![]() Here’s the problem: If you use the “High” setting, Netflix will stream at the highest possible resolution available to your TV. How to Fine Tune Your Resolution and Data Usage ![]() So if you’ve ever been concerned that Netflix is using more data than it claims to be, you can rest assured that isn’t the case-the suggested numbers are extremely close to the results I got in my testing. ![]() The max I could ever get Netflix to pull down was 16000 kbps (right at 7 GB per hour), which is the max they publish in the “high” setting. Now, if we compare this to Netflix’s suggested rates from above, you’ll see that they’re pretty much right on the money-though our table is a little more detailed. (Unfortunately, there’s no way to tell if a show or movie plays at 23.976 or 59.940 frames per second.) However, Netflix also offers tests for 59.940 fps, so we ran those numbers as well. Most videos you play on Netflix should be 23.976 frames per second, so the above table should apply for most of what you play. So, we monitored the bitrate closely as the resolutions changed (as the stream buffered to max resolution), then converted the kbps (Kilobits per second) to Gigabytes per hour. Here’s what we found, complete in a nice little chart that shows the resolution, minimum and maximum bitrate (if both are available), and data usage per hour:
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