| [DSL] Which Teksavvy plan for watching 1080p Hey Guys,
What is the slowest teksavvy plan that would allow me to stream 1080p videos? Would the 6 down plan be enough?
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Bhruic
join:2002-11-27
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | If you believe Netflix, then "1080p videos go up to 4.8 Mbps". However, when I was trying to watch 1080p videos on Youtube, I would have constant dling pauses with my 6Mbps connection. |
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Eug
join:2007-04-14
Toronto, ON | reply to forceAcct
Go for 10 Mbps or better. I'd recommend the 12/1 in you're in Ontario.
6/1 may work, but it's borderline.
said by Bhruic:If you believe Netflix, then "1080p videos go up to 4.8 Mbps". However, when I was trying to watch 1080p videos on Youtube, I would have constant dling pauses with my 6Mbps connection. That may be partially a YouTube serving problem. I sometimes get pauses even with a 25 Mbps connection, although it's not constant.
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Bhruic
join:2002-11-27
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | I don't think it was Youtube, I could generally watch 720p fine. 1080p always had pausing. I get it very occassionally with 25Mbps, but nowhere near as often as with 6Mbps. |
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Re: [DSL] Which Teksavvy plan for watching 1080p 6Mb/s is about 5Mb/s after overhead, so a 4.8Mb/s stream is really cutting it too close. If there's a possibility of someone else using the internet connection while you're trying to stream I'd go for a minimum of 10Mb/s.
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Re: Go for 10 Mbps or better. said by Bhruic:I don't think it was Youtube, I could generally watch 720p fine. 1080p always had pausing. I get it very occassionally with 25Mbps, but nowhere near as often as with 6Mbps.
It is a youtube serving problem, youtube's 1080p videos have a 5-7mpbs video/audio bitrate, so if you're getting pauses with a 25mpbs connection its because youtube isn't sending you the file quick enough.
A 6mpbs would be borderline acceptable, 10mpbs would be better. |
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