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Actually, the quote is misquoted, I didn't ask the question, I answered it. But to that topic..... Sorry my estimate on TCP/IP overhead wasn't accurate enough. I said approximately 3% whereas you definitively state 1460 bytes - 40 bytes which would equal 2.739726027397260273972602739726 percent. How could I be so misleading!!!!!  By the way, I mean this in total humor, not flame.
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Denon going Blu-ray. Target going Blu-ray.
Is Wal-Mart still going with HD-DVD? I read that they struck a deal with Toshiba to make 2 million players for them on the cheap(er).
Personally, I like Target (Tar-zhay), but Wal-Mart is still the 800-pound gorilla of retail.
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I haven't read anything more on that Walmart rumour, however today it became official that Target will only sell Blu-ray players in their stores. They will, however, sell both HD-DVD and Blu-ray disks.
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Am I the only one not crazy about downloading movies? I like owning my movies. I can play them at any time and am not dependant on an internet connection. I can play them on muliple players or take them to the cottage or a friends. I can see down the road that you will have even more drm attached. Can only play the movie once or twice. Have to pay again to watch it. Can only play it on one player etc. I do think the companies want to get rid of the actual dvd's in order to sustain a recurring revenue. They may double dip now 2 or 3 times but if you don't think it will get worse with downloads you are ony fooling yourself.
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Am I the only one not crazy about downloading movies? I like owning my movies.
I like owning them too. I think that what we will see is a download "rental" for a premium price (at good quality) that will work for 24 hours and then the license will expire. For a couple rental prices, you could own it. The whole download bit is for convenience. The way that I work around that is I buy movies even if I know that it may be weeks or even longer that I can watch it. That way I always have movies on my shelf that I haven't seen (but aren't "crap" movies).
Now I work with a guy that has seen pretty much every movie ever. He likes all movies, action, comedy, drama, chick flicks, westerns, etc, etc... He loved Ishtar, was excited about from Justin to Kelly, and has a copy of 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain... Most of these movies he has a copy of too. And I mean a "copy" in that exact sense. He has close to 1000 movies that he only paid $0.50 for the blank (single layer) DVD-R to burn them on to. Other's he watches from a web site that streams TV shows, movies, etc (some at really bad quality)... He can watch whatever he wants all day long without paying for it.
Now when he "grows up" and starts seeing the benefits of actually paying for something, he will be so used to downloading movies, that he will go that route. For me, I just like to own what I've got. I then don't waste time on junk movies, and I get better quality than a download or single layer burn (Yes, I know how to do dual layer 100% quality copies. My wife calls these "cheater movies".)
Anyway, I used to try to get everything for free from the internet too, now I just don't have the time to mess with the illegal junk, and streaming is still too long of a wait for me for a sub-quality product. Maybe someday, but by then we will have 10TB hard drives so I guess I wouldn't miss the disk space.
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There are relatively few movies that hold repeat play value for me and I would therefore like to own. If I would rent a movie instead of buying it, I'd love the option of downloading it.
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In the news today... 10% price drop on HD-DVD add-on for XBox 360 and it now qualifies for a 5 free HD-DVD movies deal. Here is the link: XBox360 HD-DVD 10% Price Cut + 5 Free Movies
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Toshiba going 3rd Gen. Toshiba
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Sounds good. I may have to replace my first-gen, if load times have been cut significantly yet again.
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Using the Ethernet ports found on all Toshiba HD DVD players, once connected to the network, users can access ~~~bonus features, as available, from a movie studio´s server. This data is then saved in the player´s persistent storage and can be accessed by the user. In addition to accessing new bonus features, some HD DVD discs may include locked prerecorded content which can be unlocked with a downloadable key from the studio´s online server.~~~
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Hmmmmm. Can you say "Stats grabber?"
Leads the way into additional copy protection methods as well.
At this point I began to rant and rave about a recent copy protection issue I had that utilized online verification. However, it turned out long and bitter so I'm cutting and pasting it into the Off Topic section for anyone who cares to read it.
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