> If I ever come across one, I'll let you know. ;-)
>
> Basically I've never seen a video on the Internet that doesn't look 
> horribly mutilated. (Presumably due to the bandwidth constrains it has to 
> fit through...) DVDs, on the other hand, almost always look just fine.

DVDs have a bandwidth of around 10 Mbit/s, but they use an old compression 
technology.  Using modern codecs on faster processors you can get higher 
quality than DVD through 2-5 Mbit/s bandwidth.  A friend of mine watches NFL 
football over the net, in HD quality, at 2mbit/s.  The quality is awesome (I 
plugged my laptop into the TV), way better than any normal TV feed or DVD. 
I was quite surprised how the quality was that good at such a low bitrate - 
but it was using almost 100% of one of my CPUs continuously!

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