Dublin, on any connection. Even on 1 Mbps.
Dublin at a glance
- Where
- Capital of Ireland
- Population
- about 1 million
- Time zone
- Europe/Dublin (UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer)
- Evening viewing hours
- 19:00–23:00 local = 19:00–23:00 UTC (winter)
- Daylight
- about 7 h 30 min in mid-winter, 17 h in mid-summer
- Elevation
- about 17 m
- Nearest cities
- Limerick 175 km · Galway 186 km · Cork 219 km
- Subtitle languages
- English, Irish
Dublin, and the connections it runs on
Dublin is the capital of Ireland. With about 1 million people, Dublin has every kind of connection — and every kind of bottleneck.
Dublin's time zone and viewing hours
Dublin is on UTC+0 (UTC+1 in summer). The usual evening viewing hours, 19:00–23:00 local time, are 19:00–23:00 UTC in winter — when networks everywhere are busiest.
Mid-winter in Dublin brings only about 7 h 30 min of daylight (against 17 h in summer), so evenings at home are long.
Making a bundle last in Dublin
Same picture, less data: about 1.0 GB per HD hour, compared with 2.5–2.7 GB for Jellyfin and Plex in our live tests. That's the difference between a film finishing on mobile data in Dublin or not.
Travelling around Leinster
From Dublin it's about 175 km to Limerick. Wherever you are on the journey, your films stream from your own server at home.
The closest city we cover outside Ireland is Belfast, United Kingdom (about 142 km). Watching while roaming? Every gigabyte saved matters.
Questions from Dublin
Can I watch my own films in Dublin?
Yes — put the server on a PC, Mac, NAS or Raspberry Pi at home, add your folders, and your films play on any screen in Dublin.
Long winter evenings in Dublin — 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.
Will it work on the way to Limerick?
Yes — the 175 km trip to Limerick is no problem: the stream adapts to each mast you pass instead of stopping.
Does it help on crowded city networks in Dublin?
Yes. Using less data per minute means a stream needs less of a busy cell or Wi-Fi network — so it keeps playing when others start to buffer.
What's the busiest time for streaming in Dublin?
Between about 7 and 11 pm local time. Quality re-adjusts every three seconds, so a crowded evening network means a lighter picture for a moment, not a frozen one.
Can I watch my films in United Kingdom?
Yes — the server stays at home in Dublin and you watch from anywhere, including Belfast about 142 km away. On roaming data the lower data use makes a real difference.
Sources: GeoNames and our measurements.