How much data does a Smart TV use per month?

Streaming is one of the most wonderful technologies that has made till date and most interesting is it not only accessible in your smart TV but also in other electronic devices like phone, computer and gaming consoles.

How much data do I need for smart TV?

A one-hour live broadcast requires 10 Mbps of bandwidth and around 1.5 Gb of data consumption.

A High definition (1080p) need a bandwidth of atleast 13 Mbps and 1.5 Gb of data for a one-hour broadcast.

How much data does a 4K TV use?

A 4K TV uses 15.98 Gb per hour.

How do I save a data on my smart TV?

You can save data of your smart TV by streaming it in a low data mode.

In Netflix you can you can lower your data usage through your account’s playback settings.

On Fire TV devices you can reduce Amazon Prime Video quality by going to Settings > Preferences > Data monitoring and then selecting “Set Video Quality”.

Hulu lets you reduce video quality in its web player.

On Fire TV devices, PlayStation has a “High Frame Rate” option that you can disable under Settings > App Settings.

On both YouTube and YouTube TV, you can reduce video quality during playback by scrolling over through vertical three dots button and then scrolling down to “video quality”.

Does streaming TV uses a lot of data?

A single stream running 24/7 will be in the region of 2,2 TB/month on HD and 5 TB/month for a 4K video.

A quality setting of the show will also affect the data usage.

Does a smart TV use more data than a laptop?

No, amount of data used depends on the resolution and not the size of the screen.