In 3 easy steps.

1) Offer superfast download speeds
2) Implement the standard monthly cap of 50GBs per month, with an extra surcharge for every gigabyte over the cap. (Perhaps 1 dollar per gig)
3) Wait for bandwidth hogs to download 300 gigs a month. Laugh all the way to the bank as you charge 250 dollars surcharge per month in luxury download cap fees.

In 3 easy steps.

1) Offer superfast download speeds
2) Implement the standard monthly cap of 50GBs per month, with an extra surcharge for every gigabyte over the cap. (Perhaps 1 dollar per gig)
3) Wait for bandwidth hogs to download 300 gigs a month. Laugh all the way to the bank as you charge 250 dollars surcharge per month in luxury download cap fees.

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In 3 easy steps.

1) Offer superfast download speeds
2) Implement the standard monthly cap of 50GBs per month, with an extra surcharge for every gigabyte over the cap. (Perhaps 1 dollar per gig)
3) Wait for bandwidth hogs to download 300 gigs a month. Laugh all the way to the bank as you charge 250 dollars surcharge per month in luxury download cap fees.

Ok, have fun fixing that situation. Oh and convincing the majority of Americans that they need it because atm they don't think they do.

Until going through the mess that is my menu structure to get to the movie I want to watch on the VOD service with Cable Vision takes less time than putting a disk in my PS3 I'm not touching VOD.

Ok, have fun fixing that situation. Oh and convincing the majority of Americans that they need it because atm they don't think they do.

That would be prerequesite in order for Digital Downloads to challenge optical storage.

You seem to be missing a couple important steps- like maybe the infastructure to HANDLE 50G d/l's in a reasonable time? When you can STREAM HD, you MAY have a point. Until that time, physical media, baby.

You seem to be missing a couple important steps- like maybe the infastructure to HANDLE 50G d/l's in a reasonable time? When you can STREAM HD, you MAY have a point. Until that time, physical media, baby.

I used to think you needed a download from the home but it does not have to be this way.

You could get a USB hard drive or Flash drive and drive to your local retailer (or supermarket?). There, you would connect to a kiosk and download an HD movie (after you paid for it, of course :) ).

This would eliminate the need for high Internet bandwidth. You can still download SD content from the home.

Cool- so they would have the data local? How long does it take to dump 30gig to my, uh, 2 gig flash drive?

Hmm, I am seeing a problem there. Isn't the largest thumb drive now only 8 Gig or so????

Cool- so they would have the data local? How long does it take to dump 30gig to my, uh, 2 gig flash drive?

Hmm, I am seeing a problem there. Isn't the largest thumb drive now only 8 Gig or so????

Why does it have to be your Flash drive? Any portable USB drive that is cable-powered could be used just as well. For example, a Maxtor OneTouch Mini fits the bill and is up to 160GB today. See http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/OT4_Mini/

32GB USB Flash drives are being shown at CES but they would be too expensive for another year.

I see all these posts on the web about how downloads are the ultimate replacement for physical media, but no one's even mentioned whether or not Hollywood will allow such a thing to happen at the consumer level. What's to prevent rampant piracy? They already limit what you can do with the content you BUY on physical media, so I don't understand how they would be comfortable knowing you could just stop by your local Blockbuster store and load up your USB drive with the latest summer hit movies. Especially if someone's figured out a way to pay for only ONE of these downloads then later copying to multiple drives. Are we to exist solely in a pay-per-view entertainment world?