Originally posted by: lordjedi
As Internet connection speeds to homes get faster, downloading hi-def movies will become more and more viable.
As Internet connection speeds to homes get faster, downloading hi-def movies will become more and more viable.
Only if compression schemes quadruple in efficiency. Ten 30GB HD movies would require a 300GB hard drive to store. A small library of HD content would take quite a lot of hard drive space. You also have to deal with getting that content over a high-speed home network (~40mbps actual throughput, so forget about wireless over any meaningful distance) to your display. Even the vast majority of HD movie buyers--a fairly tech-savvy bunch--don't have the patience or the know-how to set up a home media network. Most just want to watch movies.
Disc-based media will be the standard for HD movie distribution for at least another 10 years unless our networks and compression techniques catch up to the requirements faster than I expect them to.