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In response to "For the record: Presently, digital download as an alternative to physical media is not a substitute for HD." by Mop (231 lbs)

I recently downloaded the entire first season of BSG in HD off of Amazon Unbox overnight.

Posted by David (aka David) Oct 13 '09, 13:58

Sidenote: 33 is one of the best hours of television ever.

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I just triggered a Psych HD Unbox download of Ally freakin' Sheedy. I'll time it for posterity's sake. - David Oct 13, 14:02 12
- I ripped a DVD in Handbrake and tried playing it on my XBox ... bitrate of 1.5mbps, and the xbox was skipping and choking. Played fine on my mac. - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:05 6
  - We just put them on the TiVo so I can't say either way about streaming it that way. -- nm - David Oct 13, 14:08
  - (Then again, I ripped one with a lower bitrate and had the same issue, so it totally could just be the codec) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:05 4
    - so what was serving the file to the xbox? - tRuMaN Oct 13, 14:11 3
      - oh, right. Could have been that - it was my D-Link DNS-323's built-in uPnP server. But it works fine with TV shows. - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:11 2
        
        hmm, no idea then. I would guess it was the encoding you used - tRuMaN Oct 13, 14:12 1
        
        I agree. Also, I used the avi wrapper (handbrake wanted to use mp4 or something instead by default) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 14:13
- ok, its HD, but what type of hd? - tRuMaN Oct 13, 14:03 4
  - According to Gizmodo, it's Max bitrate is an h.264 compressed 1200Kbps at 720p or 1080i. -- nm - David Oct 13, 14:06 2
    - see, should it be only true hd if its say 1080p uncompressed - tRuMaN Oct 13, 14:08 1
      - TiVo HD is only going to display 1080i anyway, so it's never going to make a difference to me. - David Oct 13, 14:12
  - 2.5 Mbps HD files are streamed in high-quality 720p resolution -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 14:05
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- That one will always be my favorite but 33 has such remarkable storytelling. - David Oct 13, 14:01

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