Yikes. 10Mbps. Hey I pay Comcast extra for their 8Mbps or whatever, and with their patented "speed bump" I can get 10Mbps for short bursts, but there is no way I could sustain that.
If Comcast can deliver HD using MPEG-2 over 15Mbps or less, why can't Vudu do it in 8Mbps using h.264?
Maybe if they're serious about this HDX stuff they need to ship players with flash memory or something to take the place of the hard drive in the original Vudu box or something... just to handle the buffering required if your internet connection isn't "up to snuff".
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Any details on what the bandwidth requirements are for vudu HD & HDX movies?
You need between 2 and 10 Mbps to use the service. I believe the requirement for HDX is 9Mbps.
Yikes. 10Mbps. Hey I pay Comcast extra for their 8Mbps or whatever, and with their patented "speed bump" I can get 10Mbps for short bursts, but there is no way I could sustain that.
If Comcast can deliver HD using MPEG-2 over 15Mbps or less, why can't Vudu do it in 8Mbps using h.264?
Maybe if they're serious about this HDX stuff they need to ship players with flash memory or something to take the place of the hard drive in the original Vudu box or something... just to handle the buffering required if your internet connection isn't "up to snuff".