[Nate Stephens] "yes we have had H264 for awhile now, but, have you ever seen it streamed at full screen 24" with out all the hicups.... I haven't. I have seen half screen with out the hicups, but not full screen 1,700kbps.. "
Yes, I have. Many, many times. You guys are living in a cave if you haven't seen fullscreen HD streaming until recently. Netflix Instant Viewing, for example, is 2200kbps. And they call it Instant Viewing for a reason.
I think your confusion exists because you use the Quicktime Player browser plugin. It doesn't have a fullscreen button for some reason. Every other player does. Flash 9 now supports h264 (which isn't much different than VC1 or Divx) so I guess this is the first time you've seen h264 full screen.
Here are some examples:
ABC (watch Lost in HD right now):
http://abc.go.com/player/
Apple Trailers
http://www.apple.com/trailers/
They've been using QTL links instead of the QT browser plugin for a while now. So you can watch fullscreen in the regular QT Player. If you're on a cable modem, you can start playback immediately.
Divx Stage 6 has been around so long they just shut it down recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage6
They had HD streaming since 2006. That's 2006, as in 2 years ago.
There's many more. Maybe certain streaming server services suck, and I guess you're trying to sell this one or something and you're saying it doesn't suck. That's cool, but please don't pretend this is some amazing new technology.
Sean
