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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014
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posted July 19, 2015 12:49 PM
Hi Paul,
You are correct...but here are some things to remember....
Beta Max was much better in quality that VHS, yet it got the heave-ho. Why?
Many technologes phase out because something more 'suitable' surfaces, even when quality isn't yet there.
I see streaming in this way. The internet was never imagined to be used to such a degree. We all remember how the internet first appeared in our own environments, and then quickly realized that life forever, as we knew it, had again changed.
FLV, or flash based video formats were created to allow user to satisfy a growing trend, that is, online streaming...yet quality and bandwidth issues had never yet been thought out. Kinda reminds me of our QEW into Toronto at the Gardiner expressway. Such a massive bottleneck that is unsolvable currently...
To satisfy the expansion of internet technologies, like streaming, people started creating codeces and such to compress video so that we could watch movies on a flooded and saturated internet. I think the only solution will be to allow faster technologies (fibre optics etc) to take over, and CHEAPER than they are currently, so the bandwidth/traffic issues will subside and we can view in full HD.
To be honest, I never have an issue because i always buy old technogies and pretend they are new. That is, I recently upgraded our older CRT TV for a bigger CRT. While everone blows there brains out on plasma and such...I am going upgrade to a new technology(i say sarcastically ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ) myself soon...a SMART LED TV
It will allow me to stream youtube and such to my TV and will be a great improvement.
My LAurel and Hardy Essential Collection just came in so this will be great for enjoying these oldies in better quality!
Cheers,
Matt
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Cheers,
Matt 📽
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted July 19, 2015 07:18 PM
Youtube (owned by google) is the best streaming site I have found. Even with a dial up internet connection (as lowest as 360kb/sec) it gives a stable video with much less buffering compared to others free web streaming. Even dailymotion.com, the closest youtube's competitor has not reached this standard yet.
What you feel Paul just like a phenomenon of bullet train that has been available since 1960s but only few countries have it. We still enjoy the diesel loco with its max speed 150km/hour. When we are asked why not using this train, the answer is between money, complicated technology, and the most repeatble answer "I am still ok with this lower technology...I am not in rush anyway"
Back to the youtube things, please read this info:
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/07/whats-bigger-than-1080p-4k-video-comes.ht ml?m=1
Youtube has reached 4k quality even much way better than any Bluray we have now. The today digital cinema is 4k, yet not all cinemas are equiped with this type of projector due to the price.
For this 4k quality we need a special computer, optical connection, ssuper bandwidth, etc which those are lying on the high cost.
But I believe in the next 10 years some the above problems may have been solved so people can start enjoying this service.
Cheers,
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Winbert
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