pnh102
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There's no HD yet, but it's coming down the road.
Just what the world needs, another low-def content delivery service. This will be like YouTube, except that the the running time will be longer.
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karlmarx
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| I don't know where you get your movies, but a typical, well encoded 2 hour movie is about 1.3GB, and it looks just fine on an SD tv, and is acceptable on a HD tv. Sure, the 20 minute TV show in HD is about 1GB, but, again, the quality of a well ripped 720p TV show is virtually indistinguishable from the HD broadcast, and looks MUCH better than the same show on DVD. Of course, given that comcrap is going to limit you to 100GB/month, that means a HD movie (expect it to be about 6GB), will suck all your bandwidth after about 15 movies. Of course, if your willing to pay $15.00 (call it $9.00) for a DRM encumbered, expiring movie due to the overage charges, it will be great for you.
NONE of these plans will ever work until the US finally gets a sane (read: competitive) broadband policy.
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gatorkram
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said by pnh102  : quote:
There's no HD yet, but it's coming down the road.
Just what the world needs, another low-def content delivery service. This will be like YouTube, except that the the running time will be longer. Not everyone has an HD tv yet. And I can tell you use netflix, and already enjoy their high quality downloads.. Oh wait, you don't? What a surprise, a review, and an opinion without seeing or using the product..
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pnh102
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| said by gatorkram :Not everyone has an HD tv yet. And I can tell you use netflix, and already enjoy their high quality downloads.. I refuse to watch most low-def programming anymore. The picture quality is awful... but that's more because of my cable provider then anything else.
said by gatorkram :Oh wait, you don't? What a surprise, a review, and an opinion without seeing or using the product.. I do have Comcast, so I am perfectly qualified to comment on the result of watching a video stream using their Internet service.
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pnh102
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| reply to karlmarx
said by karlmarx :I don't know where you get your movies, but a typical, well encoded 2 hour movie is about 1.3GB, and it looks just fine on an SD tv, and is acceptable on a HD tv. True, true. I am planning to make an investment in an upconverting DVD player in the near future so that the DVDs I do rent look somewhat watchable.
said by karlmarx :Of course, given that comcrap is going to limit you to 100GB/month, that means a HD movie (expect it to be about 6GB), will suck all your bandwidth after about 15 movies. You're being generous.
said by karlmarx :NONE of these plans will ever work until the US finally gets a sane (read: competitive) broadband policy. I happen to think that if there were more bandwidth intensive applications, such as HD streaming, that might gin up demand for better broadband service in the USA. Of course, I seem to be one of the 5 people who actually watch HDTV on a regular basis.
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ptrowski
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| reply to pnh102
said by pnh102 :said by gatorkram :Not everyone has an HD tv yet. And I can tell you use netflix, and already enjoy their high quality downloads.. I refuse to watch most low-def programming anymore. The picture quality is awful... but that's more because of my cable provider then anything else. said by gatorkram :Oh wait, you don't? What a surprise, a review, and an opinion without seeing or using the product.. I do have Comcast, so I am perfectly qualified to comment on the result of watching a video stream using their Internet service. Do you have Netflix? |
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pnh102
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| said by ptrowski :Do you have Netflix? No. I already pay enough money to Comcast to get me all the low-def content that I won't be bothered to watch. Why would I pay someone else money for more low-def content?
Are you suggesting that just because I haven't seen low-def content from Netflix via this service that I shouldn't be commenting? Does Netflix' low-def content "magically get better" because of this offering?
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ptrowski
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| said by pnh102 :said by ptrowski :Do you have Netflix? No. I already pay enough money to Comcast to get me all the low-def content that I won't be bothered to watch. Why would I pay someone else money for more low-def content? Are you suggesting that just because I haven't seen low-def content from Netflix via this service that I shouldn't be commenting? Does Netflix' low-def content "magically get better" because of this offering? Those are your words, not mine. But you mention watching streaming from Comcast, not from Netflix. Two different things. |
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pnh102
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| said by ptrowski :But you mention watching streaming from Comcast, not from Netflix. Two different things. Well, until there's an HD offering, its pointless. 
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ptrowski
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| said by pnh102 :said by ptrowski :But you mention watching streaming from Comcast, not from Netflix. Two different things. Well, until there's an HD offering, its pointless. For me personallly it is not. I am not sure if my 5 year old cares if a movie is HD or not.. Ilove my BluRay player, don't get me wrong. But a hi def movie on Xbox Live is about 5 gigs or so and on my 5 mbps DSL line it would take forever and a day to watch.
I like the Netflix option as the movies have very little buffer time. I am into instant gratification.  |
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pnh102
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| said by ptrowski :I like the Netflix option as the movies have very little buffer time. I am into instant gratification. You might also want to consider Redbox and their free Monday rentals.
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ptrowski
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| said by pnh102 :said by ptrowski :I like the Netflix option as the movies have very little buffer time. I am into instant gratification. You might also want to consider Redbox and their free Monday rentals. I am not terribly impressed with RedBox. There is one at the local grocery store and the selection seems pretty poor. |
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moonpuppy
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| reply to pnh102
said by pnh102 :True, true. I am planning to make an investment in an upconverting DVD player in the near future so that the DVDs I do rent look somewhat watchable. www.oppodigital.com
Some of the better up-converting players.  |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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| reply to pnh102
"I happen to think that if there were more bandwidth intensive applications, such as HD streaming, that might gin up demand for better broadband service in the USA. Of course, I seem to be one of the 5 people who actually watch HDTV on a regular basis."
The problem is that no one wants to pay for it. Customers don't want a price increase and content providers don't want to do anything to help ease the bandwidth usage. |
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said by ptrowski :said by pnh102 :said by ptrowski :I like the Netflix option as the movies have very little buffer time. I am into instant gratification. You might also want to consider Redbox and their free Monday rentals. I am not terribly impressed with RedBox. There is one at the local grocery store and the selection seems pretty poor. I don't watch much TV; I don't use my Netflix very much. I won't pay $39/month in order to watch one cable channel.
I find Redbox sufficient for my very occasional boredom-induced need to watch a DVD, and the terms more than reasonable. The selection is very limited, but thats ok.
I expect the Netflix STB will actually be a hit, so long as they make efforts and strides to grow their "instant viewing" library from 10K titles to 50K titles. The internet viewer quality is excellent - it will certainly look good on my NTSC TV. No desire for HD here. |
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dvd536
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| reply to pnh102
said by pnh102 :said by ptrowski :I like the Netflix option as the movies have very little buffer time. I am into instant gratification. You might also want to consider Redbox and their free Monday rentals. Tell me more. if this is online only then nevermind.
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