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BengaBenga on 26 March 2008
Griffin said:
Blu-ray is the future, downloading over the internet is atleast 10 years away. Most countries do not have the speed to download Hd movies, and most ISP's do not allow users to go and download crazy amount of stuff. I'm using about 50gb's of crap each month and thats not even downloading movies, my limit is 60gb, along with everyone else on the ISP which is one of the biggest ones this country has.

Agree. I don't see internet speed as the main reason though.

I think a physical format will be the movie format for a while, for the simple reason that people want to own something physical when they buy it. Whether the format will be Blu Ray or DVD remains to be seen. 



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rocketpig on 26 March 2008

WTF is a kps?

I assume you're talking about KBps (or Kilobyte per second, versus kbps, or kilobit per second).

Still, $40 for 6 KBps? Where on Earth do you live where you get bent over so hard for internet usage in a metropolitan area, kingofwale?

I get 5mbps (megabit per second) for $40 or $50 here in the Los Angeles area. 




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Lone_Canis_Lupus on 26 March 2008
HappySqurriel said:
In 2005 there were approximately 350 Million broadband internet subscribers worldwide (including business subscriptions) ... If you make the assumption that 20% of those are for home use and fast enough for movie downloads that means that there are more people today who could take advantage of a movie download service then will have bought into Blu-Ray by 2010.

 Broadband doesn't mean everybody has a 20+ mbps connection. Isn't the basic package 768k for highspeed providers? With a basic package like that, it would take quite a while just to download one movie. Though to some that wouldn't matter...honestly I wouldn't care about the speed. The main problems I would have is bandwidth and hard drive space. I doubt very many providers don't have bandwidth limit, most will probably have a limit on how much they can download. And with hard drive space, you're limited on the amount of movies you can have.



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coolestguyever on 26 March 2008

...well if the Korea times says so...



akuma587 on 26 March 2008
HappySqurriel said:
In 2005 there were approximately 350 Million broadband internet subscribers worldwide (including business subscriptions) ... If you make the assumption that 20% of those are for home use and fast enough for movie downloads that means that there are more people today who could take advantage of a movie download service then will have bought into Blu-Ray by 2010.

 That is making the assumption that all of these people would want to not only download hi-def movies, but PAY for them as well.  People willing to pay for broadband often know how to get what they want for free.  Hell, the pirates often have a much better selection and better downloading programs too.



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Smidlee on 26 March 2008

Another problem is the more people downloading huge files like movies the slower cable internet gets. With cable broadband I usually get around 5mbps but during some hours it can drop to half that speed. There is just so much information the cable company can send down the cable line at once.



NintendoMan on 26 March 2008

i doubt Blu-Ray will care



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supermario128 on 26 March 2008

I'll stick with DVD for now myself, maybe in a couple of years I'll get a PS3 to watch blu ray... I just don't really care to much about it right now.




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HappySqurriel on 26 March 2008

I think I should make my point clearer ...

With how broadband internet useage has grown, and with how speeds have improved for the price you pay over the past 5 to 10 years how do you think it will grow over the next 5 to 10 years?

We could end up having 200,000,000 households will 25Mb/s (or better) internet access, and cable "video-on-demand" services with much higher bandwith, and with the proper download service video downloads can take off ...



FishyJoe on 26 March 2008

In the past, the industry has followed porn. Porn isn't going blu-ray. The biggest growth has clearly been the internet, both legal and pirate. Convenience trumps quality.