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In Reply to: RE: bandwidth for NetFlix posted by pictureguy on March 28, 2012 at 21:24:01
From the Netflix entry in Wikipedia:
According to Netflix Tech Support, Netflix's content library is encoded into three bandwidth tiers, in a compression format based on the VC-1 video and Windows Media audio codecs. Of these, the lowest tier requires a continuous downstream bandwidth (to the client) of 1.5 Mbit/s, and offers stereo audio and video quality comparable to DVD. The middle tier requires 3 Mbit/s, and offers "better than DVD quality". The highest tier requires 5 Mbit/s, and offers 720p HD with surround sound audio. As of October 2011, several devices also have the ability to stream Netflix content at 1080p resolution, including the PlayStation 3 console and Roku 2 series set-top boxes which require 8 Mbit/s.
It's evening as I write this and speedtest.net says that my Comcast cable connection is doing 24.6mbps download and 8.7 mbps upload. This morning the downlaod speed was over 33mbps. I suppose there are more people online right now. Back in October, PC magazine reported that Netflix streaming video eats up an icredible 32 percent of US internet bandwidth during peak times.
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