What is the Internet speed required to play full hd 1080p youtube video?

by admin on September 9, 2011

I need to watch Full HD 1080p Videos without buffering.

i don’t want it to buffer at any interval..

thanks in advance

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Techwing September 9, 2011 at 8:28 am: You need an Internet connection of about 3.5 megabits per second or better in order to watch 1080p videos without buffering.

YouTube compresses 1080p video by about 429:1 in order to stream it. Uncompressed HD video requires a staggering 1500 megabits per second for streaming. Even YouTube doesn’t have that kind of bandwidth, so videos are very aggressively compressed.
Question Master September 9, 2011 at 8:28 am: im on about 12mbit internet and when no one is using up my internet by downloading/streaming stuff then youtube streams fine for me on 1080p