I am currently running 50mbps on my internet, and the cable company says actually I am running 61. Is that necessary for streaming video from Apple TV. Would it be just as effective if I were running 25mbps. Would I see that much of a difference?
1080p HD movies require a recommended speed of 8 Mbps, 720p HD movies require a recommended speed of 6 Mbps, while SD movies require a recommended speed of 2.5 Mbps.
Your download speeds are more than adequate..
Mobile Blues, based on your response, I am making my cable company rich! 🙂 Because obviously I don't need 50mbps for Apple TV or even to download a recording from ITunes.
Thank you for the response.
Think of it as sort of like having a V8 engine in your car. You might not need it all the time but when needed, it can be great.
Also, downloaded videos and audios are buffered, that is why they sometimes delay a few seconds before downloading. The entire movie does not download all at once, your player or AppleTV just stays a few seconds behind the download as it's buffering. If it catches up to the buffering it will stall, skip or jump so having extra bandwidth is a good thing and can avoid that from happening.
Cheers.....
I am trying to decide if 50 is overkill, thus costing me more money. Or if I can live comfortably with 25 and save some dollars.
My advice would be to drop it to 25 and see if it meets your needs, you can always bump it back up. I operate perfectly fine with 18mbps using DSL.
There is an old time computer guy adage.."You can never have enough money, chocolate, pizza or bandwidth". 🙂
How many Mpbs do I need to effectively stream video from AppleTV
