[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

You're kidding, right?

If you use the feature at the base of the screen and it advance it to "Best," it's HD quality!!!!

Not kidding. I've got an HD TV in the same room as the computer and it is not even close...even when ckicking the HQ button. The computer set to 1600x1200 on an 20" LCD monitor with DVI input and on a 20Mbps connection.

CBS has indicated that MMOD is "broadcasting" the HQ (note HQ, not HD) content at about 1.5Mbps where the "Standard Qaulity" is about 0.5Mbps. The MMOD HQ may look decent enough in a small window or monitor and it may look better than most web broadcasts but it is approximate VHS quality. It is certainly less than even standard DVD quality.

Note that while a lot of people have "broadband", what most have is still not nearly good enough to stream true HD video.

For some interesting info, see (from Here's what fake HD video looks like | George Ou | ZDNet.com):

Source/service	CODEC	Resolution	Bit-rate
Blu-ray	H.264 or MPEG2	1920×1080 1080i/p	40
HD DVD	H.264 or VC-1	1920×1080 1080i/p	28
ATSC HDTV	MPEG2	1920×1080 1080i/p	19.39
Digital cable	MPEG2	1920×1080 1080i/p	~ 16
Verizon FiOS Video on demand	MPEG2	1920×1080 1080i	15
DISH HD	MPEG2/MPEG4	1440×1080	< 10
DIRECTV HD	MPEG2/MPEG4	1280×1080	< 10
IPTV	H.264	?	< 10
Xbox Live Video	VC-1	1280×720 720p	6.8
DVD	MPEG2	720×480 480i *	8
Apple iTunes	QuickTime/H.264	1280×720 720p	4
Web “HD” downloads	H.264	1280×720 720p	1.5