Streaming Blu-Ray Movie players

[bakemeacookie]

You guys see this? Samsung P3600

Blu-ray | SAMSUNG

Watch the video. You can get a blockbuster or netflix account, and stream anad watch movies in HD and Surround Sound right in your living room with just a click.

Execs in Hollywod are very excited about this. Takes away motivation for most people to dl movies/shows from the web in crappy detail, sound and waiting 1 hour. You can hit click and watch a movie in seconds for like 2 to 5 bucks. Hell, in a few year - you'll have access to 100,000 tv shows and movies - wnat to watch a Jeffersons or Gilligan's Island episode from decades back? Click click. Want to watch Vertigo? Click click.

Technology is so kewl! There's so many 80s cheesy movies i wanna watch. Thought i'm not sure how the ps3 version is like (i have a ps3)

$8.99 a month is MUCH cheaper than cable!

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[jackangel]

i'm psyched that ps3 now allows netflix streaming, although i don't think any of it is HD...but still, much better than hooking my laptop. we've been watching instant stuff a lot over the last week since we've received it.

the selection is still too limited.

 

[c-sharp minor]

Streaming HD is something I would definitely pay for.

 

[Dial_tone]

It's a blu-ray player that streams standard def movies. The bandwidth just isn't there to stream blu-ray yet.

 

[c-sharp minor]

It's a blu-ray player that streams standard def movies. The bandwidth just isn't there to stream blu-ray yet.

Yeah, I was wondering how they could stream blu-ray.

That being said, in our area the are now offering 32Mbps shared or 25Mbps dedicated internet. It's around 50 bucks more per month than our regular 1.5Mbps high speed. There are still issues with the service though, so I'll wait till they iron the bugs out.

 

[Dial_tone]

Yeah, I was wondering how they could stream blu-ray.

That being said, in our area the are now offering 32Mbps shared or 25Mbps dedicated internet. It's around 50 bucks more per month than our regular 1.5Mbps high speed. There are still issues with the service though, so I'll wait till they iron the bugs out.

They're probably pretty close with Verizon FIOS. Cox has a 50Mbps option in some areas. That's enough to get it to individual home but if 10-20% of the customers were sucking down 20-25Mbps for 2-3 hours at a time that could kill a network.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

You guys see this? Samsung P3600

Blu-ray | SAMSUNG

Watch the video. You can get a blockbuster or netflix account, and stream anad watch movies in HD and Surround Sound right in your living room with just a click.

Execs in Hollywod are very excited about this. Takes away motivation for most people to dl movies/shows from the web in crappy detail, sound and waiting 1 hour. You can hit click and watch a movie in seconds for like 2 to 5 bucks. Hell, in a few year - you'll have access to 100,000 tv shows and movies - wnat to watch a Jeffersons or Gilligan's Island episode from decades back? Click click. Want to watch Vertigo? Click click.

Technology is so kewl! There's so many 80s cheesy movies i wanna watch. Thought i'm not sure how the ps3 version is like (i have a ps3)

$8.99 a month is MUCH cheaper than cable!

c

I thought this has been possible for a while, or are they talking about standard bluray players? Ever since 2.0 was introduced over a year ago I think this has been possible, just lining up the deals took time.

It still depends on your network connection though, and anyone with less than fios will still be waiting for movies to buffer. Ask PS3 owners or even Xbox 360 owners streaming less quality than bluray how "instantaneous" their streaming service is. I'm waiting to see how many people who will try that OnLive thing are pissed when they can't stream Crysis to their computer because their bandwidth is crushed by it lol.

 

[bakemeacookie]

Hmmm. the other otpion is to let it download first and then watch. If not - as bandwith gets faster over the next ew years, it will become very practical one day. Imagine having access to thousand sof tv shows - my dvd collection honestly is starting to take over walls. It's getting sick!

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[hanselthecaretaker]

Yeah digital will eventually be the defacto method of watching movies. It won't reach its peak though until 1. the bandwidth is there for the mass market and 2. hard drive space is much larger and low enough cost to store terabytes worth per device.

 

[bakemeacookie]

Yeah digital will eventually be the defacto method of watching movies. It won't reach its peak though until 1. the bandwidth is there for the mass market and 2. hard drive space is much larger and low enough cost to store terabytes worth per device.

that'll be soon with the advent of solid state memory. remember 10 years evryone had dialup lol!

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[Dial_tone]

Yeah digital will eventually be the defacto method of watching movies. It won't reach its peak though until 1. the bandwidth is there for the mass market and 2. hard drive space is much larger and low enough cost to store terabytes worth per device.

An hour of HD content is about 5GB; you can get a 1TB disk for $100 so that's 200 hours. A 5-10TB disk would probably be enough.

 

[ortiz34]

<-------------------- fios
ftw!

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

CD's will be the first to disappear from retail shelves, then DVD's/Bluray, then videogames. It'll take at least 5 years or so before this starts to happen but stores are going to have to prepare for a major sea change in the next decade. My main concern is how controlled the content rights will be with the virtual medium. If I buy a Bluray title I can expect to have that physical copy forever. With digital distribution there will have to be backup measures on both the provider and consumer end, because hard drive errors will at least be as prevailent as disc read errors are today (although maybe less considering all the idiots who still can't keep their grubby fingerprints/scratches off of the readable disc surface). I think streaming will mainly replace brick and mortar rental services, and for purchases there will have to be some major reworking of anti-piracy solutions. The consoles are much easier to handle than PC's, but I think we'll also see much tighter control as far as PC's are concerned too.

 

[bakemeacookie]

CD's will be the first to disappear from retail shelves, then DVD's/Bluray, then videogames. It'll take at least 5 years or so before this starts to happen but stores are going to have to prepare for a major sea change in the next decade. My main concern is how controlled the content rights will be with the virtual medium. If I buy a Bluray title I can expect to have that physical copy forever. With digital distribution there will have to be backup measures on both the provider and consumer end, because hard drive errors will at least be as prevailent as disc read errors are today (although maybe less considering all the idiots who still can't keep their grubby fingerprints/scratches off of the readable disc surface). I think streaming will mainly replace brick and mortar rental services, and for purchases there will have to be some major reworking of anti-piracy solutions. The consoles are much easier to handle than PC's, but I think we'll also see much tighter control as far as PC's are concerned too.

The reason music cds died a physical death - is because it's an audio medium and very quick to download and burning has no quality loss. For video medium, i think most people like having the cover, physical dvd, box, etc. and it's not as fast to download a high res hd file with extra content, etc.

It'll be interesting but i think for next few years, renting will be all online and people will still purchase physical movies at the store (or ebay). I realy wish they had a br disc technology that was more than 25gb.

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