Will Warner Brothers go exclusive?

To be honest the HD stuff I downloaded via Xbox Live looked and sounded pretty good. It\'s still too big to stream, but 5 gigs isn\'t so bad in this age of cable and DSL. I prefer to own my movies though, I don\'t like having to pay for them each time I want to watch them (unless the price comes waaaay down).

To be honest the HD stuff I downloaded via Xbox Live looked and sounded pretty good. It\'s still too big to stream, but 5 gigs isn\'t so bad in this age of cable and DSL. I prefer to own my movies though, I don\'t like having to pay for them each time I want to watch them (unless the price comes waaaay down).

There really is no comparing Blu-Ray or HD-DVD with DD. The disc based formats are way superior, and if your going to buy a movie you might as well get the most for your money, aka cinema quality (if your setup can handle it) and not heavily compressed 5Gb stuff which anyone can grab off a torrent-site. Works as an addition, not a replacement.

Out of curiousity - have you actually seen HD movies on Xbox Live? To my eyes it looked quite the same as HD-DVD content.

Out of curiousity - have you actually seen HD movies on Xbox Live? To my eyes it looked quite the same as HD-DVD content.

Just samples. From what I saw they dont even have 1080p content, even at 720p the bitrates are only around 7Mbps, that would be considered ultra low for a BD/HDD title, even using the same codec VC1.

Seems the BDA wants to end this as nicely as possible.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

One last note this evening: That idea I floated yesterday, that the BDA should offer an olive branch to HD-DVD consumers? I mentioned it to senior BDA executives this evening, and I think you can safely say that they\'re going to move forward with something along these very lines in the weeks ahead. We\'ll post more when we can, but the idea was definitely warmly received. In fact, plans are already in the works. We\'ll post more on this as things develop.

Hope Toshiba jumps onboard and starts making BD-players.. Now Sharp, Philips, Samsung, Sony, LG can start price-waring eachother fo realz.

Just samples. From what I saw they dont even have 1080p content, even at 720p the bitrates are only around 7Mbps, that would be considered ultra low for a BD/HDD title, even using the same codec VC1.

Trust me, I want real discs as much as the next guy, but downloadable movies don\'t necessarily look bad, hell I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference from HD-DVD/Blu-ray, even if it\'s inferior on paper.

Now if only all the studios would release BR moves for $5 a piece.

Just samples. From what I saw they dont even have 1080p content, even at 720p the bitrates are only around 7Mbps, that would be considered ultra low for a BD/HDD title, even using the same codec VC1.

Just "samples".  Alright, so get back to us when you\'ve compared the two side by side.

´hell I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference from HD-DVD/Blu-ray, even if it\'s inferior on paper.

Doesnt matter what Otto 75 thinks, its what I think. ME ME ME!

Now if only all the studios would release BR moves for $5 a piece.

DVDs are still more than that.. so
And I read a DL BD cost about 2 dollars to make so thats a loong way away.

Just "samples". Alright, so get back to us when you\'ve compared the two side by side.

Yes, samples.. cut outs of the stuff you buy. Its more than enough to see the difference (if 720p vs 1080p and an 6 time difference in bitrate wasnt telling enough).
Side by side, sure if I had an Xbox I could take screencaps with my HD capture-card. Will you lend me yours?

[GmanJoe]

Raz is upset. He\'ll be happier if he played Uncharted.

Yes, samples.. cut outs of the stuff you buy. Its more than enough to see the difference (if 720p vs 1080p and an 6 time difference in bitrate wasnt telling enough).
Side by side, sure if I had an Xbox I could take screencaps with my HD capture-card. Will you lend me yours?

I\'m just saying, you\'re passing judgement on a service when all you\'ve seen is samples. No one is saying that 720P downloads compare to 1080p Blu Ray discs, just that the downloadable service serves a purpose and does well enough at it.

Raz is upset. He\'ll be happier if he played Uncharted.

In light of all this news, I\'m buying a PS3, but I still won\'t buy Uncharted. I don\'t care for Tomb Raider clones. Instead, I\'ll pick up the only game that midly interests me...Rachet and Clank.

[Paul2]

...in order to stream BD quality stuff you need connections up to 100Mbps, and then there is the infrastructure...

I wouldn\'t say you need connections up to 100Mbps - that is a little bit stretch, since blu ray specs run at 54 mbps max, where the spec they put for video is 40 mbps max and 14 mbps audio max.

the 14 mbps audio is probably for room for "uncompressed" surround sound.


If Microsoft offer only 7 mbps for HD, then that is nearly 6 times less than the max of 40 mbps that blu ray can offer for HD Video.

[GmanJoe]

How long does it take to dl a 9gb movie from netflix?

How long does it take to [size=10]rip[/size] a 9gb movie from netflix?

Fixed.

[GmanJoe]

Wasn\'t it Netflix that had the DDL movie dealie but canned it?

I believe they still have it. I\'m a member of Netflix, but never tried the whole downloadable service.