QUESTION: wmvHD video distribution via The WebwmvHD is a beautiful way to distribut
 

QUESTION: wmvHD video distribution via The Web
wmvHD is a beautiful way to distribute good, HD content via the Web...
The codec looks great when the video has been lit right at princ-photog


QUESTION: Why do you guys think it hasn't really caught on with the mainstream web public?

Is it...

1) File size still too big?

2) Computers too slow to play wmvHD files?--- or Monitor/Resolution to small to really grasp the HD concept?

3) Microsoft hasn't marketed the concept/codec enough that people know what it actually is?

4) Not enough video producers shooting in HD/HDV in order to offer the wmvHD content?

Any other ideas??? What do you think??

It is April, 2006 and I daily search the Web for wmvHD content and I am amazed that there is so little of it. In fact...It's mostly still promos and bullcrap.

1 hour of wmvHD would be about 2gigs file size... I think HDTV connoseurs would have no problem waiting to download 2gigs... I routinely download 1gig to 5gig files... Like Ron Popeal says "Just Set IT and Forget IT!"

It can't be the cost of bandwidth...as it may have been in the past... Bandwidth is cheap... I pay about 10 cents per gig of bandwidth transferred... so... sending an hour of video out would cost me 20 pennies.

Looking forward to hearing everyone's opinions...

Hmm good question. Is wmvHD a seperate codec? I recently got a Sony HDV-HC1 and have been shooting with that and encoding in regular .wmv.

cheese....lets talk................... hit me up.....

to be honest, if I had the choice of downloading a 100mb mpeg or a 2gb wmvHD of the same clip, i would opt for the 100mb just because I want to get off right then and there, fuck all the HD bullshit

yeah, HD is cool and all, but I don't beed HD porn...that is just me personally...a nice high quality mpeg does me just fine

HD is great on DVD playing on a nice big TV hanging on the wall while you sit on your comfy sofa eating popcorn with a few beers. On a PC i feel its a different matter though.

From the stuff i've seen, the actual visable size of the movie was massive - fine if your running a high resolution large monitor but played on 1024x768 or 800 x 600 on a small monitor would take over the surfers screen. Then you need a pretty beefy PC for a smooth viewing experince especially if seeking without getting the dreaded lag.

Then theres the file size - its just to big to wait for it to download when you've got a hard on in your pants.

If your member only gets an alloted amount of bandwith from there ISP, they could hit that pretty quick if allowance is small.

While you may have a great spec set up, think of the end user.
Maybe in another year or so it may take off :2 cents:

Still waiting on more input....

U late adopters are now shooting in HD
but the guys that started in HDV now have 1 year of content ahead of you.


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