Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/19/08 16:09

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:23:22 -0800, Tim Smith
<reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

>In article
><derekcurrie-DF0112.09250418012008@johnf2.biosci.ohio-state.edu>,
> Derek Currie <derekcurrie@mac.com.invalid> wrote:
>> As of this week you can now even RENT high definition quality
>> (720p) video over the Internet via the Apple iTunes Store.
>
>It's arguable whether or not it is HD, given the low bitrate and high
>compression, compared to, say, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.


I'd bet that Amazon Unbox is cheaper too, and half the time I ever got
an Unbox flic, they discounted the published price for me, because I buy
so much from them.

And yes the compression rate alone should be enough that some
organization out there should make it illegal for them to call it High
Definition, because it most certainly is NOT.

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