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How Much Hard Drive Space Does a Movie Take up?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:26 pm
I have an employee who used 40 Gig of data on his company phone last month. I can't imagine what the hell he is doing, unless he is streaming some shite.
Can someone give me an idea of how much data we are talking about when you download a song?
How about a movie?...
Can someone give me an idea of how much data we are talking about when you download a song?
How about a movie?...
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Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:27 pm to Spankum
it's porn
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:27 pm to Spankum
Depends on the resolution. 720 will be a little less than a gig for most movies.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:27 pm to Spankum
Movie is about 1 gig on computer. That's a shite ton of porn.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:27 pm to Spankum
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:28 pm to Crawdaddy
quote:
it's porn
kinda what I was thinking...
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:28 pm to Pectus
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:33 pm to Spankum
aprox
1mb for music
1g+ movie
he's likely downloading porn
1mb for music
1g+ movie
he's likely downloading porn
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:34 pm to BigPerm30
quote:
Movie is about 1 gig on computer. That's a shite ton of porn.
This is what I am having trouble with...how the hell can someone ring up over 40 gig of data in a single month and still have time to do anything else?...
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:34 pm to Spankum
3 hours of watching video per weekday...
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:35 pm to Spankum
What does any of that have to do with hard drive space?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:35 pm to Spankum
A coworker was using his phone as a hotspot recently to stream Netflix. The bill was well over $1000 for the month. The company had to threaten to cancel all accounts before version would dismiss it.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:36 pm to Spankum
Netflix can blow though over a gig an hour.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:37 pm to Spankum
its not hard drive its streaming data
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:37 pm to ellunchboxo
Compression isn't that great. So typically, the size of a file is how much data is needed to stream it. 1 gig on a hard drive = 1 gig of data used. It's not 1 to 1, but when you're talking HD streaming, it's going to be damn close.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:39 pm to Spankum
Instagram and snapchat will kill a data plan.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:47 pm to ellunchboxo
quote:
What does any of that have to do with hard drive space?
I have no intuition concerning just how much data a gig is...trying to get an idea versus something that I can compare it to.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:47 pm to Spankum
Taking up space isn't same thing as using data.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:49 pm to Jcorye1
quote:
Netflix can blow though over a gig an hour.
that is kinda what I was guessing....but at that rate, we are still talking about over 40 hours of streaming...
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:51 pm to Havoc
From Netflix: By HD I'm assuming they mean 1080p 
quote:
“Watching movies or TV shows on Netflix uses about 1 GB of data per hour for each stream of standard definition video, and up to 3 GB per hour for each stream of HD video.”
Note that these numbers apply whether you’re streaming the show to your TV, computer, or mobile device.
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