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Engadget HD's recession antidote: win an Moxi HD DVR! {Engadget HD}
Jul 9th 2009 10:44AM Consider this comment my entry =)
The ultimate guide to the Fall HDTV schedule {Engadget HD}
Sep 16th 2008 7:20PM "Buyer" beware, a lot of those dates and times are wrong.
For example, Survivor premieres next Thursday, not this Thursday.
There are other incorrect entries.
Comcast cool with FCC ruling, will just slow all of your traffic now {Engadget HD}
Aug 22nd 2008 8:53PM This my friends is just one of the many reasons physical media will be around for a bit longer than the digital download set might have you think. If you're holding out on Blu-ray because you hate Sony or if you're waiting for 1080p VOD, AppleTV 1080p or any variation of those, you may want to pull up a chair for ten years or so because until fat pipes are ubiquitous (there are still people on 56k if you can believe it or not) digital downloading will be the niche and physical media will remain the standard.
More details on Apple's iTunes movie / HD rentals {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2008 3:16PM Now that I think about it, they should have introduced an entirely new piece of hardware capable of 1080p with a Blu-ray player in it.
I just don't see anyone really giving a rat's ass about this with all the chatter being about 1080p, loseless audio, HD-DVD and Blu-ray at the moment.
More details on Apple's iTunes movie / HD rentals {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2008 3:07PM 720p with compressed to shite audio?
No thanks, I'll pass and stick with optical HDM.
Warner to finally go Blu-ray-only at CES? {Engadget}
Dec 7th 2007 9:39PM Ok, how many households have at least 1TB of disk space to store movies? Better yet, how many studios are moving towards torrent swarms of HD movies?
I'll answer for you, less than 1% and zero.
Look, I'm not against digital downloads but it's just not feasible and will not be feasible to the average consumer for many years.
Until then, physical media is here to stay and all I was saying to this guy is that if he's waiting for digital downloads to become the de facto standard for the distribution of 1080p video and uncompressed audio, he's going to be HD media-less for a long time.
Warner to finally go Blu-ray-only at CES? {Engadget}
Dec 7th 2007 2:43PM No no no, digital downloads are not a feasible solution as of this moment.
How many 50GB movies can you currently keep locally?
How long does it take for you to download 30-50GB?
I thought so, until the backbone exists to deliver that kind of data and store it cheaply, physical media is here to stay.
Eventually, yes, digital downloads of 1080p video and uncompressed audio will be possible but that is at least ten years off so if you're waiting for that, better pull up a chair.
