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by MikeCapone 5966 days ago
"The future is beckoning. Netflix has just announced an on-demand video-streaming service offering full high-definition picture quality (so-called 1080p, which has 1,080 lines in its picture) with 5.1-channel surround sound. Each stream being watched will require a megabyte a second of bandwidth and a latency of less than 60ms if it is to deliver crisp, pin-sharp video and pristine sound."

Latency doesn't matter with video, afaik. This seems inaccurate.

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Also, Netflix clarified that they aren't doing 1080p this year: http://mashable.com/2010/02/08/netflix-1080p/