http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/ Switched Comments for HD-DVD's Long Walk Back to the Locker Room of Shame http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Feb 15th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/"Anyway, with Apple's new iTunes Movie Rentals and NetFlix opening up the "View It Now" service to unlimited views, disc-based movies' days are numbered."

Have you sir actually had the pleasure of downloading a high definition movie over the net? try it! you will change the last portion of this article. I promise! dvd is not going anywhere anytime soon either, heck- most people dont even have high speed internet, and the few that do are so disgusted about the download time, that they too would rather have the actual disc, not to mention that once you buy the movie, you dont have to pay another 3-4 bucks just to watch it again! for 24.99 i`d much rather have the disc to see as many times as i would like! apple and microsoft will fail!]]>Jan 16th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/
I completely agree with you, at least in the near-term. I love watching BD's in 1080P with lossless 7.1 sound, and I know that won't be happening tomorrow with downloads. I remember when HD downloads first appeared on Xbox live, it took me 3 days to download Clash of The Titans - and that was only in 720P!

So, yes, you are absolutely right that download HD is a bear. Will that always be the case, though? I don't think so. By the time HD televisions become as ubiquitous as the standard-definition DVD player, I think bandwidth and streaming technologies will have caught up enough to make on-demand HD a reality. You better bet Apple and Netflix are thinking the same thing.]]>Jan 16th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Jan 17th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Jan 17th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Jan 17th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Jan 17th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/Jan 17th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/http://www.switched.com/2008/01/16/hd-dvds-long-walk-back-to-the-locker-room-of-shame/and HD-dvd drives are bount yo drop in price now, but if there are no films to watch on them it'll be a complete waste of money even if it is only £100]]>Jan 18th 2008 8:24AM