Amiga/Ares/AROS/Any Media Center now in beta stage

[Andre.Siegel]

I share the opinion with Micro$oft... BD was obsolete when it came out...

Quick reminder: Microsoft co-created the HD DVD format and released an HD DVD drive peripheral for its XBOX 360 game console. Microsoft and other former HD DVD backers such as Toshiba are not euphoric BluRay proponents because of the former high definition optical disc format war which they lost...

It would be difficult to argue that Microsoft considered BD 'obsolete' while releasing a technical equivalent at the same time.

Also, even in 2010, years after the launch of BD and HDDVD, internet bandwidth is still not high enough to make internet streaming a viable mainstream alternative for *high definition* content consumption. The average US household has an internet connection with a mere 4Mbit bandwidth...

[Andre.Siegel]

Well at home i have only 4Mbit too but it works great with HD-Streaming (720p).

I would like to emphasize the word "household" in my previous post. Statistically, 2.5 people live in the average US household, which share the bandwidth I mentioned.

As soon as multiple people are involved, 4Mbit is rather limited (for video streaming).

Also, "works great" is obviously subjective. My 16MBit internet connection is relatively fast but 720P video streams do load annoyingly slow quite often (YouTube, etc.). Most viewers expect near-instant video streaming based on their TV viewing habits. If BluRay is to be replaced, buffering data for multiple minutes will have to be a thing of the past.