who needs Bluray now?

Instant streaming 1080P movies? exsqueeze me? thats a winner right there

chikenfriedrice

Instant streaming 1080P movies? exsqueeze me? thats a winner right there

[QUOTE="death919"][QUOTE="Bluray001"] No. All they claimed was 1080p, which is just a resolution. It's pretty clear it's going to be poor quality 1080p with low bitrates.chikenfriedrice

me too

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Instant streaming 1080P movies? exsqueeze me? thats a winner right there

cainetao11

Imagine this scenario one day. Darth Vader: Obi-wan never told you what happened to your father. Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him Darth Vader: No.... DOWNLOAD LIMIT REACHED.Bluray001

Hard copies are the way to go. Streaming is horrible.

There's something about instant streaming 1080p movies that really bothers me. Like, it's too good to be true.siLVURcross

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]There's something about instant streaming 1080p movies that really bothers me. Like, it's too good to be true.MoonMarvel

Blu-ray disks are extremely durable which is a plus for any collector, and if the XBox360 had blu-ray it wouldn't matter that it scratches disks and my second copy of Rock Band 2 would still work fine.

Not everyone have broadband Internet in their homes. So Hard Copy is STILL necessary. 8)

yeah, who needs them blue laser machines. back in my day, alls we needed was a telemajigger and wuna dem VHSamabobs. The toowadem was alls you needed to get your moving picture thing goin...

Naw, I can't imagine this being as good as blu ray, you could seriously press your face against the screen and find few to no imperfections. Considering how big blu ray movies are, they'd have to compress it somehow.

Blu-Ray movies are compressed too. It's just digital downloads must be heavily compressed and aren't as high quality.heybooboo19

My dad almost beat me last month because our bandwith limit is 60GB/month and me coming home from college and I used 92GB of bandwith in about 15 days. Yeah, I appreciate what they're doing, but I'll stick to renting BluRays for my safety. :)death919

Instant streaming 1080P movies? exsqueeze me? thats a winner right there

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

I seriously doubt it's going to be the same quality as BD copies lol.

that's what they are claiming though right?

If it works the way they say it will that is impressive, but Blu-ray will still be better and will not be replaced anytime soon. Also I wonder what the audio will be like on these movies. I doubt you will get HD lossless audio from it like you do on blu-ray.

KratosTwin

hard copies = Win for meTheOldOlder

:lol: Instant streaming 1080P movies :lol:

I'm calling BS on this. You'll have to wait forever, unless you have OMGLEET internet. Plus, no stream will ever look as good as an actual blu-ray movie.

I'll stick with Blu-Ray and Netflix. I don't want my movie viewing at the whim of my broadband connection.

There's something about instant streaming 1080p movies that really bothers me. Like, it's too good to be true.siLVURcross

I agree. There is a reason most cable companies only offer 720p/1080i for the HD channels...the bandwidth needed to present 1080p content is massive. So I'm not certain how MS is going to stream 1080p content on the fly. It does sound too good to be true.I wouldn't be surprised if it wasthe more standard, lower def being streamed and the 360 upconverts it or something. So not TRUE 1080p.

BUt, if they can pull it off...

Who needs consoles or PC now that Onlive is coming out?

We usually just rent blu ray movies so this instant 1080p streaming is pretty awesome.

Im sure the millions of people with stand alone blu ray players still need blu ray and wont rush out to get a 360 to stream 1080p movies. It's funny how so many people try to discredit blu ray every chance they get but I bet Blu Ray will be standard in the next xbox. Then it will be so "awesome"!!:roll: Face it Blu Ray is here to stay.

[QUOTE="TheOldOlder"]hard copies = Win for meDeihmos

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="TheOldOlder"]hard copies = Win for mecoltsfan4ever

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[QUOTE="Deihmos"] Paying $20.00 for a movie I will look at once is a lost for me.Bluray001

hard copies = Win for meTheOldOlder

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]There's something about instant streaming 1080p movies that really bothers me. Like, it's too good to be true.Couth_

"streaming?" Oh god, I don't want movie watching to be connected to the internet.

[QUOTE="Couth_"][QUOTE="siLVURcross"]There's something about instant streaming 1080p movies that really bothers me. Like, it's too good to be true.slvrraven9

Yeah, I doubt it. It will either have to be at a ridiculously low bitrate rate or rely on the user having ridiculously fast internet. How many people have internet that runs at a minimum of 20Mbps?

If it's the former, than I doubt it would look better than sony's 720p HD

Who needs consoles or PC now that Onlive is coming out?

SeanDiff

Ifr it works like they say. Cool. We all know that Blu-Ray isn't going anywhere and is an undeniable advantage for gaming (not talking this gen).

-Traveller-

Netflix on the 360 will never have more than a handful of movies (99% of them Hollywood blockbusters) anyway.

And who the Hell wants to pay to download software that they are only allowed to play for a few days?