Connect Large database of Movies – Vudu Reviews
Launched about a month and a half ago, this device that connects you to a large database of movies, looks great and has good feedback from many of its users. This set-top box relies on high-speed internet connectivity to function at its best. Many similar movie services running on the internet like Movielink, Vongo, Amazon Unbox, Netflix, etc. exist in the market. Most of these require a PC to work. Vudu beats these early competitors with its simple interface, good quality – audio and video, instant movie screening abilities, no subscription fees, etc. The device and service from Vudu, may not be perfect, but comes very close.
The compact set-top box comes for $399, needs an Ethernet connection. Although there’s no Wi-Fi included in the system, a Draft-N Ethernet adapter and an 802.11g port can be connected to enjoy the wireless comfort. The remote control is a breeze to use. It’s very comfortable to use, uses radio frequency, which means you need not aim it at the set-top box. The controls are easy to handle and use.
You can rent these instantly streaming movies from $0.99 to $3.99. To keep neck with the competition, you get 30 days to watch the rental of your choice, and 24 hours to finish watching it, after you’ve hit the play button. The device also comes with a 250GB hard disk drive, where you can permanently store movies, and these can be purchased for as low as $4.99. You’ll have a prepaid account. Use your credit card, fill the balance between $20 and $100, and you’re ready.
Although you can’t send the movies from one TV to another (even within your home), the small sized unit is easily portable. The service has a database of over 5,000 movies, and is hence a dream come true for those who love watching movies. One might think that $399 up front is a big expense, but as is always said, quality comes with a price. However, Vudu seems offer great value for money, as the database of movies expands constantly, and more features are expected to be added. So, your device and the service will not become history in a year’s time.
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November 29th, 2007 - 11:49
VUDU is Pointless & Disappointing
VUDU has some really serious content issues – of the 5,000 advertised titles there’s little to rent. Their movie library if filled with titles one would find on a Hong Kong street corner or flea market. Laughable, amateurish, appalling movies that look like they’re been shot in someone’s basement. Much of the catalog is purchase only. New releases are not available to rent for 3-4 weeks, if ever. Quite a few older titles that have been staples at Blockbuster, or gathering dust at a the local supermarket, are purchase only.
VUDU moderators are blocking forum posts critical of the product.
“Vudu relies on a peer-to-peer network system for faster downloading. So, essentially, this company is using your bandwidth to help it save money it would have otherwise spent on its own servers and bandwidth.” – Walt Mossberg, WSJ
“Plenty of the movies are pure filler. They range from no-name horror cheapies (“San Franpsycho” or “Night Fangs,” anyone?) to superniche flicks like “The History of Texas Longhorns Football” and “Yoga for Depression and Gastro-Intestinal Disorders.”
Another reason: Vudu’s catalog is a victim of what Hollywood calls distribution windows. After a movie leaves theaters, it becomes available through other channels in a strict order: (1) hotels and airlines; (2) DVD; (3) pay-per-view television; (4) movie channels like HBO and Starz; (5) TV and everywhere else.” – David Pogue, NYTimes
“The average consumer, as long as he or she doesn’t have true control over downloads thanks to technology such as digital rights management, is going to have a hard time justifying an expensive set-top box when it has neither the channel-surfing capabilities of a TiVo digital video recorder nor the low to nonexistent price of a DVR provided by a cable television company.” – ZDNet
“That doesn’t count for much when you can’t get “the right movie, right now”. The studios don’t want to rent new releases, because they make more off sales… VUDU sucks and there is no reason to believe they will get better.” – Keith Ohlfs, User Experience Architect, VUDU Inc. 11/24/07
My extended review: http://theillustratedconservative.blogspot.com/2007/11/vudu-pointless-disappointing.html