Warning: Video Store

[reiella]

Originally Posted by owa

Well, it's more like it's 4am and you feel like watching a movie so you start the download and watch it tomorrow night at 4am. Anyway, I wanted to try it out despite the 24 hour limitation just to see what it's like. I guess it's to be expected but it took several hours to download the Matrix Revolutions in HD (it was a little over 7 gig, I think). I've only watched the intro so far but it looked pretty good. I can't remember if it gave me the option to watch as it downloads but even if it did, I don't think I'd use that method to watch a movie.

I wouldn't advise it currently. My experience with that with Sony's downloads is that they grossly overestimate your downward bandwidth for determining when they should start playing for seemless [or they don't even both estimating].

[lildon24]

Yall knew Downloading Video will not going to look the same as Blu-ray because it carried between 25GB-50GB, before you download a video, you will see the description says some like 1400MB or 5400MB and so on, it is still not big enough as the same way like Blu-ray.

So when you rent or buy a video from Sony PS Store, dont expect you will get 1080p and 7.1 audio or something that is compare to Blu.

Most of yall have an 7.1 receivers... if you have Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS Neo:6, or THX surround, dammit u can turn 2.0 into 5.1 or 7.1 by using the surround mode, unless you change your PS3 Audio Setting to AV Multi from switching HDMI.

HDMI not good enough for my PS3 for the receiver to do the surround modes cause it always stay on Stereo. So i just use the AV cable to the receiver and changed the audio setting and boom, u can use the surround modes like Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS Neo:6 or THX surround modes. This is how i do it whenever movies are in 2.0, i just turn it to 5.1 or 7.1, no problem. i hopes it help everyone understand my tip.

I rented Child's Play from the Playstation Video Store, SD version 720x480 AVC,
AAC 2.0 256kbps. No problem it looks like DVD quality but the audio, i can use the surround modes to hear 5.1 No problem, no big deal, Blu-ray still the best so far.

[X-Ninja]

Originally Posted by reiella

I wouldn't advise it currently. My experience with that with Sony's downloads is that they grossly overestimate your downward bandwidth for determining when they should start playing for seemless [or they don't even both estimating].

you can't watch it while it's downloading? if you can,
then after about 5 minutes of downloading it should be playable without any skipping...I would think. Maybe not though n.

Edit: meant to quote owa. Can't edit the quote cause I'm on (my amazing new) iPod touch.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by X-Ninja

you can't watch it while it's downloading? if you can,
then after about 5 minutes of downloading it should be playable without any skipping...I would think. Maybe not though n.

Edit: meant to quote owa. Can't edit the quote cause I'm on (my amazing new) iPod touch.

You can download and view simultaneously. Thing is, as I said, Sony's bandwidth estimation is really bad. For instance, running the Fallout 3 trailer on my PS3 'play while downloading' skipped about 15 seconds into it 'starting' to buffer. And even with starting over from the begining the majority of the time, it had a very high 'skip'/stutter rate.

Perhaps just my network, but it wasn't pleasant.

From my discovery of Stargate Ark of Truth, I've gotten to about 80% complete... With 12mbps [which admittantly, isn't all going to the PS3 right now]. It's not a pleasant thing to deal with da skips. .

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Since there is a lack of replies since, just editing to add the following comment.

Ark of Truth is also 2 channel AAC 256kbps.

[Mr. Hanky]

The Fallout 3 trailer in 1080 (talking about the E3 piece, right?) is actually an interesting beast. Towards the beginning there is a cut with a full screen of white noise, which literally sends the bitrate meter to 100+ Mb/s, for that particular moment. You may or may not believe in bitrate meters, but there is no ignoring that a screenful of white noise in 1080p is about as theoretically abusive as you can get for material to feed an encoder.

So anyways, I imagine that little part in the video probably didn't help it to stream well when attempting to playback while downloading.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Mr. Hanky

The Fallout 3 trailer in 1080 (talking about the E3 piece, right?) is actually an interesting beast. Towards the beginning there is a cut with a full screen of white noise, which literally sends the bitrate meter to 100+ Mb/s, for that particular moment. You may or may not believe in bitrate meters, but there is no ignoring that a screenful of white noise in 1080p is about as theoretically abusive as you can get for material to feed an encoder.

So anyways, I imagine that little part in the video probably didn't help it to stream well when attempting to playback while downloading.

Hehe that was the 'first' stutter, the next came around HotDogs .