Im not sure i get this? What is this and why is it so WOW!?

This is a full hd stream to your Console right? Haven't you been able to do so before? Or what? I dont get it? Please explain. Because atm i run PS3 Media Server with full hd stream from my server to my PS3 on a daily basis.. and have been for the last 8 months or so, but whats the difference with this thing? Is this like NetFlix but with full HD so that you have to subscribe and/or buy your movies, and once you done so the stream starts?

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Yea I've been waiting for FIOS since the day they announced it and still no words now, other than a couple areas.

There are actually a theoretically faster option, which is the cable. But with the mass population here you don't want to imagine the traffic in peak hours. And I heard so many complains about the soft cap limit by the crap cable company.

I'm not sure how's the compression quality with this MS tech, but I wasn't impressed with the video quality over my 3mb DSL with netflix. =\

This isn't for streaming from your own network, not that it could not be done over your own network, just that it would be unnecessary.  This is a general technology for streaming video over the internet.  Currently it is being used in MS's Silverlight, but it will most likely be used in everything in the near future, unless of course MS has patents around some of the innards.

It is neat in that it start instantly and will dynamically adjust to the bit rate of your connection.  As an example, Netflix Instant Streams will actually stop if your connection degrades to the point where the buffer has emptied, and then restart at a lower quality.  Using this Smooth Streaming, the stop isn't necessary because the buffer is being dynamically adjusted to the best bit rate possible.  What intrigues me is how the system is loading data into the buffer.  There is some pretty fancy stuff going on there. 

I wonder if they are now going to be going to a one charge fits all model instead of charging more for an HD video.  Who is to say someone pays for an HD video but their connection only allows for SD quality.  Probably will be up to the consumer to know to just get the SD version.

Same here I love in downtown Manhattan and we still don't have it. I've talked to Verizon and they have no clue when it's coming but they do know that the wait list is very long.

LOL, not quite. The PQ is ok, but not 1080P quality. The movies I get from the PSN look better and can be streamed as well. Its a cool feature, but a PR stunt for sure. When the quality overall is the same as on a BD media, it will be cool. Until then, its no better than what the PS3 already offers its customers. It is however better than what is currently offered on the 360.

ok whatever makes you happy.

What a troll.

PSN movies stream instantly...if they are SD. If you are wathing HD, you need a 20-30 minute head start to avoid the "buffering" pop up.

The main point here is the PSN movies still download in either 1080p,720p or 480i...the Xbox live movies will soon have a variable resolution and quality based on your internet connection. This is what Microsoft is bragging about here...

I topped out at 1.13M 24-25 frames and it stayed that way. But broadband speed tests tell me I have 2.25M. I dunno, obviously wasn't really high-def for me but regardless it was the most impressive, most stable streaming I've ever seen over my connection.

You guys should at least try and post on topic before attacking someone.  You know, add something to the thread instead of automatically trying to go on the offensive and derail the thread.  I haven't looked at your posting history, but I would bet its as one sided as Selnor's is.

On Topic:  This is pretty good quality stuff here.   It still may have some issues but hopefully they will be ironed out quick enough.   I am a firm believer in everything eventually becoming digital download.   Even though I like physically owning content, im afraid eventually we will not have this option, or it will be much much more expensive to own it.   It is just a matter of time until digital download takes off, and this new tech just speeds the switchover up.