[RayChuang88]

I agree 100%. People forget that the data rate for H.264 video on a Blu-ray disc is 25-35 megabits per second, and unless you live in South Korea, parts of Japan or a small portion of Europe, there's NO WAY you can stream that high-quality video over an Internet connection. Besides, with download caps imposed by many Internet Service Providers, that could limit the appeal of streamed video viewing, too.

As such, Blu-ray will continue to thrive, especially with the price of players continuing to drop and the price of discs almost the same as their DVD release counterparts.

[krb]

H.264 tops out at 15Mbps for all of the encoders and players I’ve seen.

[krb]

H.264 tops out at 15Mbps for all of the encoders and players I’ve seen.

[Jmouse007]

You are also correct regarding megabits per second (too bad we don't live in genuine "High def" areas of the world :o(

Talk about the poor "quality" of content streamed on Netflix, Comcast and supposed "High def" cable's content isn't much better either: lots of macro blocking, compressed signal, piggy-backing channels resulting in lower bit rates, 720p, 1080i instead of 1080p; all of these things contribute to MEDIOCRE, LOW "high-def" all of which also cannot begin to compete with Blu-ray. Again, AVATAR on Blu-ray is a tremendous example of genuine high definition audio and video... too bad the movie isn't as good as it's A/V, but I guess we cannot have everything.

Even if one is able to download and save a high resolution, high-def movie on their hard drive, hard drives still crash and when they do that content is GONE. With a Blu-ray disk I have a true 1080p high definition HARD copy that will last for years and years to come.