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solidarii on 07 December 2007
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ChronotriggerJM said:
stranne said:
@ChronoTrigger:"In a few years time the world will be moving on to High Def, do you think our internet will support 50gig movie downloads in minutes by that time?"

Streaming? I think most of our internet will support 50 gig movie downloads in 1-2 hours by that time.

Also, I think it will be more like on Microsoft's Marketplace. Movies and tv shows in both SD and HD with various sizes and fees. You'll have a lot of choices.

The thing about that though, is Avi was stating that the world isn't comming around to an HD format nearly as quickly as some would like, and in terms of downloading movies? Hell there's more people in america that can operate a DVD player but simply can't figure out how to download... anything o.o; I think digital downloads will have a much more complicated curve to it, the reason high def disk sales are still low is because the ammount of high def TV's is also quite low, and high def players are still quite expensive :P (looking at you blu-ray). Now I believe download's has a semi-edge to it at the moment with the fact that you can download SD movies, but with all these bundles with blu-ray and HD-DVD movies comming with players. It's only a matter of time before HD takes off. And I think that time will be long before we have the internet to support HD downloads.


You are right that the average person doesn't know how to download anything, just like the average person doesn't know how to use even half the features of the PS3. Sony has screwed themselves big time in this generation. They made their system way too advanced and far ahead of its time. The time of HD is NOT now. It will still be several years before HD really takes hold.

And as far as the Sony "10 year plan" with the PS3 goes, what happens if Nintendo releases a system in 4-5 years that is just as powerful as the PS3, costs the same as the original Wii, plays almost every game ever made by Nintendo, and has superior everything? Answer: Sony stops making game consoles...