Comments on: MovieBeam Using Datacasting to Deliver High Def Video on Demand http://thomashawk.com/2006/02/moviebeam-using-datacasting-to-deliver.html Sat, 26 May 2012 02:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2006/02/moviebeam-using-datacasting-to-deliver.html/comment-page-1#comment-16320 Anonymous Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2365#comment-16320 And if you read the details on their site, only 10% of the movie offerings will be "widescreen, dolby 5.1" (meaning HD movies) so 90% of the content will be a Windows Media 9 compressed versions of the DVD version. MovieLink or Akimbo should have made a deal with Disney to run this service on Media Center PC's or the Akimbo box, and elminate the $200 set top box requirement.<br /><br />And the antenna receiving system uses NTSC transmissions over the national PBS network, not the new ATSC digital system currently being implemented. Not sure if that limits bandwidth for the service though. And if you read the details on their site, only 10% of the movie offerings will be “widescreen, dolby 5.1″ (meaning HD movies) so 90% of the content will be a Windows Media 9 compressed versions of the DVD version. MovieLink or Akimbo should have made a deal with Disney to run this service on Media Center PC’s or the Akimbo box, and elminate the $200 set top box requirement.

And the antenna receiving system uses NTSC transmissions over the national PBS network, not the new ATSC digital system currently being implemented. Not sure if that limits bandwidth for the service though.

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