[Novalug] Optimal internet speed for Netflix?

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, greg pryzby wrote:

> give me 720p vs 1080i (which is 540 for each refresh vs 720 each refresh)
>
> I remember a few years ago when I moved from 27" tube to HD. I took
> the kids and said, watch the TV and tell me what you think looks best.
> We ended up w 720p which I am very happy about. We don't watch sports.
> I have seem some pixelation on explosions, but overall, happy w/ the
> money save w 720 vs 1080. Panasonic is the brand

we stuck with a CRT for years but last month Sears was having a sale 
on the LED flat screens and we purchased a 1080p Samsung LED 
flatscreen. Out video source is Dish Network (we have had it for years 
because we did not get good reception on broadcast locally).

Watching broadcast HD movies on this thing is amazing. We saw one of the 
episodes of Lord of the Rings last night and the clarity of the 
picture was better than in the movie theater. Of course Dish Network is 
not free.

In addition the power requirements for the TV are much less than for our 
CRT TV. I did find a good home for the old CRT - one of my friends had his 
TV die the day we got the flatscreen :-)

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> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Paul <opensource at unixoses.com> wrote:
>> I'd be very happy with 1080i.  I'm still very impressed with OTA HDTV at
>> 1080i and dobly surround.  Sounds like I'd need at least 6mb to get a
>> decent picture.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, September 12, 2010 10:51 pm, Ken Kauffman wrote:
>>> To amplify, 1080i is delivered, but I concur with Greg on 1080p not being
>>> sent anywhere.
>>>
>>> K
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 22:26, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My understanding is there is NOTHING delivered to the US household
>>>> that is 1080p via HD via cable today. That was after a long talk
>>>> (maybe 2 years ago) with the tech and some people who should know.
>>>>
>>>> It isn't Blu-ray.
>>>>
>>>> We haven't moved to Netflix again. Thinking about it and dropping the
>>>> movie channels. We watch recorded or 'on demand'. If you pay for the
>>>> movie channels, you can watch most movies showing that month when you
>>>> want. I only watch HD (well, I have probably watched 2 movies on 2+
>>>> years in standard def)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 9:46 PM, John Franklin <franklin at elfie.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I've been using Netflix streaming for five months or so.  I've never
>>>> seen
>>>> it do 1080-anything.  On occasion, I've gotten a 720p picture, but I
>>>> suspect
>>>> it's low-bitrate for 720p.  This is with Comcast cable modem and a
>>>> 802.11n
>>>> wireless link to a PS3.
>>>>>
>>>>> jf
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Paul wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all.  We have 1.5mb DSL.  Compared to DVD and HDTV OTA, On demand
>>>>>> netflix quality is bad IMO.  Does the quality go up with internet
>>>> speed
>>>> I
>>>>>> am guessing?  If so, is there an optimal speed that would approach HD
>>>>>> quality (1080p)?  Also noticed it does not even give Dolby Digital
>>>>>> Surround.  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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