The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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RonV is a VUDU forum moderator. Take his biased payed for comments with a grain of salt. VUDU moderators have a habit of not being honest about their VUDU affiliation. Deceitful would be a good word for this. I was a VUDU beta tester, honesty is not what VUDU does best.
I have two DirecTV HDPlus systems and their HD selection far exceeds what VUDU offers or will ever offer (on VUDU it's just 3 lousy titles). It's laughable that he even said that. Plus, DirecTV is rolling out a VOD service.
With DirecTV you get hundreds of channels, PPV, VOD, great customer service - why bother will a company like VUDU that will likely go under before the year is up? Plus, DirecTV will often give the box and installation for free to sign up or upgrade.
What Bias CJohn? You should be honest that you were a beta tester that got kicked out of the program because you couldn't follow the rules of the program.
I stated that the folks here should read the press release instead of reading your caustic posts.
Also I have been a DirectTV subscriber since they first launched and I would say that yes the have decent customer service. But their video quality and over compression limits my viewing enjoyment. Even their HD offerings are over compressed and introduces artifacts and I have had their HD service for about 2 years now and it hasn't gotten at all better even with MPEG-4.
If you bothered to read my post I DID specify that I was a beta tester for VUDU. So right away that makes me more honest than you were. But the program rules you mention involved deceiving people and not speaking out about VUDU's many issues. I would not lie nor would I sit on my hands for VUDU so I resigned the program. There was nothing to rent anyway. Vudu is mostly purchase only. But VUDU doesn't tell you that until after they have your $399.
As far as DirecTV's HD quality is concerned I disagree completely. I think it's great and in DD 5.1 unlike VUDU which is stereo only in many cases. Even the film 300 - stereo only. Besides, since you and your fellow VUDU moderators are prone to snake oil tactics, you have no power here so just move along.
But do tell the folks why VUDU deletes so many forum posts and threads from unhappy customers? Hmm, Ronny? If anyone is interested in the details of VUDUs many issues visit The Illustrated Conservative blog site along the sidebar. The truth shall set your wallet free!