Master Vudu discussion - place to talk about your Vudu experience - Page 11

Originally Posted by vikingfan

So you'd pay $15 for a theatrical release on your VUDU, that as many people that could fit in your living room/home theater could watch. All that lost revenue is something you think studios would ever agree too?

Originally Posted by nded

Out of the box the Vudu does not support IR control. The IR kit for the Vudu (allowing you to use your Pronto) is sold on the vudu website for $39. I've seen them on eBay occasionally for much less.

Originally Posted by Bozster

I think you are taking it too far. I'm certainly not going to have 20 people watching the movie and even if I wanted to it's pretty impossible. Who's gonna do that? But even without that, you still pay premium for the privilege. They won't lose money because a lot of people who have theaters and use Vudu most likely don't even go to the theater but wait for the release on Vudu or DVD or Blu-Ray to watch home, and those who do, will continue going to the theater. At least I think so based on what I've heard from people like I am.

But one can dream and hope that day will come. At the very least it would be something that would kick theater chains in the behind and force them to provide better experience for movie watching so you would not want to stay home.

Originally Posted by Bozster


But one can dream and hope that day will come. At the very least it would be something that would kick theater chains in the behind and force them to provide better experience for movie watching so you would not want to stay home.

Originally Posted by Free

I have been noticing that many of the HDX titles are now showing download times of 2 hours, however that is half of the time that it actually takes. I made the mistake tonight of planning a movie, that was supposed to take two hours to download, but it took twice that long, and was unable to watch it. I won't make that mistake again, but am wondering what is going on??

Originally Posted by aaronwt

The theater chains are offering something better with 3D projectors and IMAX(and IMAX 3D) theaters.
If a movie is available in IMAX I will only see it in the IMAX theater now. It is so much better than the reguar theater.
I haven't seen a 3D film or 3D IMAX film yet, but I know several people who have and they could not stop praising it. They couldn't believe how good the 3D was. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see a 3D film later this year since there are several high profile films being released in 3D this year.

And of course I am using my VUDU boxes more andmore. I just wish they would hurry up and offer an external storage solution. My mainbox is pretty full now so I can only rent one or two titles and I have to wait for the extended viewing period offer to end before I can rent something else.

Originally Posted by Bozster

Good point, but I'm not overwhelming excited by IMAX to be honest with you. I appreciate the extra quality but theaters are still behind with technology. They are trying but they didn't have a lot of incentive to upgrade overall.

Originally Posted by Richard Tywoniak

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This was just posted on cepro

Originally Posted by lukester

Makes me a little nervous since I just got my vudu box and like it; however, I am disappointed that I cannot use the 1080p/24 since my tv only supports 1080p/60.

The selling points for me were 1080p, lots of HD titles in 1080p and that it was on sale for 99 dollars. My 30 day trial period is almost up, I'm still on the fence, and this news is making me think a little harder...

Originally Posted by Richard Tywoniak

i dont think the roku box competes in quality but then the downloads are free - what do you expect for free

Originally Posted by Judy Y

I have the netflix box and just recently caught the sale on the vudu box. I love both and for different reasons. When it comes to sound and picture, Netflix cannot compare to vudu. But there are many oddball movies and tv series on Netflix that will NEVER be on vudu. In many cases, I put something in my netflix watch instantly que, watch 5 minutes of it and say;"No, thanks!" and it cost me nothing extra. In a few, rare, cases, I watch a few minutes of something, decide to give it time to develope and find a gem. I find shows that I never would have bothered wasting the effort of having it delivered on dvd to my door or would never have paid extra to rent. And the few times here and there that the box redownloads are hardly worth mentioning.

When I watch vudu, I expect perfection and get it. I plan a time to watch a movie and watch it in HDX format, with the sound up and the lights down.

I bought into HD-dvd early but have not bought a blu-ray player even after HD-dvd bit the dust. Right now, I pretty much feel like I don't need to- since I have vudu. That 99$ has saved me not only the price of the movies I would have bought but the hardware too.

On the flip side, netflix has saved me from buying dvd sets of tv shows I may or may not have liked but wanted to check out. I get the best of both worlds!

Originally Posted by larrimore

This sums it up perfectly for me as well. I see them much more complimentary than competitive.

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

Considering OS2 is Sony...I am not shocked by this.

Originally Posted by larrimore

I added my new box and the credit was instantaneous, so if anyone else is still on the fence it works like a charm.

Originally Posted by kevivoe

Another example of "denial of content" .... sooner or later we will have all movies DL on date of DVD release. Of course "date of DVD release" may become and out of fashion term too.

Open Season 2 releases today and it is a buy SD option only on Vudu for $19.99. I reserved it via Red Box for $0.99 on SD.

I checked PSNetwork online but they only "feature" movies and don't show what is available for DL rent. I wonder if it is DL rent on PSN? I do have some $$ on my PSN account but haven't been there in 5 weeks.

Originally Posted by PSound

Ya think?!

With Netflix VOD being added to BD players it should be pretty obvious that they are complimentary. I use both physical media and Netflix VOD (plus streaming video from network sites), and the option to do both is SWEET!

Originally Posted by fpconvert

... As BD players from the heavy hitters such as panasonic, sony, samsung, lg and software come down in price, machines like this will become marginalized....