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mrphil: Anyone know how much data would a hour worth of watching uses?
Klipspringer:mrphil: Anyone know how much data would a hour worth of watching uses?
It all depends on your speed. Netflix adjusts the quality of the picture according to the available bandwidth.
From what I have seen its about 1 - 1.5 GB per hour of viewing.
The main service I'm using at the moment is Netflix. Lots of content for the kids and good selection of TV shows. Biggest problem with Netflix is the buffering. Not sure if this is a symptom of sh1tty TCL international speeds, or whether using a different DNS service would help. Each time we watch something, it takes 2 or 3 minutes of buffering and pausing before the show starts playing back properly. Even then it will almost certainly buffer at least once every 30 minutes, sometimes more.
amanzi: I've had my Roku 3 for a couple of weeks now. Took a couple of tries to get the initial account set up - found that you had go through the whole set up process while using a VPN/DNS service. Once the account was setup, using the Roku was a breeze.
I had a spare wireless router so I set this up behind my main router and configured it to give out the Unblock-US DNS servers through DHCP. This also gave me the advantage of being able to connect other devices (phone, laptop, etc) to the network when I need to access overseas services.
The main service I'm using at the moment is Netflix. Lots of content for the kids and good selection of TV shows. Biggest problem with Netflix is the buffering. Not sure if this is a symptom of sh1tty TCL international speeds, or whether using a different DNS service would help. Each time we watch something, it takes 2 or 3 minutes of buffering and pausing before the show starts playing back properly. Even then it will almost certainly buffer at least once every 30 minutes, sometimes more.
Favourite Roku feature is the headphone jack in the remote! I wasn't convinced this was going to work that well, but it works perfectly. Great for late night TV watching.
geekiegeek: actually I thought unblock-us etc type DNS services didnt work on TCL\Vodafone due to their proxy service. Thats probably why you are having issues. You may need to move to a VPN service.
geekiegeek: actually I thought unblock-us etc type DNS services didnt work on TCL\Vodafone due to their proxy service. Thats probably why you are having issues. You may need to move to a VPN service.
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