Anyone know about the ipod/iphone netflix app?

[episodic]

Surely, it can't be as bandwidth intensive as the full screen computer tv streaming.

Anyone know what the bandwidth consumption on the ipod would be on wifi at home?

My wife has got addicted to it, and I'm trying to figure out before we have a bandwidth cap thing happen.

Thanks.

 

[rcpratt]

All iPhones/IPod touches have enough resolution to display full standard definition resolution, so I don't see why it would be any different than streaming standard def to your TV.

So probably ~100 kB/s?

 

[episodic]

All iPhones/IPod touches have enough resolution to display full standard definition resolution, so I don't see why it would be any different than streaming standard def to your TV.

So probably ~100 kB/s?

I thought it'd be res'd down

Sigh. . .

So in an hour and a half around 6 gigs eh?

 

[Ichinisan]

iPhone 1, 3G, and 3GS have lower-than-standard def resolution. At 320x480, the highest-resolution dimension matches the lowest resolution dimension of 640x480 SDTV.

 

[rcpratt]

Meh, you're right, I got it flipped. If netflix is doing it right, it should be about half the bandwidth then. iPhone 4 has enough res, though.

 

[blurredvision]

On my iPhone, I was curious about bandwidth as well, since I stream over 3G. I don't know exact numbers, but with my observations, it seems like streaming around 25 minutes consumes about 200MB.

 

[Nik]

I have it and use it. It's great! Not the same bandwidth, but my iPod can't deal with HD. Great quality anyway though.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Didn't even know this app existed. Bored at work and downloaded it. Works great.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Should be able to stream 720p on my Droid X once the Android app is ready. My 3G connection should handle it. The iPhone won't stream HD?

 

[episodic]

I don't want it to stream hd - I want low bandwidth video. . . .