Originally Posted by notabook

The majority of the world is still in its infancy when it comes to broadband technology, the US included. As it stands right now it's simply not possible to have dvd-quality downloadable service that can realistically deliver imo. To get near-dvd quality (no shitty 700mb rips please lol), your going to have to have around 1.4gb per hour of video (using something at least as good as the H.264 codec!). Also with blu-ray/hd-dvd's, if you intend to cater to people who have and expect the absolute best for their buck, then you are going to have to have even larger downloads (2.75gb per hour of video minimum). I'm not saying it isn't a great idea... VOD over the internet will eventually be the norm and it'll be just as strong as MOD was. I just don't think we're at that point now.