As the server capabilities of Xbox Live continue to be upgraded, especially after the Blackout of Winter ‘07, there have been promises made that the time it will take for an HD movie rental to be downloaded will be vastly reduced from about 4hrs to 30 minutes by the end of this year. According to a statement from a Virgin Media spokesperson, their upgraded service will reach more homes than ever before, 9 million by their estimate. Usually a HD movie is about 15GB on the short end. This may be a problem with those who do not have a anything over a 25GB HDD.

[via Tech.co.uk]