03-28-2006, 08:07 PM
wrxh8r Wrote:Digital downloads arnt going to happen for a long long time.For it to take off(with major support) it needs to be world wide.Or at least everyone beleives that the case with next gen dvd formats.So why would movie companies flag that idea and go internet when so many people dont even have it and the majority of the rest havnt got fast enough connections.Then theres the paying a monthly fee to an isp on top of the movie costs.Restrictions on data caps.Well i hate to say but its already here in the U.S. well its looking like it will be.
People like to see a product in their hands.And a monthly fee would buy you both a hddvd and bluray player in no time at all on hire purchase.Not to mention piracy and storage options.
No one has mentioned that hddvd apparently uses a better video codec that may actually produce better resilts.
In nz the cost of 25 gigs of download through a cheap nasty isp is about $60US (our internet sucks here,Telecom hold nz monopoly and everyones waiting for government intervention)Australia just had a similar problem and the govenment have started phasing out analog tv and set minimum requirements for that and internet providers.Still both countries are only now making the move to 25 mbit at huge expense and about 2 minutes of downloads before data cap is reached.
http://news.com.com/Legal+DVD+downloads+...33397.html
Fans in the UK will get permanent downloads when they buy a dvd too now it seems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4837778.stm
Also right now on apple iTunes you can download tv shows and other events after they happen. Just they are low quality designed for the iPod.
And in the states this is where they are pushing. Cable companys are upping there download bandwidth to 15 and 16mb/s while phone companys are installing fiber to peoples home's which you can get service up to 30mb/s download speeds.