pinkoos Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 There may finally be light at the end of the tunnel regarding my system upgrade (background thread at the end of this post). Will likely cut the cord (ie, cancel cable TV but keep high speed internet), cancel both Tivo subscriptions and go with YouTube TV at $40/month streamed to Apple TV 4Ks locally attached to each TV. So, there will no longer be need to upgrade to a new Matrix or try the MoIP option. So, I'm wondering from those with experience of streaming TV content full time, how much data/bandwidth do you generally use in an average month? I know this will vary from person to person, but just seeing if there are any ballpark figures out there. Comcast has a 1TB data "limit" each month which, of course, I've never come close to reaching since we never needed to stream TV content full time before. So, before I finalize with my dealer/installer, I thought I'd check with the forum. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieF Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Depends on two key variables: Quality - Will it all be 4K content? Hours - How much TV do you watch per day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 We will be streaming from YouTube TV via 4K Apple TVs, but I doubt it will be all 4K content (in fact, I thought I had read somewhere that Apple TV 4K can't stream 4K content from YouTube b/c of some codec issue, but don't quote me on that...that information may have been out of date). We tend to have sports stuff/ESPN on in the mornings and evenings, but aside from particular shows, none of us watch too much TV, but it would be difficult to quantify an exact number of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmoonly Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 That sucks you have a data limit. Spectrum doesn't let you know how much data has been used. I have cut the cord and use internet but still use the TIVO service with an OTA antenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, twmoonly said: That sucks you have a data limit. Spectrum doesn't let you know how much data has been used. I have cut the cord and use internet but still use the TIVO service with an OTA antenna I don't know how much of a "limit" it is as I've read that Comcast lets you go over but if you go a lot over repeatedly, they may do something, throttle, etc. Just not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I don’t think 1 TB is going to be much of a limit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: I don’t think 1 TB is going to be much of a limit... Meaning?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Meaning 1 TB is a lot of data and based on your usage as outlined above, I don’t think you will hit this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Yeah that's what I was hoping you meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Speculated industry average is 2GB per hour for high quality video streaming = 20 hours a day per month to reach 1TB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkoos Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Interesting, thanks for those numbers. High quality = 4K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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