Is Vudu the new Tivo?
A new challenger comes to dethrone the King, with a few tricks up it's sleeve of course.
Remember that famous Qwest commercial where the guy checks into a hotel and is told that the in-room entertainment offers "every movie ever made?" We're still not quite there yet--but it's not for lack of trying. Over the past few years, more and more on-demand entertainment solutions have become available, but they've all seemed hobbled by one problem or another: lackluster content offerings, pricey subscription fees, and lengthy downloads (Akimbo); limited selection and middling video quality (MovieBeam); requiring users to connect their PC to their TV (CinemaNow, MovieLink); or forcing customers to buy rather than rent content (Apple's iTunes Store via Apple TV). It's exactly those sorts of shortcomings that Vudu was designed to avoid. This small set-top box connects to your TV and streams--for immediate viewing--your choice of any one of thousands of Hollywood movies, including titles from all the major studios (often released in the same week as they're hitting DVD). Video and audio quality is impressively above average, and the $400 box allows users to rent movies for $1 to $4, or to buy them (as a permanent download) for $5 to $20. To be sure, Vudu has its share of issues and caveats, but the easy-to-use Vudu may well be the closest thing to a video store in a box that we've seen to date.
Read all about it here, courtesy of CNET.com
Eric
A new challenger comes to dethrone the King, with a few tricks up it's sleeve of course.
Remember that famous Qwest commercial where the guy checks into a hotel and is told that the in-room entertainment offers "every movie ever made?" We're still not quite there yet--but it's not for lack of trying. Over the past few years, more and more on-demand entertainment solutions have become available, but they've all seemed hobbled by one problem or another: lackluster content offerings, pricey subscription fees, and lengthy downloads (Akimbo); limited selection and middling video quality (MovieBeam); requiring users to connect their PC to their TV (CinemaNow, MovieLink); or forcing customers to buy rather than rent content (Apple's iTunes Store via Apple TV). It's exactly those sorts of shortcomings that Vudu was designed to avoid. This small set-top box connects to your TV and streams--for immediate viewing--your choice of any one of thousands of Hollywood movies, including titles from all the major studios (often released in the same week as they're hitting DVD). Video and audio quality is impressively above average, and the $400 box allows users to rent movies for $1 to $4, or to buy them (as a permanent download) for $5 to $20. To be sure, Vudu has its share of issues and caveats, but the easy-to-use Vudu may well be the closest thing to a video store in a box that we've seen to date.
Read all about it here, courtesy of CNET.com
Eric
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