures are for 720. But it will also depend on the bitrate of the source.

Its possible to get a 720 video that has a larger filesize and better quality than a 1080 one if they compress the 1080 enough it just loses quality.

Thats why youtubers upload in 4K even though its not really 4K. You tube allow a higher bitrate if you select 4K.