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