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My internet speed numbers run between 4500-5500 download, a little over 600 upload. Not sure how this translates to MBit.
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quite good. Just try out netflix.
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People at work are telling me I'm wasting my money buying movies when I could be streaming them on-line.
I thought the quality wasn't quite there yet. Another problem I have is I'm using AT&T DSL with their highest speed, and in the evenings if I try streaming videos (haven't tried Netflix yet), it stops longer than it plays in jerky motions.
Perhaps I should buy some more cat5 wire and splice into it where it comes into the house and string another line over to my blu-ray player. My understanding is that they still are not able to transmit in 5.1 regardless of DSL or Cable? That is half the reason that I have Axioms in the first place - the home theater experience. So...I still rent or purchase.
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If they are movies I enjoy, I like to purchase them because I'll watch them more than once. Of course, the flipside of that is occasionally you buy a real stinker despite some positive reviews, and you feel like you got gyped.
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One problem that I can see of ordering these older movies from Amazon.com, especially the cheaper priced ones without any description, is you don't know what aspect ratio you're getting. 4:3 9:6, etc. I would imagine that a lot of the older ones are the 4:3 variety on DVD. Definitely 4:3 on VHS. I think 9:6 is the same as what's called anamorphic.
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My internet speed numbers run between 4500-5500 download, a little over 600 upload. Not sure how this translates to MBit. The numbers you are quoting are in kbps. So just divide by 1000 to get mbps. Looks like your download is fast enough for HD video streaming.
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