100mbps are LAN speeds, and having that sort of capacity for home users would create a market for services that require that sort of bandwidth.

Like what though? For video conferencing, occasional file backups and the most extensive website use imaginable, 10mbps is fine. By all means, if something necessary to business operation that requires such stupendous speeds does actually come around the corner, then I'm all for it but that hasn't happened as of yet. Even the potential vapourware onLive will only require 5mbps at HD. The main issue really is usage caps. Supposing when 100mbps does roll around the corner, large scale business begin considering daily IT server backups of their systems. They might have access to the speeds to make this more feasibly but they'd be constrained from actually using it extensively with limited download plans. With more people torrenting, more people streaming HD video online, more people will be upgrading to higher download cap plans and that will put considerably more stress on the transcontinental cables we rely on. Focussing on them in my mind, would be a more worthwhile investment, or frankly using the money elsewhere altogether.

Unless there is a hardware component / partnership with ISPs to make the server have a latency of less than 10ms then they should go work on it for another 7 years (probably longer) while our broadband networks mature.

It doesn't matter how good your stream HD video quality is when the game's input response includes a roundtrip to a server.

I prefer the "Amateur style" look. Ya know? None of that airbrushed HD video nonsense.

The helicopter footage is wonderful, absolutely superb.

andybesby, the new Canon 5D MkII has HD video capabilities, but this is all time lapse stuff here, so you don't need one of those. The only specialist bit of kit required here is a tilt shift lens, and a good imagination of course!

Does anyone else have issues actually watching these really HD videos on Youtube (or here) smoothly?

I'm trying this on my work PC, which is no slouch (AMD Athlon64X2 Dual core 2GHz) and a pretty new ATI PCI card... but the videos are pretty darn choppy... and yet I can watch all Quicktime HD videos with no slowdown.

Strange.

Oh, and while the look and feel of this was really nice, it demonstrates why hollywood actors are paid the big bucks... acting in any sort of way that people actually want to watch is really hard... and these guys, well, they don't have 'it'.

But technically good, just let down by the things that are needed in a 'good' film, better acting and script.

sweeeeet, all those HD videos I have posted are looking so much better! Quality idea indeed!

Doesn't Vimeo and Dailymotion support HD video for free already?

"Full HD video capture at 1920x1080 resolution for up to 4GB per clip ; HDMI output"

Impressive.

Do not go to see this or buy the DVD. You are much better off, downloading or buying the HD video of the eleven-part series BBC Planet Earth. This movie is just clips from the eleven unique one hour episodes from Planet Earth edited together to make Earth the movie.

Watching those episodes of Planet Earth in high definition is amazing. They take the series from the mountains to life on the flat to the deep sea, and go from North to South. From each of the places they visit, they manage with most amazing cinematography to produce jaw dropping beautiful views of extraordinary places.
This is on of the most highest budget documentaries ever made. I can't recommend it enough.

My EEE hates HD Video

>> ^Fjnbk:
Take some pictures!


rest assured photos and HD video will be shot.

What? No HD VIDEO????

swampgirl, is it an HDTV.XviD or an HD.720p torrent?

Even if you've already grabbed the latter I'd suggest you re-download the former as the latter may require another playback software (Media Player Classic) with additional codecs (video decoding software) and further configurations and a rather powerful CPU to actually play HD video (all in all = rather complicated).

If you've downloaded the HDTV.XviD version in a single file (it should weigh around 350MB), and you have the VLC player installed, you can just navigate to wherever it is you downloaded it to (the folder) and drag-and-drop the file onto the open VLC toolbar and it'll play no problem. Most torrent clients have the "Open folder" option if you right-click on the torrent in the main menu.

If you've downloaded a torrent consisting of a number of files (again, this may be verified by opening the folder), you have to have an archiving software installed to extract the contents of the many archive packages (which would be the episode) - use WinRar - it's alight piece of shareware with no strings attached and comes with an integrated Windows right-click option to "Extract here" - just use that option on any of the .rar files in the House torrent after you've installed the program.

Hope I was of any help. Feel free to PM my profile if you need any additional help with this

Good research BicycleRepairMan, sounds plausible.

And about the bandwidth, I can already stream HD video from sites like Gametrailers. Granted it's not as high resolution as some people play their games, but still quite impressive.
I'm more worried that they won't have enough computing power any time soon to render all these images to users.

Eek! Thanks, and sorry for missing this message. I'll tinker around with that change when I get home

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
If you'd like the HD version of your Diablo III video, you can grab it here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5y0g7_diablo-iii-cinematic-teaser_videogames

Make sure you click "customize player", then check the "large" box for player size. Gotta make these HD videos count.