Renting HD film

redgaz26 · Dec 28, 2008

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I've just rented an HD film and it says it will take an hour download. Is this normal?? First time ive tried this

kastenbrust · Dec 28, 2008

thats quite quick, it depends on your internet connection but for an HD Film on standard Broadband thats very fast

chrisgeleven · Dec 28, 2008

Keep in mind, most films are in the 1.5 to 2 hour range, so if it only takes a hour to download the HD copy of the film, in theory you will be able to watch it almost immediately.

redgaz26 · Dec 28, 2008

thats been 2 hours and a half its at 15% but it now says I am able to watch it now. bit late it will keep for tomorrow

VTMac · Dec 28, 2008

redgaz26 said:
thats been 2 hours and a half its at 15% but it now says I am able to watch it now. bit late it will keep for tomorrow

Just for comparison sakes, I have a FIOS connection (15M) and I am able to watch HD movies within about 1-2 minutes on average with no pauses or stuttering.

When I had Comcast (6M) it would take 5-10 minutes... If I'm remembering correctly.

redgaz26 · Dec 28, 2008

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I have a 10m connection from virgin media.

pacmania1982 · Dec 29, 2008

I've always found renting/buying movies or TV Shows from iTunes has always had horribly slow download speeds. I've got Virgin's 20MBit service and its sucky slow!

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