Microsoft & Virgin Media: High def movie downloads in 15 mins - Blu-ray Forum

funkybudda · 03-21-2008, 09:39 PM

check it out...

http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertain...eid=1192431954

Zipzap713 · 03-21-2008, 09:45 PM

So it will take 15-30 min to download one of their shrunk HD movies. Takes just as long to go to Best Buy and buy the movie and come home. Their downloading just won't be worth the wait.

guitarist155 · 03-21-2008, 10:08 PM

and for it to be that fast you have to have the 50mb download speed right now the most people are running is 5-10

PA_Kid · 03-21-2008, 10:13 PM

I'm assuming this is only talking UK. And their 20 MB download service is showing as 37 per month - wonder what the 50 MB will cost.

So assuming you want to pay through the nose for even more bandwidth and you want to go with Virgin as your provider, you can do downloadable movies in 30 minutes?

And they still don't see how this isn't gonna work?

No get one or two of the major internet providers in an area to increase bandwidth and drop rates - then DLs may catch on.

I just don't see people shelling out a lot more a month for bandwidth they may not need for anything other than downloadable movies - it's like an extra BD every month or two...

bajor27 · 03-21-2008, 10:17 PM

When they say 50MB service, do they mean that I can download 50MB/sec?

I'm on a 3MB service right now and only usually see speeds around 150kb/sec (and almost never more than 300kb/sec), so what actual speeds would someone see from a 50MB/second connection. Using the same percentages as mine, I'd think about 2.5MB-3MB/sec. This equates to about 2.6GB in 15 minutes. Pretty dang small for a HD movie.

Plus how many of those 9 million would actually be willing to spend the money on that kind of connection? Their 20MB plan is already £37.00 a month.

Downloads have a long way to go still.

BruceWayne · 03-21-2008, 10:19 PM

I would still want an actual disk too. They are trying oh so hard though.

Nerdkiller likes BD · 03-21-2008, 10:27 PM

I'm so sick of M$ shoving that HD DL s*it down our throats. The movie is only gonna be in a compressed file and where is the extra stuff in the movies? Will there be any lossless sound? Will it still be only 720p instead of 1080p? Will there be any point on doing this? We, as people, have a right to choose and I choose optical discs for my viewing pleasure, thank you very much.

iNCREDiPiNOY · 03-21-2008, 10:30 PM

Hoo!!!!

03-21-2008, 09:39 PM	#1
funkybudda Active Member Member since:Jan 2007	Microsoft & Virgin Media: High def movie downloads in 15 mins check it out... http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertain...eid=1192431954

03-21-2008, 10:30 PM	#8
iNCREDiPiNOY Banned Member since:Aug 2007 Location:NoHo, Cali PSN:iNCREDiPiNOY Wii:6379344902430379 Blu-ray collection:143 Trading Score:16	Boo... Hoo!!!!

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03-21-2008, 09:45 PM	#2
Zipzap713 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Fair Oaks, CA People Converted To Blu: 3 PSN ID: Zipzap713 Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:1	So it will take 15-30 min to download one of their shrunk HD movies. Takes just as long to go to Best Buy and buy the movie and come home. Their downloading just won't be worth the wait.

03-21-2008, 10:08 PM	#3
guitarist155 Special Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:nashville Home Theater Gallery:45 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:134 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	and for it to be that fast you have to have the 50mb download speed right now the most people are running is 5-10

03-21-2008, 10:13 PM	#4
PA_Kid Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX	I'm assuming this is only talking UK. And their 20 MB download service is showing as 37 per month - wonder what the 50 MB will cost. So assuming you want to pay through the nose for even more bandwidth and you want to go with Virgin as your provider, you can do downloadable movies in 30 minutes? And they still don't see how this isn't gonna work? No get one or two of the major internet providers in an area to increase bandwidth and drop rates - then DLs may catch on. I just don't see people shelling out a lot more a month for bandwidth they may not need for anything other than downloadable movies - it's like an extra BD every month or two...

03-21-2008, 10:17 PM	#5
bajor27 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:BC, Canada Blu-ray collection:1031 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:5	When they say 50MB service, do they mean that I can download 50MB/sec? I'm on a 3MB service right now and only usually see speeds around 150kb/sec (and almost never more than 300kb/sec), so what actual speeds would someone see from a 50MB/second connection. Using the same percentages as mine, I'd think about 2.5MB-3MB/sec. This equates to about 2.6GB in 15 minutes. Pretty dang small for a HD movie. Plus how many of those 9 million would actually be willing to spend the money on that kind of connection? Their 20MB plan is already £37.00 a month. Downloads have a long way to go still.

03-21-2008, 10:19 PM	#6
BruceWayne The Dark Knight Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Gotham City Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:887 DVD collection:496 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:6	I would still want an actual disk too. They are trying oh so hard though.

03-21-2008, 10:27 PM	#7
Nerdkiller likes BD Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Wrestling in Ireland. PSNetwork: Nerdkiller316PSN Nerds beaten up: Loads 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:880 Trading Score:1	I'm so sick of M$ shoving that HD DL s*it down our throats. The movie is only gonna be in a compressed file and where is the extra stuff in the movies? Will there be any lossless sound? Will it still be only 720p instead of 1080p? Will there be any point on doing this? We, as people, have a right to choose and I choose optical discs for my viewing pleasure, thank you very much.

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