skyking8 Report post Posted May 21, 2012 I am wondering if it's possible to do reliable streaming video using a satellite internet connection. I was thinking of buying something like a Roku or DVD with built in receiver to go with mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RVerOnTheMove Report post Posted May 21, 2012 While it's unlikely you would get a good streaming experience, you would definitely eat up all of the available satellite internet bandwidth in no time (a few days at the most unless you only watch 1 show a day). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyking8 Report post Posted May 27, 2012 While it's unlikely you would get a good streaming experience, you would definitely eat up all of the available satellite internet bandwidth in no time (a few days at the most unless you only watch 1 show a day). That's a good point, but it would only be for movies perhaps a couple times a week at most. So the next question then would be is there any 'black boxes' on the market that would take the streaming download and store it for viewing thereby only using bandwidth for a short period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RVerOnTheMove Report post Posted May 27, 2012 Actually, I really confused the issue by saying that you could do a download at all with satellite since satellite has a daily download limit. I was thinking cellular which has a monthly limit. You satellite internet daily limit will be somewhere between 200 and 850MB/day. You would not be able to download even a single movie with this limit. This all assumes that you are a Hughes customer and if so you also have a 2am - 7am (Eastern Time) free download time which might allow you to do something for viewing later. You would need to be able to download these to your computer and viewed later. I guess your computer would be your black box but you would have to be streaming something that you had the rights to record. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
