POLL: What size movies are you willing to download?

[encrypt3d]

(im too stupid to make a poll so}
What size movies are you willing to download?

A. less then 10mb
B. 11-20MB
C. 20-50MB
D. 50MB+

Im wondering how high quality I can upload videos of whatever.

[Nermal]

How long would these movies be? I have been known to download 2 GB feature-length movies.

[Powerbook G5]

You may want to alter the sizes for your poll because anyone with a broadband connection (and millions have one) could download a 50 meg file in a matter of a half a minute.

[jefhatfield]

(im too stupid to make a poll so}
What size movies are you willing to download?

A. less then 10mb
B. 11-20MB
C. 20-50MB
D. 50MB+

Im wondering how high quality I can upload videos of whatever.

i have 56k so less than 5 mb is fine for me

i hate it when my friends at my old job send me huge email files lasting minutes long because they are so BORED at work

note: if you are lazy and proud of it, become a federal employee since most likely you won't find a more nosepicker job out there..but it you get bored easily and constantly like challenge and growth, then don't go there ;)

[Calvinatir]

i download 2GB+ all the time.., Im have a blockbuster suply on my computer..

[King Cobra]

If I think a music video will be worth it, then I'll put my s***ty-ass 28.8K dial-up to work and download the 50+MB file...the limit for me is about 100MB.

My most recent big video downloads were ≈40MB and 75MB, though the 75MB file was through a slow network and happened to be the only place that had the file I wanted. (I pulled a 22-hour overnighter with that one, and it was worth it. http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif)

[wdlove]

(im too stupid to make a poll so}
What size movies are you willing to download?

A. less then 10mb
B. 11-20MB
C. 20-50MB
D. 50MB+

Im wondering how high quality I can upload videos of whatever.

You shouldn't call yourself stupid. Take pride in what you have accomplished. Apparently you are into biking, that takes talent.

Since Mac OS X allows you to continue other projects while downloading, my vote is for 50MB+

[Benjamin]

8GB.

[Doctor Q]

Another way to ask is how long you would wait for a movie to download. 30 seconds? 1 minute? 5 minutes?

For me, a couple minutes is about my tolerance limit, unless I really know it's going to be worth it.

[Powerbook G5]

If I can download it at full speed, I am willing to download up to a few gigs at a sitting.

[Thanatoast]

bittorrent is neat. broadband is everyone's friend.

i've downloaded entire seasons of shows, taking over a week of constant uptime and over 5 gigs downloaded (and more uploaded) at modem speeds.

with an always on connection, the size of the file doesn't really matter. even the download time doesn't matter. it wouldn't work for rentals yet, but purchases would be fine in my book.

[coolsoldier]

My upper limit is about 200MB. If I start regularly downloading files that are bigger than that, I start getting complaints from my ISP for hogging bandwidth.

[Powerbook G5]

Do ISPs really complain if you download too much? You'd think by unlimited they would mean unlimited.

[Awimoway]

My ISP just boosted me from 768 kbps down to 3000 for free. >50 MB wouldn't bother me.

[coolsoldier]

Do ISPs really complain if you download too much?

I don't know that they ever actually said unlimited, but Comcast has in the past complained about users downloading too much. Might be time to switch to DSL...

[Awimoway]

Might be time to switch to DSL...

Why would they be any less uptight about it?

[sushi]

You may want to alter the sizes for your poll because anyone with a broadband connection (and millions have one) could download a 50 meg file in a matter of a half a minute.
Try FTTH...about 550MB per minute! :D

Sushi

[iGav]

I'm sure I read somewhere that if movies were to be made available in an iTMS store kind of way, then the bandwidth of the Atlantic Optical Data cable thingy would be maxed and things would really start slowing down for everybody regardless of Broadband connection speed

[Nermal]

Do ISPs really complain if you download too much? You'd think by unlimited they would mean unlimited.

There's usually some fine print somewhere. With my connection, I'm allowed to transfer up to 10 GB per month, after which I have to pay 20c per MB. At that point it's cheaper to open a temporary second account for $30, and get another 10 gigs :)

I know that some ISPs simply slow down your connection once you reach a certain limit. MSN does that (at least here in NZ they do), it slows down to dialup speed once you've transferred 10 GB.

[blue&whiteman]

my isp has a 15GB limit each month. i'm sure I have gone over it every single month yet they have not said a thing to me. often I transfer well over 1GB each day. if the amount I download ever becomes a problem with my isp I will just upgrade to the pro connection they offer which allows 30GB for 20 more each month. my current connection is 5mbit and the pro is 8mbit

about the movie size question. I mainly download films that are 2 700MB. some are even 3 700MB files. sounds like a lot to some but the quality can't be beat.

[Angelus]

the biggest file i've ever downloaded on my 56k was 320MB.
Obviously, it took ages but i had that right of passage feeling when it was done.

[Mokona]

To me size doesn't matter. My VDSL-connection has a speed of 13Mbits/sec so any size is okay :D

[stoid]

For those of you that download these massive files, go into Activity Monitor and click on the Network tab. What kind of numbers do you have in Data in: and Data out:? I remember having about 4GB once, but being on a laptop I shutdown my computer more frequently and that resets the values, otherwise it'd be a LOT higher :D

[Jovian9]

Full size....so that I could burn a DVD with it and watch it at DVD quality.

[sushi]

To me size doesn't matter. My VDSL-connection has a speed of 13Mbits/sec so any size is okay :D
Wow, that's slow!

How much do you pay for this per month?

Sushi

[Mr. Anderson]

For me it really doesn't matter - it matters more what I'm downloading :D

D

[Mokona]

Wow, that's slow!

How much do you pay for this per month?

Sushi
We have VDSL-connections here in Sweden at 26 Mbits/s, although I'm a bit too far away from a phone station to utilize it... so my speed is 13. I pay about 399 SEK/month, that's about $45 i think.

[encrypt3d]

im talking about all original "home" movies of like snow/wake board or little "shorts" about what ever.

[edesignuk]

If the server can serve at a decent speed (100kb/sec+ is enough), then I am happy to download a full DVD of 4.5GB (and have done many times :eek: ;) :D).

[1macker1]

4G will be cool. But like edesignuk stated, i must have a good speed.

I dont understand why people dont use DVD shrink to get the file down to a smaller size. I wonder what's the lowest u can go without seeing distortion in the movie once u burn it.

[gekko513]

If it's a short, supposedly fun, video that I found on a web site that I just happened to surf by, then it certainly has to be less than 10MB for me to bother ... even if I have a "broadband" 768Kbit line.

On second thought, I would prefer 1MB previews and 10-50MB films.

[QCassidy352]

For me it really doesn't matter - it matters more what I'm downloading :D

D

yeah, absolutely. If it's worth it, I'll leave it to download for hours (when I'm away).

[sushi]

We have VDSL-connections here in Sweden at 26 Mbits/s, although I'm a bit too far away from a phone station to utilize it... so my speed is 13. I pay about 399 SEK/month, that's about $45 i think.
Thanks for the info!

In Japan, ADSL varies between 1.5 Mbps to 40 Mbps. Cost for ADSL and ISP serivce is about $25 to $45. Marketing hype is for the fastest line service. Of course like you stated, the rate that you actually see is dependent on where you live. So most won't see that level of throughput.

FTTH (100 Mbps) is about $45, but not available everywhere.

To test Internet connection speeds (PC or Mac), I DL System 9.2 US Update (about 83MB) always from the Apple site. With FTTH, it takes about 8-9 seconds. :)

Sushi

[Koodauw]

I wouldn't download movies. so I would say 0. But thats just me.

[MrMacMan]

Full size....so that I could burn a DVD with it and watch it at DVD quality.
I must agree.

DVD quality of Better (new quicktime format perhaps? H.whateveritwas?).


I don't mind download, its storage which my my problem... 80 GB... I have very few left of it now. :eek:

[virividox]

3 gigs is fine with me

[sushi]

storage which my my problem... 80 GB... I have very few left of it now.
I am running out of space as well.

Currently have right at 1,000 GB, but need more.

Looking to get another external HD!

Sushi

[Mantat]

Of course, all the files you guys are talking about are totaly legal and copyright free? Right?

And yes, even porn is copyrighted!

[themadchemist]

as big as they get, baby. If I could only find them. P2P doesn't work worth crap @ my school, so that's not really an option (bandwidth caps).

[stoid]

In terms of short movies, as long as they have the Internet Fast Start thing enabled so that I can start watching it before it's done downloading, I wouldn't mind any size. It's a pain though to spend the time to download the movie, only to find out that it sucks. If I know right away, I can move on to some other movie. :cool:

[blue&whiteman]

If the server can serve at a decent speed (100kb/sec+ is enough), then I am happy to download a full DVD of 4.5GB (and have done many times :eek: ;) :D).


you should d/l divx rips instead. I have a copy of two towers that is perfect quality and its only 1.4 GB. there are many like this all over. some divx codec is so good that in a single 700 MB file you can fit a rip that only loses about 10% of the originals quality. i'm in awe at times of the high quality and lack of artifacts that some divx has.

[MrMacMan]

I am running out of space as well.

Currently have right at 1,000 GB, but need more.

Looking to get another external HD!

Sushi
Wait you have a Terabyte left and you need more?

Whhhhaaaaaaaattttt?

You should also try Xvid.

Its pretty damn good, even compared to Divx, its awesome.

[Powerbook G5]

Funny, I have an 80 gig HD and cannot even try filling 1/4 of it even with all the random stuff I have on it.

[fistful]

Largest file I have downloaded in the past year is 368mb, took about a week at 24,600 bps. Ever since I had a separate line put in for the sole purpose of internet it dropped from 34,400 bps to 24,600 bps.

I sure do miss my Cable connection! :(

[King Cobra]

Funny, I have an 80 gig HD and cannot even try filling 1/4 of it even with all the random stuff I have on it.

"Whoa, after a year, I still have 3GB left! I'll never fill this thing up." - something I said after using my Bondi Blue iMac for a full year. Amazing how times change.

Largest file I ever downloaded was 270MB, off a host that kept reconnecting me, disconnecting me, then downloaded slowly on me. That took about two weeks, on and off.

But for "shorts" type of home videos, I don't usually don't go over 10MB.

[sushi]

Wait you have a Terabyte left and you need more?

Whhhhaaaaaaaattttt?

You should also try Xvid.

Its pretty damn good, even compared to Divx, its awesome.
I am not a fan of Divx.

I may check out Xvid.

Then again, storage space is getting so cheap these days.

About 10 years ago, I paid $1,200 for a GB, as in one GB.

Today, prices are so cheap relatively speaking.

Sushi