Dr. Jim Mixon Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Is 3 Mbs/sec download speed fast enough to justify an upgrade from my Samsung BD P1500 to a model that will stream Netflix? What would be the quality of the pic on my HDTV with this marginal speed? Thanks gang for any input from your experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I get DVD quality with 2 channel audio with a 3Mbs connection through my PS3. Its not bad but its no HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laager Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 http://blog.netflix.com/2008/11/encoding-for-streaming.html Basically, 3.8Mb/s raw. Given that they imply the necessity for 40% headroom for protocol overhead and losses you really need a solid 5.5-6Mb/s for current gen 720p HD encodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokarz Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 no way. 10+Mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 effectviely, I have 1mbs/sec down and .8 mbs/up. I'm supposed to have 10mbs down and 4 mbs up. My internal network is wireless, so the quarks of wireless apply and I lose the value of the fiber connection that comes to my door. It works fine, 4 heavy users and 1 serious gamer. keep in mind, that most biusnesses only had, until rescently, T-1 lines which were only 1.5 mbs/sec (our building, 12 floors, 400 people). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jim Mixon Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks guys for the replies. Guess I'll keep the old BD P1500; I'm so spoiled now watchin' Bluray with the 5.1 audio I'll forget about streaming Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockOn4Klipsch Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks guys for the replies. Guess I'll keep the old BD P1500; I'm so spoiled now watchin' Bluray with the 5.1 audio I'll forget about streaming Netflix. I've gave netflix a try with their free trail needless to say it didn't last. Lack of content poor quality video and content audio was only 2 channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have netflix but never used their streaming because I was dsl, 3 meg down 1.5 meg up. (true speed 328 kbps down, 128 kbps up) It could not stream properly without a lot of waiting. I now have verizon fios 25/25 meg. Its true speed is 3 megs down, 3 megs up. Given that compressed HD videos are 3 megabytes per second, it would be impossible to stream it. Supposedly I have the second highest speed fios for home, there is a 50/15 but that's about it. So until a majority of America becomes 100 meg speed (10.8 megs true download speed) I do not think we will ever be able to stream HD video given current compression standards. I had 100 meg speed at college and it was truely remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBitRates Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have comcast broadband. Usually get about 10meg/sec download speeds from speedtest.net Recently watched The Orphanage and Sin Nombre in HD. Both had subtitles but both looked great and were good movies! I enjoy using netflix streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBXeRo Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 3 megabits/sec is 375 kilobytes/sec as in 74 times faster than dial up was when it was new haha. I dont know if this helps, i would think thatd be fast enough to stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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