dombanks Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 does recording tv (on whatever the sky equivalent of tivo) or using skys on demand service use internet bandwidth? the internet is provided by BT not sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentinik Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Recording live tv won't use up bandwidth but i believe using their on demand service would download the file from their server, using your bandwidth Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Recording live tv won't use up bandwidth but i believe using their on demand service would download the file from their server, using your bandwidth Mike Correct, on-demand go over the net, normal TV via the dish, and the old house keeping stuff that used to go on via the phone line connection. (Checking apy to view etc) also uses the ethernet connection. That said, I know of a number of people that do have steady internet activity from their Sky boxes for no obvious reason. (More traffic that merely heart beat connections or the like would generate.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 If you are recording on demand programmes, doesn't really matter what speed you broadband is running at, it will eventually record the whole programme. If the download speed is really, really slow, say 200kb.s. or less, the hosting server may kick you off. If you want to stream the programme direct to your TV and watch straightaway you'll need about 4meg. for HD programmes, SD quality needs 500Kb.s. Most on demand TV companies only allow you to keep the content for a limited time on your recorder. You cannot record programmes direct from BBC iPlayer. As mentioned by others, recording live TV and Satellite programmes has no impact on your broadband connection and you can keep the recording as long as you like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombanks Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 im trying to figure out why my bro is going 15-20GB over his limit all the time. my mum mentioned it tonight so its the first i've heard of it. neither of them are particularly tech savvy and he does basically jack all online. so as far as i can tell its the odd bit of email and some online games like candy crush. she said he also "downloads" films 3 or 4 times a week. this isn't via a torrent or a stream site as its on his tv via sky not his laptop and i doubt very much he would know what a torrent is if it jumped up and slapped him. what i cant find out is if she means records something from the tv to watch later, if its via something like netflix (i pretty much doubt it), or its an on-demand service. bandwidth is not something ive ever really paid attention to so never really cared but i didnt think just recording tv made any difference but had no idea about sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Its the films that are your problem. A film on DVD is 4.7 GB so even with better compression on Netflix, this will add up, and if its HD will be even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Does the sky box not automatically download certain films overnight? The more popular ones so that they're on the box ready to watch regardless of whether they've been asked for or not. This used to be via the dish in the old days of sky+ but would imagine it's via the internet now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yes, it's the video content that put's him over the limit. Tell him to get out more or go for an unlimited package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsechris Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I used to have a 10GB per month quota on BT but tipped it over a few times downloading films & programs from Anytime on Sky. Bizzarely, it was actually £1 a month cheaper to switch to unlimited, so that's what I did. TBH, not having to fret about the quota is worthwhile. Typical "HD" movie is around 2 - 3GB by the time they have compressed the crap out of it, so it's easy to see where the quota gets eaten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Correct, on-demand go over the net, normal TV via the dish, and the old house keeping stuff that used to go on via the phone line connection. (Checking apy to view etc) also uses the ethernet connection. That said, I know of a number of people that do have steady internet activity from their Sky boxes for no obvious reason. (More traffic that merely heart beat connections or the like would generate.) Can't believe no-one has Wiresharked a Sky box before now! Reminds me of this story from a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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