I just read on the newspaper today that my ISP is offering HD channels via its broadband TV service.
Streaming and downloadable is already available here - and I only have to pay 8USD extra per month to get HD on all my channels. Now I can watch movies, sports and TV programs all in HD without having to buy expensive players or replacing my VCD/DVD collection with "HD media" anymore.
What's even better, my ISP actually has two services - broadband TV, and TV on demand - I can now record these programs with my HTPC as well as stream/download what I want to watch!
From now on, all I need to do is to record and download what I want to view onto a hard drive. If I ever run out of space, just add more space to my NAS!
So as for HD-DVD and Blu-ray, they can both die as far as I'm concerned. Who said that the internet would be too slow to handle this kind of service anyhow?
