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.
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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.