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Username2324 on 20 March 2008
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gebx said:

What can you do in 15 minutes??

Well some have said you can make a sandwich, do a quick load of laundry, partially install DMC4 on your PS3, and now according to Virgin and MS, you'll be able to download HD movies.

http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/high-def-movie-downloads-in-15-mins-270136


"Xbox Live high definition movie downloads should take between 15 minutes and half an hour to download by the end of the year on some broadband services, according to Virgin Media and Microsoft today.

A Virgin Media spokesperson informed us that the company's 50MB broadband service will be made available to over nine millions homes by the end of 2008 - over 70 per cent of Virgin Media's entire network."


I think the big news here is that the "networks can't handle it" and "would take too long" arguments have now been voided in the U.K.. And its not a matter of "if" this will happen in other European countries and NA, but "when"?

I don't see this killing the Blu Ray, but its just one more thing they'll need to compete against.

Well for one, that service is most likely going to cost $100 a month or more, add into that the cost of the movies on XBL and it'd be cheaper just to buy the blu-ray, you also must remember that the movie downloads are going to be compressed, and the quality much lower than an actual blu-ray movie. Add into that your XBL subscription cost and Blu-ray becomes more appealing. Add into that the special features and games that come on Blu-ray and it becomes MORE appealing, and add into that the limited harddrive space of most 360's and Blu-ray becomes even MORE appealing. I do not see this affecting Blu-ray sales at all.

So Blu-ray has the following advantages:
Cost
Quality
Features
Movie Games
Physical Media
Unlimited Space

Digital Downloads:
Digitally downloadable

And plus, everyone is always complaining no one has HD TV's, so why would 360ers use up their precious harddrive space for something they cannot enjoy?