Your films in Sendai. Even on 1 Mbps.
Sendai at a glance
- Where
- Miyagi, Japan
- Population
- about 1.1 million
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo (UTC+9)
- Evening viewing hours
- 19:00–23:00 local = 10:00–14:00 UTC
- Daylight
- about 9 h 30 min in mid-winter, 14 h 50 min in mid-summer
- Elevation
- about 53 m
- Nearest cities
- Tokyo 305 km · Kawasaki 322 km · Yokohama 333 km
- Subtitle languages
- Japanese
Sendai, and the connections it runs on
Sendai is the capital of Miyagi. With about 1.1 million people, Sendai has every kind of connection — and every kind of bottleneck.
Mobile data in Sendai
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 Sendai or not.
Evenings in Sendai
Local time in Sendai is UTC+9, with no clock change. Between 19:00 and 23:00 local (10:00–14:00 UTC) shared networks are at their fullest, which is when Silux Media's lower data use matters most.
Sendai gets about 9 h 30 min of daylight in mid-winter and 14 h 50 min in mid-summer.
On the move from Sendai
From Sendai it's about 305 km to Tokyo. Wherever you are on the journey, your films stream from your own server at home.
Crossing into South Korea? Busan is about 1112 km away — the app works abroad too, and on roaming data the low data use counts double.
Questions from Sendai
Does it help on crowded city networks in Sendai?
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.
Can I watch my films in South Korea?
Yes — the server stays at home in Sendai and you watch from anywhere, including Busan about 1112 km away. On roaming data the lower data use makes a real difference.
What's the busiest time for streaming in Sendai?
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.
What does Silux Media cost in Japan?
Free. Running the server at home in Sendai costs nothing, and the apps are free; paid plans only add managed extras.
Can I watch my own films in Sendai?
Of course. Your own server holds the films; the apps for phones, tablets and TVs play them in Sendai or wherever you take them.
How much mobile data does a film use in Sendai?
Roughly 0.6 GB for an hour of 720p and 1.0 GB in 1080p, so a two-hour film in HD fits in about 2.0 GB of your plan.
Sources: GeoNames and our measurements.