Netflix allows different data quality settings and these setting will impact your data usage.
Overview
Netflix is a popular application for viewing movies and television show online. This program while convenient, does contribute to your cable modem data usage. Netflix offers a method to manage how much data you may use while viewing programs.
Actions
To access the video quality opitons perform the following steps.
1. Log into your Netflix account.
2. Click on Your Account and then click Help.
3. Selete the Manage Video Quality option.
You will see several options for viewing your videos as shown in the following screen displayed below.
These options enable you to select your desired video quality, which also controls the amount of usage your against your cable modem account. Below is an estimate fo the data usage per hour of online Netflix viewing. These estimates are provided by Netflix. GCI strongly recommends you monitor your usage via the GCI Usage Viewer. The GCI Usage viewer is avaliable online. For more information on how to check your usage, please click here.
|
Netflix Quality Level |
Usage per Hour in GB |
Usage per Hour in MB |
|
Good Quality |
0.3 GB |
310 MB |
|
Better Quality |
0.7 GB |
720 MB |
|
Best Quality – Standard Definition |
1.0 GB |
1,024 MB |
|
Best Quality – High Definition |
2.3 GB |
2,400 MB |
