An HD iPad brings with it a number of interesting implications. Apple mobile device users love their video, and high-def content ups the ante for both content and broadband providers. For the content folks, there’s likely to be increased anxiety around content security, and fears of greater piracy. For the ISPs, this is one more way subscribers can bog down their networks. That’s good for getting users to sign on for higher-tier Internet packages, and it’s a potential way to push the metered billing agenda. But it’s bad for operators who are already facing a bandwidth crunch, and need to open up their wallets for further network upgrades.
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HD Video resolutions are already set (1080i/p and 720p), so just because the iPad's resolution increases, doesn't mean that video resolution will increase. It'll be the same as it is today. Some use 720p and some use 1080p. Both will need to be scaled up to the iPad 3's resolution if viewed full screen.
I don't see the logic in the whole second paragraph of Mari's post here.
Why does higher pixel density on iPads have to do with ISP bandwidth usage? Do you think streaming video providers started sending higher bandwidth streams to iPhones and iPods once they got "retina displays"? Cuz I don't. And I'm not sure why things would be different on tablets.
Further, from what I've read, most of the bandwidth that Netflix and Hulu ship ends up going to lean-back uses, no?
And I don't get the security or piracy implications either.
Sorry for the dissent, and happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.
I read about this on Gizmodo and my thought was that this fits right in line with when the iPad 3 would be coming out, in any case.