While rumors
have been flowing hot and heavy about VUDU's possible demise, it seems the company has other plans in mind. We've received word that select beta team members are now being asked to try out new downloads that are intended to rival Blu-ray quality. Dubbed HDX movies, these ultra-high-def flicks are currently being watched by folks willing to wait a number of hours (two to three) for a film to start, but there's no guarantee that we'll ever see this hit the masses. Sure, we totally dig the idea of BD-quality content on-demand, but we could almost scoot down to
Blockbuster, rent a bona fide Blu-ray Disc, watch, and return it before a so-called HDX title even begins.
[Thanks, anonymous]
posted Sep 10th 2008 12:02AM
This + Comcast 250gb Limit = Not Happening.
My thought exactly ... Comcast + Vudu = no go
I hate to say it, but this has FAIL written all over it...for lots of reasons.
Don't want it to...more options == more better...but it will.
I doubt I'd have to wait even 15 minutes for it to play... 80 megabit fiber here :-P
Nonetheless, I have been a Vudu user since launch and watch their regular HD movies almost every weekend on my Samsung 50incher. Waiting for "HDX" to come to me..
I hate you...
The envy is currently overflowing...
nobody cares.
douche.
That's all well and good, but I'm sure they'll need more than 5 people to adopt this in order for it to be a success. Good for you though.
The point is that you never have to leave the house. I mean, people wait days to download blu ray quality movies now off TPB.
what is this "leave the house" you speak of?
Yes, tell us moar about this "leave the house" as you say.
I don't mind just renting HD movies from Netflix, don't have to leave the house besides having to go out to the mailbox. :P
Exactly. And Netflix doesn't suck up most of my bandwidth.
I think we're still a ways off from downloading HD movies conveniently.
But, that makes me wonder. Why am I able to watch HD movies on cable in real-time, but can't download them the same way? Isn't it the same amount of data going over the same line?
Anybody know?
Sorry to mention this to you VUDU, but nobody has fibre optic cap-less unthrottled internet as of yet.
except the 400 people in my building: http://paulstamatiou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/pstam_bandwidth_august.png
the power of VUDU
who do?
you do!
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funny
This is a fantastic idea... If there are enough titles, I will totally get a Vudu, despite the fact I already use the 360 movie download service, have a PS3, and use Netflix! This would be perfect for renting, although, I will still buy blu-rays for collecting.
I love how everyone says that digital downloads will kill the disc... but is your ISP gonna keep increasing your bitrate/cap over time so you will be able to download this kind of stuff?
Sure, we've gone from dial-up to cable/DSL, and fiber is the next big thing... but is connectivity ever gonna be fast enough, cheap enough and everywhere for people to enjoy this?
Suddenly, renting a 50GB disc through the mail is a good idea!
This+fios == I laught at poor comcast users.
Meh, I got Netflix for $8.99 a month and I get Unlimited Blu-ray rentals. Nothing rivals Blu-ray right now the quality is amazing. Watched Transformers (just came out) in fact last night on my PS3 and it was sick.
I'm sure it's good quality. It's not BluRay quality though. When you start to have 25GB+ encodes with uncompressed 5.1 or 7.1 audio we can talk about being at BluRay quality.
Excuse me. I mean lossless audio. Most BluRays do not have uncompressed audio.
My interest in this waned after they told me that Vudu has no plans for an international service. As much as I am in favour of digital downloads rather than Blu-Ray, this service can die as far as I am concerned.
I have heard rumors and rumors about VUDU's possible demise. Ha, ha! HDX movies, these ultra-high-def flicks are really great. This is a fantastic idea.
I am willing to select a movie or 2 to rent on Tuesday when they come out and then on Friday they are there to watch. I guess I dont have the need for instant gratification that most have though. Also, HDX, from what I have "heard" is AWESOME.
I select my HD movies on Tuesday and watch them on Friday also. It's called Netflix.