Anthony Nguyen from Unplgged answers a reader’s question on bandwidth used by Netflix:
Netflix Movies (HD): These guys are around 3.8Mbit, which means it’s about 3600MB for a 2 hour HD movie.
Netflix Movies (SD): Each of these movies are around 500-700MB each, depending on the length of the movie.
Netflix TV Shows (HD): A 30-minute TV show will be about 1500MB.
Netflix TV Shows (SD): A 30-minute TV show will be about 400MB.
He goes on to explain what this means with Comcast’s bandwidth limits. Good info.


