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....Really are unlimited too... i've checked and for the last 6 months i've averaged around 500Gb a month of downloads, never heard a whisper, seen a letter or anything from them.... oh and i can sit there downloading at a nice 2.1MB/s from my lovely 24Mbps connection. All for £18 a month....

Some of the Apple downloads are coming with Dolby Digital now, sure they're only 720p but hey.... and as i've said to so many people *having to have* the best audio systems, such as DTS-MA and then listening through their Pioneer all in one system that cost £200... you, honestly, really, 100% guaranteed won't hear the difference between that and standard Dolby Digital (once you've got over the standard dB boost as used by DTS). As for the video being able to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p ain't all that easy... i'm more than happy with 720p for the most part, but then again i do sit 12 feet from a 40" screen....

What is currently offered and probably will be for a while is perfectly adequate for "Mr Average" who whilst he'll say he has to have the best, in reality probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all.... sure there are us AV folk who can and do want the best, so we'll whinge until we get it.... but i'm happy with HD DVD still, just a shame we have no new films :(

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