How many movies could I watch with 1GB data?

[WPCentral Question]

how many lets say two hour movies can be watched a month with 1GB of data allowance.

 

[xandros9]

That really depends on movie quality and you can't really say for sure.
Although it varies a lot, I have a fairly low quality 320x176 1027kbps 24 fps 1:42 / 319 kbps stereo audio movie that clocks in at 754 MB.

1280x544 1020kbps 23 fps 1:35 / 95 kbps stereo audio clocks in at 700 MB

hopefully thats some decent reference

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

Definitely agree with what xandros9 has said up. It all depends on the quality of the movie. If you watch HQ or HD movies it will hog up your data like a hungry lion. Try watching a little bit of a movie and you will get an estimate of how much data it uses and then you can work out your figures.

I have seen my friends watching High quality Youtube videos and then screaming their data plan is exhausted. Anyone would recommend using high data usage apps, games, movies etc on a Wi-Fi.