03-29-2006, 08:51 AM
Actually digital downloads can be just as good or better then a dvd. Because the companies would be making them from the source instead of recompressing the dvd's. Right now everything is made from reencoding the dvd's which ALWAYS loose quality and thats what people are used to. But if you are encoding from the source you would probably have better quality then the DVD.
to check out some HD trailers i would go to http://www.apple.com/trailers and checkout there HD section. They are the best trailers for viewing. my current file is 2:30 secs for 183MB so if you do the math. for a 90 Min film it would be about 6.5 gigs. (Btw this is the Silent Hill trailer. pretty damn good you should check it out anyways though i don't recommend using Quicktime as you can't fullscreen it. i would get QuickTime Alternative and Media Player Classic to play those files)
So techinically if you used current generation codecs Mpeg4 avc you could make HD dvd players using regular DVD's not needing HD-DVD or Blu-ray.
But online movies downloads is the way of the future. Alot of companies are looking into it. Hell here in the states Phone compaines are looking at offering TV over there fiber lines for those few areas that they have Fiber to the home.
to check out some HD trailers i would go to http://www.apple.com/trailers and checkout there HD section. They are the best trailers for viewing. my current file is 2:30 secs for 183MB so if you do the math. for a 90 Min film it would be about 6.5 gigs. (Btw this is the Silent Hill trailer. pretty damn good you should check it out anyways though i don't recommend using Quicktime as you can't fullscreen it. i would get QuickTime Alternative and Media Player Classic to play those files)
So techinically if you used current generation codecs Mpeg4 avc you could make HD dvd players using regular DVD's not needing HD-DVD or Blu-ray.
But online movies downloads is the way of the future. Alot of companies are looking into it. Hell here in the states Phone compaines are looking at offering TV over there fiber lines for those few areas that they have Fiber to the home.