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DIGITALBATH · 05-28-2010, 05:38 AM

I know bring up this very subject is almost sacrilidge, but I wanted to pick the brains of the people on this site to see what you guys think.

I have a PS3 setup wireless, and a 360 setup with an ethernet cable. My provider is Comcast-high speed broadband. Now, I don't buy a ton of movies, but I rent quite a bit. There is an awesome independent movie rental place I go to called Scarecrow Video, about a 15 minute drive. On Wednesdays they have rent 1 new release, rent an old release for the same price for a total of $4.50. Both can be blu-ray. There is also a Blockbuster close to me, and they have a similar program M-TH, but it's like ~$6 and it can be a new blu-ray, but usually has to be a non-blu-ray on the older catalogue-and they seem pretty inconsistent with this policy.

The PS3 has been fairly disappointing on this front. Despite having a larger catalogue, the price is terrible at like $6.00 + tax, and the downloading and buffering is a nightmare, and takes forever, and has killed the mood for me a couple of times.

The new "Instant 1080p-Zune HD, XBL", is better in terms of speed. I watched Outlander the other night because it was too late to rent, and I get sick of watching all of the same stuff over and over again. It was pretty impressive-picture quality was not bad. The sound was surprisingly robust. There is an opening spaceship crash scene that was loud as hell, 50-it sounded close to 65 on my receiver.

A couple of questions. Does anyone know any hard facts on bit-rates that you get on any of these methods? For audio and for video. Also, for sound-would it be a stretch to say that a blu-ray audio codec sounds more quiet than a streamed source, because it is more accurate, or has not had the decibel level screwed with, or we're just hearing more noise-so it appears louder? You would think that since they're offering an inferior product, that the rental prices would match, or there would be deals more often of some kind.

05-28-2010, 05:38 AM	#1
DIGITALBATH Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Seattle, WA Home Theater Gallery:38 Blu-ray collection:110 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	Streaming Movies-Netflix, PS3 STORE, XBOX360-ZUNE, Apple TV, Amazon.com I know bring up this very subject is almost sacrilidge, but I wanted to pick the brains of the people on this site to see what you guys think. I have a PS3 setup wireless, and a 360 setup with an ethernet cable. My provider is Comcast-high speed broadband. Now, I don't buy a ton of movies, but I rent quite a bit. There is an awesome independent movie rental place I go to called Scarecrow Video, about a 15 minute drive. On Wednesdays they have rent 1 new release, rent an old release for the same price for a total of $4.50. Both can be blu-ray. There is also a Blockbuster close to me, and they have a similar program M-TH, but it's like ~$6 and it can be a new blu-ray, but usually has to be a non-blu-ray on the older catalogue-and they seem pretty inconsistent with this policy. The PS3 has been fairly disappointing on this front. Despite having a larger catalogue, the price is terrible at like $6.00 + tax, and the downloading and buffering is a nightmare, and takes forever, and has killed the mood for me a couple of times. The new "Instant 1080p-Zune HD, XBL", is better in terms of speed. I watched Outlander the other night because it was too late to rent, and I get sick of watching all of the same stuff over and over again. It was pretty impressive-picture quality was not bad. The sound was surprisingly robust. There is an opening spaceship crash scene that was loud as hell, 50-it sounded close to 65 on my receiver. A couple of questions. Does anyone know any hard facts on bit-rates that you get on any of these methods? For audio and for video. Also, for sound-would it be a stretch to say that a blu-ray audio codec sounds more quiet than a streamed source, because it is more accurate, or has not had the decibel level screwed with, or we're just hearing more noise-so it appears louder? You would think that since they're offering an inferior product, that the rental prices would match, or there would be deals more often of some kind.

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