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Originally Posted by Kushan
Your logic doesn't make sense. You admit to watching blu-rays generally - these do not magically and instantly appear as you need them, you have to either order them on-line or go out and buy them. Either way, there's a substantial wait involved, from at least 24hours if ordering online to a few hours drive to the shop. Even if you happen to live next door to an Asda, you can't realistically expect to go in, pick a film, pay for it and get out in less than 5 mins. Yet you don't generally sit there and think that you fancy watching a film, then go to the shops and buy one, you tend to buy them in advance with the intention of watching them later. Why are online downloads so different? You download the films you want to watch in advance and they're there for you when you need them. So what if it takes 5 mins to download, you should really have a few downloaded at a time (at least) to watch when you're ready.
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I use LoveFilm so I have films queued and I know when they will arrive and what days I will have a film to watch, so this in some ways is "planned" as they send out 3 discs at a time. So whenever I have time to watch a film, usually once every couple of days, I can watch it and by the time I have sent it back and have time to watch another, the next one is sent so I have 3 again to choose from.
If i download a film, its usually because someone recommended it or like I said friends/family come round and want to watch a film.
Then, a ~5GB would require a wait.
Also, even with programs/games/drivers/software.
These can easily be 200MB - GB's.
And you forget that with 4K and 8K in the near future, as well as console game downloads and so on, files are only ever getting bigger.
e.g.
Uncompressed 4K trailer of "The Amazing Spiderman" = 500GB.
A trailer. 500GB.
Try downloading that even with 120Mb & STM kicking in too.
Doubt you would even see the trailer that afternoon.