A lot of countries including where I sit Australia are still on copper with general low/fragmented connections. The physical ownership of a blu-ray was one big reason movie lovers (like myself) hooked onto blu-ray – and its 5.1 1080p options.

The a huge reason Apple is pushing stream content is that it sees it position as a content distributer, its not just a technology based decision (like many of recent). Its about aggressive pushing out of competitors formats (ads in flash, ads from Google) with replacement technologies it owns (ads in Apps, ads from Apple).

I think a more important question that NewTeeVee should explore is which will become the dominate way to get movies and TV shows off the internet. Download or streaming? I think download is the way since it doesn’t require the user to maintain a constant connection to the internet to view content. You can also store it for later viewing. That and, by using p2p networks, you don’t have the big internet bill that streaming will cost you. In streaming-only favor there is the inability of people to later share what they get over p2p networks, as one streaming pioneers has recently told me about their streaming technology they’re about to roll out.

Then again, if I were to guess, I would guess … both. A combination of the two. Essentially, you having the option to watch what you’re downloading as you’re downloading it. Not one or the other. Those that want to watch it now can. Those that want to watch it later can. Those that are watching it now but are interrupted for whatever reason (doorbell, phone call, screaming kids, nuclear war, etc.) can stop watching it but let it continue to download so they can pick up where they left off.