Video Asylum

RE: 2012?

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Jim in Blacksburg

In Reply to: RE: 2012? posted by Jazz Inmate on April 14, 2008 at 10:55:05

Streaming/downloadable video is worse than DVD quality. Who wants to watch that on their brand new HDTV or listen to compressed audio on their nice HT systems?

#1 - You can download torrents that are BD quality already, and as more and more people get into HD that number is only going to skyrocket.

#2 - Considering that many people are using crappy speakers with their giant HDTV's, compression in audio doesn't matter to a large number of people I'd say, and a good number of people probably don't know if they're getting the best in PQ, either :-D

Blu-ray ultimately, I think, is doomed by the downloading market...as the hard-drive based distribution idea gets more and more popular, optical discs like BD are going to be in trouble.

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a lot depends on infrastructure for massive downloads. - oscar 16:49:44 04/14/08 (1)
How quickly can you download 30-50G HD movies ?

And I suspect with HDMI 1.3 compliant receivers and source players, even J6P with crappy speakers will notice the benefits of uncompressed/lossless audio.
- Works OK if you have 7 mb/s internet or better - 4season 06:09:56 04/15/08 (0)
  With Apple TV, I get the impression that the biggest limiting factor isn't the pipe, but Apple's servers. I have had HD movies require anywhere from 2-7 hours to download, while SD generally takes about an hour. Either way, you can begin watching after 2% has downloaded, but I prefer to wait in order to ensure 100% glitch free viewing.
  
  These aren't 30-50 gigabyte downloads because they're compressed and lack additional languages, features, etc. Quality-wise, they're not as good as the best B-Ds, but they're competitive with middle-of-the-pack ones, of which there are plenty.

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