Morgan Freeman in HD

[flavius]

Just saw this http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...tid=118&tid=97

I would probably pay $19.95 if I could watch War of the Worlds in HD on my plasma right now.

Let's assume I have the movie in HD quality on my HTPC (connected via DVI/HDMI) in the living room - would it Sage play it nicely?

[broderp]

Wont happen, not like you're thinking. Most movies go to DVD within a few months after they leave the big screen.

What I believe will happen is that they will simply push out the release date of the DVD to insert this "buy over the web" program. Prices are likely to be high.

I for one would like to keep it as it is. I can wait for a few months for "WAR OF THE WOLRDS" on DVD, then I can buy it for $14.95 at Best Buy or Circuit City.

Also, nowheres did it say HD quality either, could be simple 480i digital of the movie. Then you'l d still have to burn it to disc, get a case.....it all adds up. cheaper probably to buy the DVD.

I like it the way it is now.

[stanger89]

First, will you be able to play HD movies. Sage can do MPEG-2 movies pretty well, and they should be fine on that PC.

Now most HD (other than broadcast/cable) is most likely going to be VC1 or H.264, and you're going to need an upgrade to play those, either a >3GHz class processor or a card with VC1(aka WMV 9)/H.264 accelleration.

Also HD movie downloads are quite a ways off. HD MPEG-2 movies are about 16GB for OTA quality, figure twice that for really HD high quality, or minimum of half that for really high quality if H.264/VC1 are used.

[SHS]

War of the Worlds (2005) was a joke vs the War of the Worlds (1953) which I think was much better.
stanger89 is rigth you need very powerful system and much fastest inter pipe and higher bandwith for HD.