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Originally Posted by Kushan
I understand what you're trying to say, but you're missing my point entirely. You do not NEED to have any of that downloaded within 30s or 1min. You can wait 5, 10, 20 or even 60minutes if necessary because that's just how the internet works. Faster speeds would be nice, but to claim that they're necessary just so you can download an UHD film in under a minute is ridiculous - that is not necessary and you have plenty of ways to mitigate that need to have a file in 30s, such as deciding ahead of time what you want to watch or downloading films into your library ahead of time.
Or streaming them. Even in UHD, at 30GB for a 90min film, you only need a 50mbit connection to stream that in real time. There's absolutely no need for a 1gbit connection, it's purely about convenience that you're talking about.
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Erm, I think I can judge what I *need* and don't need.
For example, I need a mobile phone but I don't need a tablet.
I have a need for faster Internet connections & don't like leaving my PC on for 5, 10, 15, 30+ minutes waiting for something to download.
Streaming is not an option because of quality issues.
It's like saying you don't need a car that can go 70 on the motorway because you can set off earlier and go at 30 :/
Not everything can be pre planned, I can't know that some friends my want to come over tomorrow evening and maybe a comedy film is needed. I can't possibly know or plan this :/
I remember the days of downloading music on 56K connections.
Would take an absolute age, now it takes what, 1-5 seconds?
Would you still be saying that we don't need faster than 56K because you don't see the urgency?
I fully understand perhaps faster speeds would be too inconvenient and instant for you, however personally I would prefer to download movies like I can now download songs and what I am saying is that I'm sure speeds will only ever get faster while files are getting bigger. And when they are introduced, I will be ready to sign up.
Whether that's with BT & 300Mb or faster or with what VM will be testing.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
But the 20 minutes staring at the windshield, 5 minutes staring at the guy in the queue in front of you, couple minutes staring at the parking meter or 20 minutes staring at a screen you can't control force feeding you adverts is perfectly OK?
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I enjoy driving, I'm lucky to have a very nice car and friends who have good chat.
We always spend time in the arcade / machines / table tennis etc so ads are skipped. Trailers are worthwhile to watch to discover new films.
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Originally Posted by Another VM User
I can stream 4k's quite happily even when STM'd I think you have a fault if you can't
4K video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_okcNVZqqI
You can download the 3072P version which is 430MB - not long even under STM on the 120 package! |
Please enlighten me where I state streaming or downloading anything is not possible?
Even though you can't actually benefit from streaming 4K right now :/