Digital Downloads won't take off in a major way until we start to get real broadband changes in the US. With all the major ISPs talking caps (expect Verizon but I imagine they will impose caps if everyone else does) HD downloads would have to be limited to 1280x720/24fps with a single 5.1 soundtrack to even be conceivable under Comcast's (downright generous compared to some of the others) 250GB per month limit.
BluRay will be the "reference" HD format for a very long time.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Digital Downloads won't take off in a major way until we start to get real broadband changes in the US. With all the major ISPs talking caps (expect Verizon but I imagine they will impose caps if everyone else does) HD downloads would have to be limited to 1280x720/24fps with a single 5.1 soundtrack to even be conceivable under Comcast's (downright generous compared to some of the others) 250GB per month limit.
BluRay will be the "reference" HD format for a very long time.
Downloads almost certainly means no special features as well, for those who really care about them.