[mythtv-users] [OT] - VUDU - On-Demand 1080p movies

[Robert McNamara]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> This just in on a list I subscribe to:
>
> [QUOTE]
>
> VUDU, Inc., a leading provider of digital on-demand entertainment
> products and services, today announced it has achieved another
> industry milestone by becoming the first on-demand service to offer
> high definition  movies for download to own on its popular 1080p
> Internet Movie Player. HD movies are available for purchase today to
> all Vudu owners.
>
> [QUOTE]
>
> I wonder what that would do to my Comcast bandwidth budget? ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
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Don't worry, if they hit even 25% of blu-ray bitrate I'll eat my hat.
:)  They focus on the flashy term (1080p) but not on the metrics that
actually tells you whether it'll be worth watching (codec, bitrate,
and encoding options).

I'll guess it'll be h.264, but probably 4-8 Mbit.  Probably acceptable
for the average person but I'll hand on to my 40+ Mbit Blu ray disks
for now.  ;)

Robert