PS3 to get HD movies from all major movie studios

by Stuff.tv on Mar 11, 2010

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Sony has signed a deal that will make its PS3 the first console to offer HD movies from all six major movie studios – but will you be downloading?

Sony has announced its signed a deal with all six major movie studios to bring even more movie releases in high def to its PS3 console.

PS3 owners have been able to download movies through their console for some time, but this new deal with make the console the first one to offer HD movies from every major movie studio.

With 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution on side, you can expect films such as Fantastic Mr Fox, Up, Star Trek and District 9 available for download, either to buy or rent.

The new offerings have gone live in the States already, with films currently appearing on US PSN for around US$5.99 to rent and US$19.99 to own in HD.

We'll bring you news of Australian availability when it comes to hand.

Will you use your PS3 for HD movie downloads? Let us know below.

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"i'd be happy if the PS3 could play some higher def rips I've done. Handbrake is good for creating anamorphic MP4 files which can, in theory (and bit rate), look better than the standard 720xwhateve..."

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PaytonLiu Mar 11, 2010 1:20 PM	It sounds good, but...yep Australia's limited Internet service would make you suffer if you try to download 20+ GBs HD movie. As for myself, I've got an Optus monthly plan of only 20GB(20000MB actually, uploads included), so SONY can count me out of this. Comment made about the PC Authority article: PS3 to get HD movies from all major movie studios? Sony has signed a deal that will make its PS3 the first console to offer HD movies from all six major movie studios – but will you be downloading? What do you think? Join the discussion.
petergaskin Mar 11, 2010 8:10 PM	Even if you had the download amount, how long do you think it would take to download a 20gb hd movie? Who has the time to wait that long?
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. Mar 12, 2010 1:57 AM	PaytonLiu, AAPT (and soon TPG) offer unlimited broadband services, so it's feasible.
PaytonLiu Mar 12, 2010 1:33 PM	Then as petergaskin said, the speed is big problem. According to http://www.speedtest.net/global.php#0 Australia ranks 43 in the world with average download speed of 5.33Mb/s, but that includes schools, universities and corporations. I can't find out the average household internet download speed, and I don't think it's practical to bring your PS3 to places like universities and companies. My maximum download speed is 220KByes/sec at around 2:00AM, and it's not my right to change the ISP due to ownership issue.
wbeasley Mar 13, 2010 12:53 AM	i'd be happy if the PS3 could play some higher def rips I've done. Handbrake is good for creating anamorphic MP4 files which can, in theory (and bit rate), look better than the standard 720xwhatever rips we are currently limited to. if Sony up the codecs to handle higher res files (which devices like Western Digital media boxes easily handle) it would be great. better than downloading huge high-res files :)