Xbox 1080p Streaming Quality Is Incredible, Hands-On, With Video

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JaggedSac said:

Steroid said:

JaggedSac said:

If your connection says it allows for 1080p through the service, it will not need to be upscaled.  Meaning it is a native 1080p source.

Ok but compared to a bluray it will be heavily compressed and lower quality. So whatever, if if floats your boat enjoy it. For me it's a terrible option to first: buy a propritary 60 gig HDD for $100, then pay $50 per year for XBL then another $6 per movie when netfix ships me higher quality blurays anyway.

Why would you need to purchase a hard drive?  This is streaming.

Since we are talking about movies, what does being a Gold member matter?  I will go ahead and answer, it doesn't.

I also have a Netflix subscription and get blu rays.  What does that have to do with anything?  We pay money for Netflix too BTW.

Not to mention this service will only continue to get better and better.  The compression techniques will at some point = that of Blu-Ray or exceed it, so cheers to M$ for doing their damndest to see it through.