Ghent, on any connection. Even on 1 Mbps.
Ghent at a glance
- Where
- Flanders, Belgium
- Population
- about 265,000
- Time zone
- Europe/Brussels (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer)
- Evening viewing hours
- 19:00–23:00 local = 18:00–22:00 UTC (winter)
- Daylight
- about 7 h 54 min in mid-winter, 16 h 33 min in mid-summer
- Elevation
- about 10 m
- Nearest cities
- Brussels 50 km · Antwerp 51 km · Liège 138 km
- Subtitle languages
- Dutch, French
About streaming in Ghent
Around 265,000 people live in Ghent; outside the centre, connections thin out quickly. Ghent is a city in Flanders, Belgium.
Ghent's time zone and viewing hours
Ghent is on UTC+1 (UTC+2 in summer). The usual evening viewing hours, 19:00–23:00 local time, are 18:00–22:00 UTC in winter — when networks everywhere are busiest.
Mid-winter in Ghent brings only about 7 h 54 min of daylight (against 16 h 33 min in summer), so evenings at home are long.
Making a bundle last in Ghent
How far does a 5 GB bundle go in Ghent? About 8 hours of HD 720p with Silux Media, versus 3.7 hours with other media servers at the same picture quality (our measurements).
Travelling around Flanders
The nearest other cities we cover are Brussels (50 km), Antwerp (51 km) and Liège (138 km). On trains, buses and roads between them, quality re-adjusts every three seconds.
The closest city we cover outside Belgium is Lille, France (about 66 km). Watching while roaming? Every gigabyte saved matters.
Questions from Ghent
Will it work on the way to Brussels?
Yes. On the roughly 50 km between Ghent and Brussels, the app re-checks the connection every three seconds and keeps playing — dropping to a lighter quality in weak spots and climbing back up after.
How much mobile data does a film use in Ghent?
About 1.0 GB per hour in full HD and roughly 0.6 GB in 720p, from our measurements — against 2.5–2.7 GB per HD hour on Jellyfin and Plex at the same picture quality.
Can I watch my films in France?
Yes. Over the border in Lille (around 66 km), your library streams from home exactly as it does in Ghent.
What does Silux Media cost in Belgium?
Nothing to start: the server you run at home is free, remote streaming included. Plus, Pro and Cloud are optional, billed in EUR.
Long winter evenings in Ghent — will a NAS or old PC cope?
Yes. Silux Media runs on ordinary computers and can prepare lean versions of your library overnight at low priority, so several people can watch on dark evenings without a powerful machine.
What's the busiest time for streaming in Ghent?
Evenings — roughly 19:00 to 23:00 in Ghent, or 18:00–22:00 UTC. That's when a stream that needs fewer megabits has the edge.
Sources: GeoNames and our measurements.