GTA IV + PC?

[GommeInc]

Aren't cross-platform games cut-down alot too, to make it easier to run on the 360 (and sometimes Wii)? It's probably why some cross-platforms games are a bit average, when some PS3 only games are kinda clever in their unqiue ways, more can be loaded onto it. Though that said, I'm yet to see next-gen gameplay.

[Tomm]

Well I have a BD25 (Half the size of the normal dual layer BR disks you normally get movies on) rip that has an average bitrate of 30,415kbps. Lower quality 1080p rips that I normally get are around 16,000kbps. So no, 10mbps is not fast enough for a decent quality 1080p stream and no-where near the quality of a blu-ray disk.

Isn't it probably almost fact that people who own 360's have at least on a 10MB connection? that'd be plenty fast enough.

[Oleh]

Well it would help if you all knew how they streamed the video...

They split the video into 5minute chunks, then then load that up, whilst thats loaded and playing they load another chunk and so on, so its seamless

[Recursion]

It would still be a huge strain on your connection, and to be honest, what happens when the next five minutes is still bufering when the current 5 minutes is over? It wouldn't be seamless.

I don't want to be streaming watered down "1080p" video, I want 1080p video.

[N!ck]

There is no way a 10Mbps could stream an non highky watered down 1080p video. The 5 minute chunk thing makes absolutely no difference as it's still having to download 5 minutes worth of video in 5 minutes which is the same as a second per second lol.

If you look at the bitrate of all these blu-rays you'd need at least 50Mbps to properly stream them. http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=3338

Even if they compressed them it would be around have the size for not much of a quality drop and you'd still be needing at least 20Mbps actual throughput. They probably wouldn't offer DTS surround sound either which is 1.5Mbps on it's own. Probably something like AC3 compressed to 192Kbps.

It will be like what iPlayer did. They pretend to offer 720p - it actually is that resolution but the bitrate is **** so that people's connections can handle it. Much better than the standard iPlayer to be fair though.

[Recursion]

There is no way a 10Mbps could stream an non highky watered down 1080p video. The 5 minute chunk thing makes absolutely no difference as it's still having to download 5 minutes worth of video in 5 minutes which is the same as a second per second lol.

If you look at the bitrate of all these blu-rays you'd need at least 50Mbps to properly stream them. http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=3338

Even if they compressed them it would be around have the size for not much of a quality drop and you'd still be needing at least 20Mbps actual throughput. They probably wouldn't offer DTS surround sound either which is 1.5Mbps on it's own. Probably something like AC3 compressed to 192Kbps.

It will be like what iPlayer did. They pretend to offer 720p - it actually is that resolution but the bitrate is **** so that people's connections can handle it. Much better than the standard iPlayer to be fair though.

I would big time rep you but I have to spread.

[Wolverhampton]

Well i'm on 20MB so I guess i'll be fine

[Recursion]

You have to remember your not getting 20 Megabytes, your getting 20 Megabits, which eqauls 2560Kbp/s. Not fast enough for full 1080p video.

[Wolverhampton]

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Edited by ,Jess, (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not be rude.

[GommeInc]

I suspect this 1080p quality is actually what YouTube call HQ (or High Quality). They just called it 1080p to make manure look nicer, so to speak.