goforit asked: "But isn't the PQ better via OTA than the Internet?"
It depends on the service and your connection speed. I have an internet enabled TV and regularly watch online content from Netflix and VUDU. I have a 15mbs fibre pipe, so speed isn't an issue (normally).
Netflix looks pretty good when I view HD programs. It's not as good as an OTA HD picture, but it's acceptable. Non HD programs on Netflix vary, mostly it's roughly DVD quality.
VUDU is very good. I watch my movies in "HDX", which is 1080p. This is Blue Ray quality. The sound is very good, alothough I do not have a surround system to truly test the sound. I've used VUDU on a 1mbs connection and I could watch it SD quality, and even that was equal to or better than DVD.
I think, especially with products like Google TV right around the corner, online streaming services and devices will become far more mainstream and may even replace DVRs. Why pay a subscription for a device with limited storage where you must set it to record a show, then when you watch the show you have to fast forward through the advertisments? Plus, there's a hard drive in there that will fail when you least expect it.
It depends on the service and your connection speed. I have an internet enabled TV and regularly watch online content from Netflix and VUDU. I have a 15mbs fibre pipe, so speed isn't an issue (normally).
Netflix looks pretty good when I view HD programs. It's not as good as an OTA HD picture, but it's acceptable. Non HD programs on Netflix vary, mostly it's roughly DVD quality.
VUDU is very good. I watch my movies in "HDX", which is 1080p. This is Blue Ray quality. The sound is very good, alothough I do not have a surround system to truly test the sound. I've used VUDU on a 1mbs connection and I could watch it SD quality, and even that was equal to or better than DVD.
I think, especially with products like Google TV right around the corner, online streaming services and devices will become far more mainstream and may even replace DVRs. Why pay a subscription for a device with limited storage where you must set it to record a show, then when you watch the show you have to fast forward through the advertisments? Plus, there's a hard drive in there that will fail when you least expect it.
