I was watching a CES show and saw that microsoft was planning on having some sort of sports VOD through vista. I was just wondering if anyone thinks we could see out of market HD games through something like IPTV?

You won't be seeing HD on IPTV anytime soon - in fact, probably not in the lifetime of Vista.

Even with full adoption of FTTP, I don't see the internet at large being able to consistently support the bandwidth needed for HD for a very long time. I've got access to a 100Mbit connection to the internet, and it realistically peaks at about 12Mbit/second. Which would make for pretty bad-looking HD.

There's just too many variables out there when you put the internet into the picture.

For live stuff I doubt you'll see HD on the internet, but if it doesn't have to be live like most stuff on TV I think you will see HD. There is a show called MacBreak that sends it out in 1080p if you want it.

http://www.ihd.org/