New on-demand set-top box

[ethanol]

[img width=610 height=277]http://images.vudu.com/v4/product_1.jpg[/img]

They're now taking orders for VUDU. $399 for the box plus rental/purchase fees. kinda ouch.

Hrm. Why does this look so familiar? ;D

[bushido_cedar]

I cannot comment on that one

[jestyr]

I can, as I turned down the beta, and all agreements tied to it.. The hardware is real, the quality/performance is definitely subpar for such a costly system. I liken it to an HD Akimbo. Not really on demand. I'm a little bearish on this setup

Defenitely a wait and see product

[ethanol]

i heard that not all movies are in HD and there really isn't a good indicator of which are.

my gut is... $399 plus fees for this... or $350/$450 plus fees for an Xbox 360... the Xbox definitely wins.

[bushido_cedar]

i heard that not all movies are in HD and there really isn't a good indicator of which are.

my gut is... $399 plus fees for this... or $350/$450 plus fees for an Xbox 360... the Xbox definitely wins.

The content you may or may not have seen is not the actual release content...

but personally I'll stick to buying movies on xbox live at this point..

[Firebert]

[quote="bushido_cedar "]
The content you may or may not have seen is not the actual release content... ]

You can get movies on Xbox live?

[ethanol]

[quote="bushido_cedar "]
The content you may or may not have seen is not the actual release content... ]
who, me? i've never seen one of these things before.

[bushido_cedar]

You can get movies on Xbox live?

Yes, and some in HD, and not too expensive either..

[zol]

or

http://www.tivo.com/whatistivo/tivohd/index.html

[ethanol]

http://www.tivo.com/whatistivo/tivohd/index.html

Amazon Unbox doesn't currently do HD.

ps. CableCARDs are fun to install. or not.

[jestyr]

Amazon Unbox doesn't currently do HD.

ps. CableCARDs are fun to install. or not.

LIAR!

[ethanol]

btw, both Jestyr and i have TiVo HDs. after a few software patches and larger hard drive i'm quite pleased. then again, rumor is Cox will * us later this year with an architectural change.

[Wasabi]

necro-for-the-win

Walmart just bought Vudu.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/enterta ... -vudu.html

[bushido_cedar]

Netflix streaming has really made vudu obsolete, that and the fact that even when the hardware is free (its included in some TVs now) they still can't sell the stuff.

[Wasabi]

yup. Not saying I endorse Vudu. Just updating this topic with new information and the interesting twist of Walmart getting involved. I don't think that Vudu can compete much with Netflix streaming and Hulu. Unless Walmart gives a Vudu out for free if you buy a bag of popcorn kind of thing.. lol