Streaming Netflix on the Razr

[Cardboardtoast]

Alright, I noticed there was a post on a similar topic to this a few months ago, but my question wasnt answered and I dont want to raise a dead thread.

I got a new phone this week, the Motorola Razr (16gig). I went to stream netflix. One 40 minute video used 1.7 gig of my data! Now, this doesnt seem right as I have often streamed netflix on a previous phone: the Droid Charge, which used maybe 200mb per video, depending on the video, ofc. (NOTE both of these phones I plug into a TV with the HDMI port).

So, is there something radically different about my new Razr that would make it use *7-8x* the data for the same video as on my brother's Droid Charge???? Both are pushing out hdmi and using 4G, but maybe his charge streams at a lower quality setting?

I called Verizon and they said that 1.7 gbs for a video "sounded reasonable," which is odd to me (given my previous experience with the Charge that shows me otherwise, which he didnt believe, and outright called me a liar when I told him how much data it used). That means I can only watch 2 videos a month on this thing (4gb plan), while my brother's phone will allow us to watch 20...

 

[itsallgood]

Ya, that does seem odd. I own an Atrix 4G and have streamed over 3 hrs or more of Netflix over 3/4G and have only used 627 MB of data.

 

[Cardboardtoast]

Thanks for the response. I am beginning to think my phone has some issues, as other people I have asked have given me similar responses.

 

[itsallgood]

It is possible the higher quaility the picture, might use more data. But I'm not sure, since I don't have an option to change video quality when streaming.

 

[Cardboardtoast]

Well, I cant seem to find an option for streaming quality either. Though to be honest Ive never had one of these phones before, and am rarely the one operating them when I have streamed from one, so I wouldnt know if Im missing a menu somewhere. But I would hope it wouldnt default to using THAT much data per video, as that would easily make a phone-noob like me run over my data limit without realizing it, considering it is a) a pre-installed app and advertised and b) even their better 5gig plan could hardly handle that...

 

[droidshock]

Hello,
Got my RZR yesterday. Half hour of Netflix 1.01Gig? What did you find for the answer? This will not work for me.

Thank you

Pete

 

[droidshock]

I found my own answer when calling Verizon.
The data usage widget was showing all the data I pulled from my WI-FI, actaul used for my half hour of netflix 0.046GB.

Pete

Hello,
Got my RZR yesterday. Half hour of Netflix 1.01Gig? What did you find for the answer? This will not work for me.

Thank you

Pete