No HD available in new CinemaNow, Jaman content for TiVo

[davedonohue]

I was disappointed to read this on NewTeeVee this morning (excerpt follows, full article is here (http://newteevee.com/2008/10/22/tivo-adds-jaman-cinemanow/)):

Contrary to previous promises of HD, movies only come in standard definition and include Disney classics like Dumbo, major blockbuster films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and independent favorites including Supersize Me.

According to Crave (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10073530-1.html), HD remains on the horizon, which is a hopeful sign.

We broke down and bought a refurbished Apple TV last week to complement our S3. Amazon VOD is OK, but the ability to watch HD rentals minutes after actually renting them makes Apple TV a winner in this department for now.

[ZeoTiVo]

it could be in holographic quality with the actors and sound effect technicians recreating the sound in my viewing room -- until they up that 24 hour viewing window I stick with Netflix

[davezatz]

Yeah, it really is time for HD downloads. Wonder what the hold up is? I am looking forward to the diverse Jaman content, though there's some overlap with my (also SD) Netflix Roku box.

Anyhow, here's a screengrab TiVo provided me:
http://www.zatznotfunny.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/tivo-aman-disney-420x315.jpg

[txporter]

What sort of download speeds are you getting from Jaman or Amazon? I downloaded a show from Amazon about a week ago and was getting very slow speeds like 1.5 Mbps or something like that. HD content would take a long time to download at those speeds. Not sure what the bottleneck is. I have 22Mbps capability on road runner.

Jason