My brain pulled out of snapshot mode and returned to normal video mode, and this transition itself was a bit jarring.

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"I think a million concurrent streams will not work on top of normal video traffic, " said Graham Moore, from web traffic management firm Zeus Technology.

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Given that a standard movie is 2.5 hours long, that translates to 2.5 GB for a normal video and 7.5 GB for an HD video.

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The runners in Blitz move so quickly that they pick up 20 yards in the time it takes normal video game athletes to gain five.

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Everyone is going nuts about the latest Apple iPhone ads, which feature normal people using FaceTime video chat to laugh and cry together.

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Thus, some 310 Mbps of HD video were added to the normal traffic on a 622 Mbps (OC-12) network link.

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Although these tapes did not match the standard of normal TV transmissions, they would still be better than the video we have today, especially if processed using digital technology.

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