Robin
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So I just saw the "60 Minutes" report this past Sunday about "Netflix" and it got me thinking... In the report it was revealed that movies will be downloaded (rented) in the future over the Internet, which with current technology takes about an hour to download a (Non HD) two hour film. The report also mentioned that the slim device unit / technology download machine, which links your computer to your HT would become available in about a year or so... I have many, many questions here are some:
1). Do you plan to purchase use this new technology? i. e., have this slim device / technology intergrated in your system? And if so, do you plan to have a dedicated external or internal hard drive for this purpose (much the same as some of you do for your music collections)?
2). Do you forsee any down side to this process of downloading movies instead of renting a DVD, like power failures disrupting the download process or computer crashs etc...?
3). Which company would you expect to offer the very best slim device / download transfer machine in the next year, would it be a computer company like Apple, Dell or Gateway? or a audio company Pioneer, Acram, Anthem etc.?
4). Will DVD's become obselete? Will the films able to be downloaded be offered in HD? How long will it take to download a 25 gig HD film? Several days or what? Should I consider selling my 800 DVD's now in anticipation of having all of my films on external hard drives plugged into my HT system via the transfer device download machine connected to my computer?
5). Are you planning to purchase another computer with the movie slim device / down load transfer machine for combined exclusive HT usage? or will you just use your main home PC in combination with the special download device machine?
6). How many times would you be able to watch the downloaded film per rental?
7). How is this going to be an improvement to HT from what we are currently using today? Will it offer better picture 1080p or sound DTS-ES 10:2? Will we need to once again up-grad our HT Processors to acomidate the higher quality computer Internet downloaded films?
Check out this web-site, which already one can rent / download films:
http://www.movielink.com/store/web/help/eLanding.jsp
Can anyone refer me to an Internet site / link - with some of the "new computer connection transfer / download interconnect machines", which links your computer to your HT? How much will they cost? Are their high-end versions vs. cheapy models? I would really like to check them out or maybe they have not been developed or are not for sale yet?
Will this process of Downloading Films also apply to Video Gaming as well? Like the XBox 360 and Sony's PS3? Would Sony start offering instead of a Blue-Ray PS3 ~ a Downloadable compliant PS3 version?
1). Do you plan to purchase use this new technology? i. e., have this slim device / technology intergrated in your system? And if so, do you plan to have a dedicated external or internal hard drive for this purpose (much the same as some of you do for your music collections)?
2). Do you forsee any down side to this process of downloading movies instead of renting a DVD, like power failures disrupting the download process or computer crashs etc...?
3). Which company would you expect to offer the very best slim device / download transfer machine in the next year, would it be a computer company like Apple, Dell or Gateway? or a audio company Pioneer, Acram, Anthem etc.?
4). Will DVD's become obselete? Will the films able to be downloaded be offered in HD? How long will it take to download a 25 gig HD film? Several days or what? Should I consider selling my 800 DVD's now in anticipation of having all of my films on external hard drives plugged into my HT system via the transfer device download machine connected to my computer?
5). Are you planning to purchase another computer with the movie slim device / down load transfer machine for combined exclusive HT usage? or will you just use your main home PC in combination with the special download device machine?
6). How many times would you be able to watch the downloaded film per rental?
7). How is this going to be an improvement to HT from what we are currently using today? Will it offer better picture 1080p or sound DTS-ES 10:2? Will we need to once again up-grad our HT Processors to acomidate the higher quality computer Internet downloaded films?
Check out this web-site, which already one can rent / download films:
http://www.movielink.com/store/web/help/eLanding.jsp
Can anyone refer me to an Internet site / link - with some of the "new computer connection transfer / download interconnect machines", which links your computer to your HT? How much will they cost? Are their high-end versions vs. cheapy models? I would really like to check them out or maybe they have not been developed or are not for sale yet?
Will this process of Downloading Films also apply to Video Gaming as well? Like the XBox 360 and Sony's PS3? Would Sony start offering instead of a Blue-Ray PS3 ~ a Downloadable compliant PS3 version?
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