150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?

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rockadanny

150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« on: 24 Jan 2025, 11:15 pm »
Likely to an Xfinity Xumo for my old non-smart TV.
Currently at 800 mbs, but hoping to reduce to 150 if possible.

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Re: 150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« Reply #1 on: 24 Jan 2025, 11:39 pm »
Considering Xfinitys DVR box I have uses a 10mb modem for the 1 TV.  And as long as you aren't gaming while streaming it should work.

I will note that my Gig service slows after 5 or when big events are on.  But while everybody was having issues with that Beyonce game I switched to a android streamer and things ran smoothly.  And at my location my stream was almost 2 minutes ahead cable.

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rockadanny

Re: 150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« Reply #2 on: 25 Jan 2025, 02:27 am »
Nice! Thank you!

richidoo

Re: 150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« Reply #3 on: 25 Jan 2025, 04:44 am »
4k video burns about 25Mbps, so your 150 service should be fine.
Reboot the router/gateway at least once a week to maintain that speed.

When we had 50Mbps copper DSL with 3 teenagers, it was not enough.
100Mbps fiber finally came along and that was mostly good enough.
Nowadays for me and wife 100 is plenty.

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Re: 150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« Reply #4 on: 25 Jan 2025, 04:47 pm »
Depending on your router, you may be able to see the transmission/reception rates in realmtime. It won't show it by device, but will show the overall traffic coming in/out.

 If you can do this, just monitor it while streaming to get a feel for what us actually happening.

I just tried it: when streaking netflix on my tablet the initial speed shoots up over 150mbps.  It then drops to under 10mbps.  Then every few seconds, it goes up to 50mpbs for a second, then drops down.  I'm guessing the app is downloading several seconds of video in chunks while playing.




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Re: 150 mbs fast enough to stream digital TV channels?
« Reply #5 on: 25 Jan 2025, 05:39 pm »
As others have said, you are good to go. Apple TV and Disney + are about 40Mb/s, Netflix at 25Mbs. Sony pictures core is the fastest streamer I am aware of at 80MB/s, but you have to own a Sony TV to use. Additionally, most TV's Ethernet input boards are limited to 100Mb/s. If you stream physical media such as ripped 4K blurays from a local area storage then you are getting peaks in the 100Mb/s range and averages between 30 to 80Mb/s. On some bluray players (Oppo) you can hit the information button and it will show the bit rate coming in. To obtain faster then 100Mb/s use a Ethernet to USB adapter. Per a speed test I obtain 250Mb/s which is what my broadband is capped at. You can also use wifi to get around the 100Mb/s cap, but that can result in other issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIef8iRZhLE&t=407s