i've actually never rented an HD movie off video marketplace. However I have rented a few SD movies and on my FiOS 15mbit connection, it only took like 15-20 to buffer and i could play the movie from then on.
one of the common misunderstandings of the video marketplace is that you have to download the WHOLE thing before you can watch it. In fact, all you have to do is buffer enough so that, assuming a relatively constant connection speed, you can watch the whole movie uninterrupted while it downloads in the background.
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i've actually never rented an HD movie off video marketplace. However I have rented a few SD movies and on my FiOS 15mbit connection, it only took like 15-20 to buffer and i could play the movie from then on.
one of the common misunderstandings of the video marketplace is that you have to download the WHOLE thing before you can watch it. In fact, all you have to do is buffer enough so that, assuming a relatively constant connection speed, you can watch the whole movie uninterrupted while it downloads in the background.