Mark Cuban: The internet is 'dead and boring'...

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Originally Posted by gvortex7

I've been arguing about this topic with many people in recent times. I've been a huge cynic of being able to download high definition movies with todays broadband infrastructure. That is why I always laugh at anyone who suggests that Microsoft's so called plan to launch a hi-def download service is lurking around the corner. BS! It's not happening for many-many more years.

Most people wouldn't even have the patience to download a dvd quality movie from the internet right now, much less a Blu-ray quality movie. Too many factors have to be improved for that to happen any time soon.

So in essence, Cuban is right.

See this:



That is the Main Movie of Over The Hedge - converted to MPEG 2.
FULL DVD quality @ 3.23GB
The entire DVD is 6.83GB.

That would not take all that long to download on my Comcast 8mbps line.
Anyone here got FiOS?
3GB is a blip on the radar with 30mbps.

So, downloading a DVD for some is a non-issue at this time, even for me!

BDs are a whole nother story.

Cuban is wrong.