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To: Javelyn Bjoli who wrote (11705)4/18/1998 7:44:00 PM
From: Moonray  Read Replies (1) of 25814
 
Javelyn, I am a proponent of DVD and opponent of DVIX. Other than
that, I have no position on NetFlix or their "Divx Killer". I am
glad you found the story I posted interesting. The story DID say
that the service is available NOW. A two hour movie would run you
216,000 frames at 30 frames/second. You may want to rethink how
long this would take to download over the internet and how much
hard disk space this would take. Perhaps later when Internet2 is
completed (up to 100 time faster), the cable modem is more prevalent
and writable DVD is cheaper and faster your idea will be practical.

By the time you get "DIVX killer" off the ground, people will
have cable modems and will be able to record movies to DVD right
off the Net.

To download 3 or 4 movies in a batch, you'd need a large hard drive
instead of a DVD recorder anyway.

o~~~ O
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