What speed connection to d/load DVD films?

What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

Gino wrote:
> What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could
> you do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

Ask a meaningful question & you may get a meaningful answer..

It's pratical to download DVD movies at any speed, if you've got the time,
patience & connection time...

Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
> do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

It depends on the newsserver.
I've downloaded a DVD from the plusnet newsserver, without problems,
or having to go elsewhere for fills.
(I had an original which wouldn't read.)

In theory, you can about do a DVD a day on a 512K connection.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:14:51 +0100, Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
>do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

I have 512 at home and it takes about 15 minutes round trip to
Blockbuster and back to rent one.

"Gino" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
> do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

You could but it would depend on the length of the film, how often and how
many you want to download. It should also be added that you would obviously
be downloading from legal sites...

Be careful obivously to avoid ADSL services which place caps on service, and
also note that even the unlimited ones might get a tad touchy if you were
downloading dvd's all the time / every day - ADSL is a contended service
(i.e. 50:1 etc) that means you have to share your 512 with 50 others - they
won't be very happy if your using it 1:1.

Sam


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"Gino" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
> do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

You could but it would depend on the length of the film, how often and how
many you want to download. It should also be added that you would obviously
be downloading from legal sites...

Be careful obivously to avoid ADSL services which place caps on service, and
also note that even the unlimited ones might get a tad touchy if you were
downloading dvd's all the time / every day - ADSL is a contended service
(i.e. 50:1 etc) that means you have to share your 512 with 50 others - they
won't be very happy if your using it 1:1.

Sam


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most films come at about 650mb (ish)
ive done some in about 4 hours,
otherwise just leave it going all nite



"Gino" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
> do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

"MH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:ck9c5u$c09$(E-Mail Removed):

> most films come at about 650mb (ish)
> ive done some in about 4 hours,
> otherwise just leave it going all nite

That's not a DVD film, that is a film ripped from a DVD and compressed.
If the OP wants to download DVD images then they're more likely to be 4
gigs or so.
If the OP just wants to download films then 700Mb is what I find more
common than 640-650 as most people use 80min cdrs and the extra 50 Meg
makes all the difference in quality.

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Colin
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On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:14:51 +0100, Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could
>you do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

A typical DVD is alround 4.3Gig so should take around 24 hours at
full 512k speed.

Personnally I get xvid or divx of DVDs as they take arund 4-5 hours
instead.

Rich

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On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:14:51 +0100, Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What speed connection would you need to download DVD films, could you
>do it with 512k or would that be impracticle? TIA

A full DVD is 4.5GB
4.5GB = 4,500MB
4,500MB = 4,500,000(ish)KB

512Kb = 64KB

So 4,500,000 / 64 = 70313 seconds
= 1172 minutes
= 19.5 hours

So there you go. 1 DVD = 19.5 hours at full download speed.
(Many films are downloaded in VCD/SVCD format which average at about
1.5GB - so about 6 hours)

I'm sure someone may correct my maths.

zeebop