1080p on demand via download? How long is that going to take?
Resolution is one thing, but unless it's 1080p with lossless audio, the 1080p part isn't that big of a deal. Of course since this is being compared to blu-ray, lossless audio is all that the satellite / on demand companies need to add to make it on par to Blu (because when the format war was still on Blu fanboys insisted that special features didn't matter and I know they wouldn't change that stance if they have to compete with downloads with comparable video and audio quality)
1080p with lossless audio has a chance via sattlite, provided the set top boxes can decode or bitstream TrueHD or DTS-MA. If they can't, I think most subscribers would be content with 720p and DD+ or DTS-HD.
It's not on-demand via internet, it's scheduled programming via satellite. Dish On Demand is their brand name for broadcast PPV (as opposed to downloaded programs.)
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1080p on demand via download? How long is that going to take?
Resolution is one thing, but unless it's 1080p with lossless audio, the 1080p part isn't that big of a deal. Of course since this is being compared to blu-ray, lossless audio is all that the satellite / on demand companies need to add to make it on par to Blu (because when the format war was still on Blu fanboys insisted that special features didn't matter and I know they wouldn't change that stance if they have to compete with downloads with comparable video and audio quality)
1080p with lossless audio has a chance via sattlite, provided the set top boxes can decode or bitstream TrueHD or DTS-MA. If they can't, I think most subscribers would be content with 720p and DD+ or DTS-HD.
It's not on-demand via internet, it's scheduled programming via satellite. Dish On Demand is their brand name for broadcast PPV (as opposed to downloaded programs.)