{"id":102004,"date":"2016-08-24T09:51:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T07:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102004"},"modified":"2016-08-24T09:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T07:52:39","slug":"showmax-launches-online-bandwidth-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/102004-showmax-launches-online-bandwidth-calculator","title":{"rendered":"ShowMax launches online bandwidth calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ShowMax has launched an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/go\/bandwidth-calculator\" target=\"_blank\">online bandwidth calculator<\/a><\/strong> to help you estimate the amount of data you need to watch streaming video.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after\u00a0a\u00a0recent consumer survey, which ShowMax commissioned, revealed that the most common reason for not signing up to internet TV services in South Africa is the cost of data.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of data needed to stream TV shows and movies can be one gigabyte (GB) per hour or more, ShowMax said.<\/p>\n<p>To help manage this, it\u00a0has introduced bandwidth capping functionality that it says reduces data consumption by as much as 75% by lowering the quality of the video being streamed.<\/p>\n<p>As with most\u00a0other video streaming services,\u00a0ShowMax\u2019s apps monitor\u00a0your\u00a0connection speed and automatically adjusts\u00a0the video\u00a0resolution to the make the most of the available bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers can then select a low bandwidth cap of 0.3 GB per hour, a medium cap of 0.7 GB per hour, or leave usage uncapped.<\/p>\n<p>The low usage setting equates to capping resolution at\u00a0360p, medium\u00a0is\u00a0standard definition (480p), while uncapped can deliver up to 720p high definition.<\/p>\n<p>ShowMax said that watching five hours per week, which is enough for 15 episodes of The Big Bang Theory or 7 episodes of Suits, the maximum amount of data used would be as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Low bandwidth cap<\/strong> (0.3 GB per hour):\u00a0 1.5 GB per week<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium bandwidth cap<\/strong> (0.7 GB per hour):\u00a0 3.5 GB per week<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uncapped<\/strong> (1.4 GB per hour): 7.1 GB per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bandwidth-calculator-screenshot.png\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1571113629\" data-slb-internal=\"0\" data-slb-group=\"slb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-new-size wp-image-177031\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bandwidth-calculator-screenshot-640x578.png\" alt=\"Bandwidth calculator screenshot\" width=\"640\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/177029-showmax-bandwidth-calculator-launched.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband 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