| Uh, HDDs aren't big enough for true HD mpeg-2 or vc-1 yet People seem to be forgetting that a DVD is at most 9GB. Most HD-DVDs are 30GB, and BRs will soon be 50GB a piece. If kept in native mpeg-2, 15 of those BRs will eat a 750GB hdd. There's also the issue of transmission rates. HD discs can transfer 30mbit+ of HD video. Who has a 30mbit connection? And even if you do, you really think your Phone\Cable company will let you use all of it at once for ONE high-def movie? You can forget that. There's no way to watch HD-DVD or BR quality high def over any consumer BB line in the US. Not even FIOS, unless Verizon tripples its downstream rates. |
