skyjedi2005 said:
This is where i think the studios ideas of downloading HD movies have to be joking. A blu ray film is 50 gigs. If it takes about for hours for a 4-9 gig file even over studio websites how can they claim instant access in the future to such content It would take a day or 2 even at the fastest speeds to download a file that big.

We are at least 5 or 10 years away from that being viable even for the most wealthy internet users. Nevermind the areas that do not get cable internet or fiber optic in this country or worldwide.

I don't know what the data transfer rate to watch movies in real time is but for a 20 Mb connection you maybe close to watching standard DVD movies in real time with little or no lag. I'm looking forward to the time when you can watch movies online because I hate renting them, they're always scratched, it's too expensive to buy every movie you watch, and the red box only carries movies from like up to a year ago. A lot of people are starting to post movies on youtube and the quality sucks but at least it is free and with my 4.7/640 DSL I can watch youtube videos in standard quality with no lag.