Not convenient for people who have less than 8mb connection...and even if you do have the bandwidth, you lose the convenience of taking a movie to a friends/family or girlfriend/boyfriend house.
Unless your connection is so slow as to be unusable, you will not experience buffering on the Xbox 360 1080p streaming service. Instead, the service will dynamically switch to a bitstream that is slow enough to fit in available bandwidth. The service will continuously switch resolutions and bitrates on the fly based on the nature of the scene being viewed and the available bandwidth.
For example, if your connection speed unexpectedly dips below the threshold for 1080p, the system will switch from the 1080p stream to the 720p stream. You may notice a softening of the picture, but the movie will continue to play with no interruption or buffering.
You do know that Netflix used the same software, right? The netflix service would also convert to "crap view". The HD on netflix way to get DVD quality (netflix HD was a little better than DVD).
Yes, Netflix uses an earlier version of the same technology. Xbox Live will use an improved version with better codecs and more granular bitrate adjustments.
"you lose the convenience of taking a movie to a friends/family or girlfriend/boyfriend house".
Oh come on, be honest & get real. In which alternate reality do most people have friends and family with Blu-ray players? I know 2 other people (who fit that description) with them.
Blu-ray is about as isolated in that regard as can be, hardly anyone in the mass-market has it. Still.
I am talking about Discs in general (Blu-Ray as well as DVD). Not everybody had a DVD player in their house...it took time for it to penetrate the market. With Blu-Ray players getting cheaper more and more people will adopt Blu-Ray. I live in Miami and travel every summer to Jamaica- especially in Jamaica where people own HDTVs that they get abroad but there is not yet local HD content Blu-Ray is a popular way to get the MOST out of their Home Theater setup...I actually bought a Toshiba HD-XA1 for my uncle when it came out for 500.00. You would be surprised how much people own a Blu-Ray player here in Miami- my friend Jermaine in Countrywalk, Jose in Hammocks, Andy in Richmond Heights, Kevan who lives 5min away from Andy, Justin in Hialeah...more of my friends have DVD players but there are a lot of people here that have Blu-Ray players.
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UnnDunn @ Jun 7th 2009 3:49PM
Convenience nearly always trumps quality. This will be no exception.
img eL @ Jun 7th 2009 5:04PM
Ditto, hd-lite
NorthCranky @ Jun 7th 2009 6:31PM
Netflix [blu-ray] is convenient.
TeflonFong @ Jun 7th 2009 7:19PM
Not convenient for people who have less than 8mb connection...and even if you do have the bandwidth, you lose the convenience of taking a movie to a friends/family or girlfriend/boyfriend house.
Spiza @ Jun 7th 2009 9:46PM
I stopped using the netflix streaming because I could never get HD without pausing every ten minutes to refill the buffer. Not very convenient.
UnnDunn @ Jun 7th 2009 11:50PM
Unless your connection is so slow as to be unusable, you will not experience buffering on the Xbox 360 1080p streaming service. Instead, the service will dynamically switch to a bitstream that is slow enough to fit in available bandwidth. The service will continuously switch resolutions and bitrates on the fly based on the nature of the scene being viewed and the available bandwidth.
For example, if your connection speed unexpectedly dips below the threshold for 1080p, the system will switch from the 1080p stream to the 720p stream. You may notice a softening of the picture, but the movie will continue to play with no interruption or buffering.
Spiza @ Jun 8th 2009 8:14AM
You do know that Netflix used the same software, right? The netflix service would also convert to "crap view". The HD on netflix way to get DVD quality (netflix HD was a little better than DVD).
UnnDunn @ Jun 8th 2009 8:57AM
Yes, Netflix uses an earlier version of the same technology. Xbox Live will use an improved version with better codecs and more granular bitrate adjustments.
Multi-format-mayhem @ Jun 8th 2009 9:55AM
TeflonFong
"you lose the convenience of taking a movie to a friends/family or girlfriend/boyfriend house".
Oh come on, be honest & get real.
In which alternate reality do most people have friends and family with Blu-ray players?
I know 2 other people (who fit that description) with them.
Blu-ray is about as isolated in that regard as can be, hardly anyone in the mass-market has it. Still.
TeflonFong @ Jul 18th 2009 10:15AM
Multi-Format-Mayhem
I am talking about Discs in general (Blu-Ray as well as DVD). Not everybody had a DVD player in their house...it took time for it to penetrate the market. With Blu-Ray players getting cheaper more and more people will adopt Blu-Ray. I live in Miami and travel every summer to Jamaica- especially in Jamaica where people own HDTVs that they get abroad but there is not yet local HD content Blu-Ray is a popular way to get the MOST out of their Home Theater setup...I actually bought a Toshiba HD-XA1 for my uncle when it came out for 500.00. You would be surprised how much people own a Blu-Ray player here in Miami- my friend Jermaine in Countrywalk, Jose in Hammocks, Andy in Richmond Heights, Kevan who lives 5min away from Andy, Justin in Hialeah...more of my friends have DVD players but there are a lot of people here that have Blu-Ray players.