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Originally Posted by Jameseh
But it will be very soon. We have 100mb now and 200mb is in the works. Full 1080p quality like you would see on a Blu-ray peaks at 50mbps and broadcast quality 1080i I believe peaks at about 15mbps.
So currently VM are essentially the only provider who could support broadcast HD quality streaming, (maybe with the exception of BT Infinity depending where you live) but how long do you think that will last?
I don't see linear TV going anywhere but I see streaming becoming a seriously credible competitor.
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You are looking at it from the Consumer's point of view. I doubt that any of the current streaming service providers would have access to the bandwidth required for a couple of thousand people to stream at 1080p at anywhere near Blu-ray bandwidth. Even Apple with their bright, shiny, new and state of the art North Carolina data centre is limiting it's streams to 720p.
For 1080p streaming to become a commercial reality, we need a major breakthrough in compression technologies. That will come, but not for a while.