justin
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Re: PS3 media download service starts today.
it is meant to compete with xbox360 movie store and apple TV. I imagine most content is no better than 720p (which is a big improvement on the compressed crap that cable TV delivers on-demand).
If ISPs were open with their caps everyone would have an idea how close they were to the limit in a given month. |
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ztmike
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| said by justin  :it is meant to compete with xbox360 movie store and apple TV. I imagine most content is no better than 720p (which is a big improvement on the compressed crap that cable TV delivers on-demand). If ISPs were open with their caps everyone would have an idea how close they were to the limit in a given month. Yea, your the one that SUPPORTS caps..lol
I see the cable co's really hating Sony/Microsoft right now..Espically Sony because their also offering HD content unlike Microsoft, and it starts tonight..
Has anyone gave this a go yet on the PSN?
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Gandalf4503
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| I'm downloading XAM'd right now which is an anime from the creators of Full Metal Alchemist. PSN downloads are generally o-k for me. I think I get about 150 kb/s on average. Which is barely touching my 10 mbit connection.
So yea, it'll take me a couple hours to download it (1.5 gb in HD).
You have 14 days to watch an ep and once you first play it 24 hours to watch it before it "expires".
So far, the movie/show selection is quite impressive for an initial release and, being an anime buff myself, I see a couple good anime on there. I also purchased the robotech movie/ova they have on there too.
Oh and for those that care; XAM'd is japanese w/english subtitles but the rest of the anime are english dubbed.
Anyway, so far so good. I don't see myself using it all the time but every now and then, such as for a certain movie or episode of something it's pretty cool. Plus, if you download fast enough, you can play the movie while you're dling it so there's barely any wait (unfortunately, my download speeds from the PSN aren't fast enough for me to do that). |
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MuDvAyNe
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said by ztmike .Espically Sony because their also offering HD content unlike Microsoft, and it starts tonight..
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Microsoft has been offering HD content to download for a long time. Once again you are wrong.
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ztmike
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| said by MuDvAyNe :said by ztmike .Espically Sony because their also offering HD content unlike Microsoft, and it starts tonight..
: Microsoft has been offering HD content to download for a long time. Once again you are wrong. "Other Netflix details we were able to learn from the Community Briefing was confirmation that only SD videos would be offered and streamed to the console (not downloaded)"
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pandora
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said by ztmike :Yea, your the one that SUPPORTS caps..lol I see the cable co's really hating Sony/Microsoft right now..Espically Sony because their also offering HD content unlike Microsoft, and it starts tonight.. Has anyone gave this a go yet on the PSN? This starts to blend categories together. Now my PC, PS3 or DirecTV DVR can download high quality video content legally. It'd be interesting if someone has the patience to discover how many PS3, Xbox 360's, and DirecTV VOD capable boxes are out in the U.S. I'd bet it is several million.
I know from my DirecTV experience that HD consumes many GB of download per video. If Comcast doesn't act soon to impose its caps, they may have lost, as they'll need to start canceling hundreds of thousands of customers.
How the heck does Korea wire everything, everywhere, and the U.S. seems to have trouble providing each family more than 200 GB per month?
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