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No one in the US wants to watch 480 video.
by skelsey 12y ago
No one in the US wants to watch 480 video.
- maxsilver 12y agoOr can. My 5mbps AT&T DSL struggles to load Hulu and Netflix on a daily basis, even at just 480p
- lostcolony 12y agoI do. Comcast. Data cap. Of course, what I would -prefer- is to ditch Comcast, and yes, watch at a higher resolution, and I will at the first available opportunity. But can't. Because monopoly.
- swasheck 12y agononsense. there is no monopoly in capitalism. /sarcasm
- adventured 12y agoIf there was Capitalism you'd actually be able to compete.
- swasheck 12y agoThere is Capitalism ... but it's been corrupted. Economic systems are morally neutral. How people employ them determines the morality. The U.S. is, in general, pushing Capitalism to its logical end, in which the system consumes itself in the name of its constituents' "best interests."
- MatthewMcDonald 12y agoThere are several situations where I would be perfectly fine with 480 if it meant I didn't have to deal with loading issues. Watching a cartoon in a lower resolution doesn't detract much from the experience (IMHO).
- dman 12y agoOn my phone I do.
- ssmoot 12y agoI only buy HD on iTunes, but I only watch SD for 99% of my TV shows. Movies it depends. If it's a kid's movie we've seen already: SD. Also if it's the latest action rental: SD. I rarely rent in HD unless cinematography plays a large role in the film. 480P looks surprisingly good on iTunes. Much better than DVD typically. I'm OK with that for the most part. OTOH Netflix's auto-scaling is clearly the future.