Streaming with Amazon, Roku, Chromecast and a DSL line

[kep55]

The local phone company & Time Wonder decided to stop laying fiber about two miles from our house. It stops at a dead-end air park, There is no cable access, only Dish / DirecTV. We have DSL (3mbs d/l, 780 kbs u/l). Is this adequated for use with one of the streaming boxes like Amazon, Chromecast, Roku, etc? Our Sony BRDP is a "smart" box and it seems to have no problems but I haven't used it that much. My daughter swears by the Amazon box.

 

[computertech82]

netflix, for example requires a 5mbps internet connection per computer that uses netflix. some of the programs, like hulu, requires 3mbps. that would be pushing it on your connection.

 

[americanaudiophile]

If the smart functions on your BD player work then so will the streaming boxes. Netflix is the same either way. If you don't have Netflix set up a 30 day trial on your Sony and see how it works. SD video requires less bandwidth so that would work better than HD programming.