Video presentation quality display in a wireless communication device

A method of operating a wireless communication device that estimates a video presentation quality comprising:

• identifying a video;
• processing wireless communication device configuration data, which includes information about components in the wireless communication device, and wireless network performance data to estimate the presentation quality of the identified video;
• displaying a video presentation activator that graphically indicates presentation quality information, wherein the presentation quality information comprises the wireless communication device's capacity to play the video, a wireless communication network's capacity to play the video, an estimated picture quality, and an estimated initial buffer delay and wherein a user has an option to play the video, select a next higher video quality, or select a next faster buffering encoding;
• and
• initiating a download and display of the identified video based on the option selected by the user.