As the AC@12:10GMT said, the quality probably won't be there.
Until it's a significantly better quality alternative to downloading hooky (but generally well encoded) content from the myriad torrents sites out there I can't see this sort of thing taking off.
Quality arguments are getting very old - the various and virtually lossless compression codec’s that can be used today are quite suitable for providing a quality viewing experience - even on the most decent HD projectors or TV's.
As mentioned the bugger is the file size... not so good with a broadband network that’s not developing so fast, did I mention that I have 100mb connection here in Stockholm? :) (There are advantages to being in a country with less than 11 million people!)
I'm sure this service would work a treat here.
btw thats 100mb uncontented and unrestriced - There are advantages to being in a country with less than 11 million people!
Anonymous Coward
And like all download services.. #
Posted Tuesday 25th November 2008 13:14 GMT
Quality will either be abysmal (SD), or poor (HD), and take ages on current broadband infrastructures.
No thanks, I will stick with my existing DVD collection, and my ever expanding Blu-ray collection.
bluesxman
questionable #
Posted Tuesday 25th November 2008 17:06 GMT
As the AC@12:10GMT said, the quality probably won't be there.
Until it's a significantly better quality alternative to downloading hooky (but generally well encoded) content from the myriad torrents sites out there I can't see this sort of thing taking off.
Scott Mckenzie
@AC #
Posted Wednesday 26th November 2008 11:59 GMT
Apple TV quality is excellent....
That's the only one i've ever tried but i was very impressed!
BRAINPLAN
would be good in sweden! #
Posted Wednesday 26th November 2008 14:05 GMT
Quality arguments are getting very old - the various and virtually lossless compression codec’s that can be used today are quite suitable for providing a quality viewing experience - even on the most decent HD projectors or TV's.
As mentioned the bugger is the file size... not so good with a broadband network that’s not developing so fast, did I mention that I have 100mb connection here in Stockholm? :) (There are advantages to being in a country with less than 11 million people!)
I'm sure this service would work a treat here.
btw thats 100mb uncontented and unrestriced - There are advantages to being in a country with less than 11 million people!
Robert Forsyth
In the UK, you would storage for our low speed broadband #
Posted Monday 1st December 2008 16:31 GMT
There are already a few film download services in the UK
http://www.fetchtv.co.uk/ launch end of November
http://www.filmon.co.uk/ (weird site)
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