Liverpool, on any connection. Even on 1 Mbps.
Liverpool at a glance
- Where
- England, United Kingdom
- Population
- about 497,000
- Time zone
- Europe/London (UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer)
- Evening viewing hours
- 19:00–23:00 local = 19:00–23:00 UTC (winter)
- Daylight
- about 7 h 29 min in mid-winter, 17 h 1 min in mid-summer
- Elevation
- about 30 m
- Nearest cities
- Manchester 50 km · Stoke-on-Trent 69 km · Sheffield 100 km
- Subtitle languages
- English, Welsh
About streaming in Liverpool
Around 497,000 people live in Liverpool; outside the centre, connections thin out quickly. Liverpool is a city in England, United Kingdom.
Liverpool's time zone and viewing hours
Liverpool 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 Liverpool brings only about 7 h 29 min of daylight (against 17 h 1 min in summer), so evenings at home are long.
Making a bundle last in Liverpool
How far does a 5 GB bundle go in Liverpool? 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 England
The nearest other cities we cover are Manchester (50 km), Stoke-on-Trent (69 km) and Sheffield (100 km). On trains, buses and roads between them, quality re-adjusts every three seconds.
The closest city we cover outside the United Kingdom is Dublin, Ireland (about 217 km). Watching while roaming? Every gigabyte saved matters.
Questions from Liverpool
What's the busiest time for streaming in Liverpool?
Evenings — roughly 19:00 to 23:00 in Liverpool, or 19:00–23:00 UTC. That's when a stream that needs fewer megabits has the edge.
Will it work on the way to Manchester?
Yes. On the roughly 50 km between Liverpool and Manchester, 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.
Does it work on slower connections around Liverpool?
Yes. Silux Media plays HD from about 0.7 Mbps and keeps going below 0.3 Mbps at lower quality — built for fixed-wireless, satellite and rural mobile links.
Long winter evenings in Liverpool — 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.
Can I watch my own films in Liverpool?
Yes. Install the free Silux Media server on a computer at home and watch on your phone, tablet, laptop or TV — in Liverpool, elsewhere in England, or abroad.
What does Silux Media cost in the United Kingdom?
Nothing to start: the server you run at home is free, remote streaming included. Plus, Pro and Cloud are optional, billed in GBP.
Sources: GeoNames and our measurements.