Great Deal on VUDU Box

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by mapledragon

The HD and HDX versions are rentals only. If you download it, the license expires and you can't watch it again whenever you watn to. They're really like renting blu-ray disks, except at lower quality.

Also, what happens when a studio decides to pull a movie? Do you really expect EVERYTHING to ALWAYS be available? What if a studio decides to retire a movie? You won't be able to rent it any longer and you can't buy it from someone else who might have it. What happens if VUDU goes out of business? It is a new business, happens all the time. You'll be stuck with a player that can rent movies anymore and maybe a few DVD quality movies you downloaded onto the hard drive.

[Movie-Grrl]

I actually came here since I was considering purchasing a BD player, however this Vudu Box may better fit my needs. Think I'll order one tomorrow and see how it works out. I'll keep you all posted.

Thanks Obi

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by Movie-Grrl

I actually came here since I was considering purchasing a BD player, however this Vudu Box may better fit my needs. Think I'll order one tomorrow and see how it works out. I'll keep you all posted.

Thanks Obi

You're very welcome. I love mine.

[Tempest]

$6. to watch a movie in HD? Ouch.. Watch a movie 2-3 times and you could of purchased it on Blu Ray with superior quality. I would rather stick to renting through Net Flix for about $1.10 a movie in Blu Ray for those I don't want to buy. Now if they had something on par with Netflix I might consider it, but even so, my DSL internet connection is not fast enough and AT&T internet provider has some kind of Anti Heavy Use cap/restrictions in place as I have found out.

They need to offer a montly fee like netflix where you can watch whatever you want for the monthly fee. But even if they did that and were more reasonable... they just don't have everything available either so that makes them unable to replace my netflix once again.

[jkwest]

whoa...didn't notice it was $6 per rental...lol...pass..

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by jkwest

whoa...didn't notice it was $6 per rental...lol...pass..

They are not 6 bucks per rental. Don't believe evrything you read. LOL....
Check out their website. They run anywhere from .99 and up, most are in the 3.99 range which is cheaper than going to the video store.

[Josh]

This is turning into a revolving advertisement. Closing.

And I don't want to see any PMs about my decision. Its final.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by Tempest

$6. to watch a movie in HD? Ouch.. Watch a movie 2-3 times and you could of purchased it on Blu Ray with superior quality. I would rather stick to renting through Net Flix for about $1.10 a movie in Blu Ray for those I don't want to buy. Now if they had something on par with Netflix I might consider it, but even so, my DSL internet connection is not fast enough and AT&T internet provider has some kind of Anti Heavy Use cap/restrictions in place as I have found out.

They need to offer a montly fee like netflix where you can watch whatever you want for the monthly fee. But even if they did that and were more reasonable... they just don't have everything available either so that makes them unable to replace my netflix once again.

No, actually the point of it is no monthly fee. Also the majority of movies are not 6.00.
If you had read the entire thread, the purpose of me getting the Vudu box was
1. No monthly fees
2. No trips to the video store
3. No waiting for netflix movies to come to my mailbox
4. Streaming movies instantly on the HDTV.
5. Their HDX format movies are just about as good as Blu-ray.
6. No more blind buying Blu-ray movies that I haven't seen yet.

Now if you don't have a Vudu box or know someone that has one, how could you know what the quality of it is? What do you base your opinion on?
The other thing is I don't want to pay a monthly fee because there are actually times where I go over a month and not watching anything so for me that would be money wasted.
I personally loved Netflix when they were new but can't stand them now.
For me the Vudu box was the way to go.

I actually did try the Netflix download stuff and hated it. The quality was pretty bad. Not so with Vudu. I also prefer cable modem(which I have) over DSL.
I would suggest Vudu over any of the other services out there and I have tried most of them. Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon Unbox(I tried them all). None of these come close to the quality of Vudu.

Also Vudu has more deals in place and is constantly adding to their library.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

Also, what happens when a studio decides to pull a movie? Do you really expect EVERYTHING to ALWAYS be available? What if a studio decides to retire a movie? You won't be able to rent it any longer and you can't buy it from someone else who might have it. What happens if VUDU goes out of business? It is a new business, happens all the time. You'll be stuck with a player that can rent movies anymore and maybe a few DVD quality movies you downloaded onto the hard drive.

I did a lot of research on this before buying. I honestly don't think they will go under since they are connected now with Best Buy.
As far as studios pulling movies, the same can be said for every other movie streaming/download site, (Apple TV, Netflix/Roku etc)
Right now they have over 12,000 movies and tons of TV shows. Like I said before, after doing the research with every other streaming/download option, Vudu came out on top in my book. Their SD stuff is about DVD quality, and their HD is better than DVD, HDX is very close to Blu-ray quality.