Just got an OnLive console!
- Thread starter PalmerTech
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Comcast actually has a 250gb cap now. *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ers.
Anyway, I tried OnLive, and Kyle does have a point. Just pick a game and within a matter of a second you get to play the nearly full game for a certain amount of time (usually 30 min before you have to relaunch the trial). However, they definitely need to work on the video quality, and the input lag wasn't near as bad as I expected, but definitely still there (especially in UT3). Then there's the fact I'm not willing to buy a "playpass" for all my games, just so I can use them with OnLive without actually owning anything (essentially just leasing the use of their server for that game). The "monthly playpass" does seem like a very interesting idea though, similar to Netflix Streaming, but they don't have enough games under that monthly pass to make it worth it yet in my opinion. Overall, its a very neat idea, and fun to mess around with, but until they fix the execution, it'll just stay as something to play around with for me.
Anyway, I tried OnLive, and Kyle does have a point. Just pick a game and within a matter of a second you get to play the nearly full game for a certain amount of time (usually 30 min before you have to relaunch the trial). However, they definitely need to work on the video quality, and the input lag wasn't near as bad as I expected, but definitely still there (especially in UT3). Then there's the fact I'm not willing to buy a "playpass" for all my games, just so I can use them with OnLive without actually owning anything (essentially just leasing the use of their server for that game). The "monthly playpass" does seem like a very interesting idea though, similar to Netflix Streaming, but they don't have enough games under that monthly pass to make it worth it yet in my opinion. Overall, its a very neat idea, and fun to mess around with, but until they fix the execution, it'll just stay as something to play around with for me.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
How much flexibility does the service give you when it comes to configuring settings, controls, and such?
As for bandwidth caps, Shaw gives you 60GB for their standard plan, 350GB on the most expensive one. It's pretty low, actually, but I've only managed to exceed the 60GB cap once (downloading a bunch of stuff on Steam). I'm sure an OnLive style service would rape that limit even worse. Anyone know what the bitrate is?
Playing games instantly is kind of cool. Would it be possible to stream game data fast enough for it to be run on a local machine? I'm not sure how well that would work.
As for bandwidth caps, Shaw gives you 60GB for their standard plan, 350GB on the most expensive one. It's pretty low, actually, but I've only managed to exceed the 60GB cap once (downloading a bunch of stuff on Steam). I'm sure an OnLive style service would rape that limit even worse. Anyone know what the bitrate is?
Playing games instantly is kind of cool. Would it be possible to stream game data fast enough for it to be run on a local machine? I'm not sure how well that would work.
SuperDestroyer026
Newb
I have one too, got one back at Christmas time, pretty cool.
