Come on. We've all seen it. You know it's true
With more HD around - from Blu ray, Sky, Virgin, Apple - we're all starting to watch more and more HD shows and movies 0 on DVD, cable or dish TV and downloaded.
But that fact is that all HD is not created equal.
To these eyes, the quality of HD sources we've used runs to a list that looks something like this:
1. Blu ray DVD
2. Sky+HD
3. Virgin
4. Apple
5. Xbox Live
Bitrate seems to be the key here and the team over at Gizmodo have had a good look around and written a solid piece all about it.
It's well worth a read if you are in the least bit interested in why your HD mileage seems to vary...
Gizmodo's HD round-up
BSkyB, Virgin and online only service Joost have submitted a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading over the proposed video service kangaroo (hang on, isn't this called SeeSaw now?) Mike Volpi, chief executive of Joost had this to say on the matter...
"When you have a situation where so much good content ends up being potentially exclusive through a single distribution channel, it makes it very difficult for any player outside of those three to be competitive in the UK market."
Is Kangaroo doomed? Is it vaporware? Or will it be a storming success? Who knows...
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Yet more download TV cross pollination! The godly BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable system. Over 350 hours of BBC content from the last week of TV is available through this red button service.
The iPlayer is fast becoming a true multi platform service, and thanks to its excellent design it has few detractors.
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