Netflix on the PS3 is really designed for broadband connections with a higher monthly cap than you're considering. You don't get a choice of which resolution to download. Even though it may be compressed, the bandwidth use is going to be a little higher than that, I believe, for the 720p films to the PS3, so that's how I hit on the 1-3 film limit, assuming you're also browsing the web (which uses very little bandwidth by the way) and doing normal software/OS downloads. When I stream Netflix over the Internet to my PC, I could see how much bandwidth was being used and it was typically 800K - 1.2gb for one 90-120 minute film. I wonder if there is some compression being used by Netflix to make the apparent resolution lower than the designated resolution. (Netflix doesn't stream higher def than that at this time.) Some Netflix movies are at 480 and look like upconverted VHS. Some Netflix movies streamed to the PS3 are at 720p and look like upconverted DVD. I'm sorry if you do know all that, but it does show why there can be such speed variations.I think you would be at risk of exceeding a 5gb monthly cap if you streamed more than one to three movies a month to the PS3. As for the Playstation, just imagine another server added after your ISP, between it and the "internet". By location I meant the location of the "hops" taken from your home to the destination.
Not sure if you understand how computers connect, if not, The speed variations come in during the "several routers and computers" part of the trip. Not what you will connect at most the time. The PS3 "calls" the Playstation network, connects to it, then everything it searches for is routed through the PSN.īasically your ISP speed is what is maximum for you at the best possible conditions. The PSN networks are separate from what your computers use.
So it will depend on where and what path is taken to connect to the PSN server. Yes, your PS3 speed will be determined by the PSN servers, not your ISP.
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