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| non issue In the past couple weeks, I've been seeing an increasing amount of HD-DVD movies on my favorite torrent sites. I've been enjoying the higher def. However, even with my 100Mbit fiber optic Internet connection, there is no way I'm going to try and download the 25GB HD-DVDs - I'm getting the compressed ones which are usually x264 format, the 720p ones come in at the same size of a compressed DVD (4 point something gigs). That's about the max I'm willing to download, even on my fast connection...
If you want the 1080p stuff, EVEN COMPRESSED the file sizes are quite ridiculous... and I know most people in the world don't even have the connection I have, so...
So I think the pirating of HD-DVD & Blu-Ray movies is almost a non-issue. The favored format, by far (due to bandwidth constraints) will be the 700MB Div'xs & xvid rips of standard DVDs. At least for the foreseeable future. When we all have 1 gig to the desktop, then it'll be a different story.
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Campbell, CA | said by nexus79:If you want the 1080p stuff, EVEN COMPRESSED the file sizes are quite ridiculous... and I know most people in the world don't even have the connection I have, so... So I think the pirating of HD-DVD & Blu-Ray movies is almost a non-issue. The favored format, by far (due to bandwidth constraints) will be the 700MB Div'xs & xvid rips of standard DVDs. At least for the foreseeable future. When we all have 1 gig to the desktop, then it'll be a different story. It will come very soon. today 700mb xvids, tomorrow 4.3gb x264 will be the standard. I'm 100% positive it'll happen very soon. I'm quite looking forward to it. 1280 x 720 resolution is plenty for me. Don't need anything more in the next 10 years.
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