Great Deal on VUDU Box

[beast0117]

Unlike the flogging I received when I posted a thread a few months back as to why anybody would want to purchase Blu-Ray titles when Vudu offers similar quality, I'll be direct and gentle with you.

First, I'd like to acknowledge those of you (few) that did write back to educate me. I have hundreds of Blu-Ray movies and just wanted to make certain I wasn't wasting money.

I finally picked up the Vudu as a supplimental item.

While it does have some occasional quirks and I'd like ot see some software features added, overall the product is great. And, now you can get it for $100.

The first movie I watched hiccuped/skipped a couple of times, but since then each movie has perfomed really well. Most of what I've ordered has been HD streaminig (not HDX) and superb.

I think for me, that's the ticket. It will be rare that I will plan to order a movie 4+ hours in advance for the HDX version. So, the streaming HD (or SD if unavailable) is really my goal.

It would also be great to see the ability to share multiple boxes and/or content within a home rather than treating them as separate. I'd also like a way to make DVDs from purchased movies. They could easily implement this through basic software and a PC/Mac.

Also, photo/audio streaming from a home network would be great! This hands down trumps the AppleTV quality, and these two other features would place it even further ahead.

We'll see what the future holds, but for $100 (rather than $300 standard price), it's a bargain I think - espeically because there are no monthly fees. You only pay for what you watch.

One last thing; Hollywood... get in the game and stop &^%$#@@ this up already. The music labels screwed everything up and missed their chance for great success melded with a successful guest experience. No Hollywood is doing the same thing. Make it simple; sell your own catalogs and offer the customer to purchase in any format. Forget exclusivity. This is the video game market. Make you content available to all providers. You'll sell more and people won't feel dumb that they can purchase content for one hardware device but not another. Or worse, have to purchase the same item three times (Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital Copy). Create Blu-Rays that are hybrid and contain HD, DVD and Digital Copy. No were getting somewhere. Didn't the Sony UMB fiasco teach you anything?