| damoxuk said: Some people like me still prefer Quality first. So Blu-Ray is the besst way to watch movies at home. 1080p streaming is no where near the quality of Blu-ray and the audio not even close. But like I said if you want Quality watch Blu-Ray - if you want quantity or crap quality go streaming. Until streaming is 50mbps blu-ray quality not too interested. (before you ask I have a Fibre internet with 72mbps connection). |
I can't really attest to the audio since I dont' have a surround sound system but 1080p streaming on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/Xbox is very close to Blu-ray quality IMO. My cousin still watches DVD's so when I see those I can see a very noticeable difference between my Blu-ray collection and 1080p streaming but when I watch 1080p streaming I can't see a noticeable difference (The Blu-rays do have a slight edge but it's not much at all). So no, Streaming is not "crap quality" by any means
I'm sure the actual quality difference (in terms of mbps) is huge but due to diminishing returns the difference is not that much at all on my 46" TV. I'm sure if you're rocking 60+ or have a projector than the difference becomes more noticeable though.
OT: I think that it may accelerate it a little bit but not much more than it would have otherwise. Streaming seems to be what people want to do for the most part. Personally it's my prefered method of watching something but I still do like to get Blu-rays for my favorite movies as long as they aren't too overpriced (i'll only pay the $20-25 for a new Blu-ray if I think the movie is incredible...like the Hunger Games or LOTR series).
