http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/ Engadget HD Comments for Vudu price slashed to keep up with Apple TV http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 9:18AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 10:29AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 10:29AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 1:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
iTunes and AppleTV's pricing model is INFINITELY simpler than Vudu's.

For starters, every major studio is on board, with new releases available there 30 days after the DVD release. It'll have much more content available than Vudu. Right now, out of the gate, 100 movies are available in HD. That's what... 98 more than Vudu, currently? After how many months?

Secondly, pricing is consistent: $4 for SD rental (available for Mac, PC, iPod, AppleTV) and $5 for HD rentals (which is available for AppleTV only.) It's a bit inane to compare this to Vudu... since Vudu has *no* option for Mac, PC, or iPod. Your only option is leaving the content stuck on the Vudu box! So yeah, that may be "less confusing," but it's also a lot more limiting. If a consumer is so easily confused, they could just use the AppleTV as a standalone movie box, no computer required, just like the Vudu, and not be so confused.

(Of course, the AppleTV does much more, like stream music and photos, and access YouTube... but that's besides the point.)

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RonV, I notice you are very quick to defend Vudu in every blog post everywhere that mentions the product. (You're usually flirting with cjohn17, but that's another story.) Don't you think you should be disclosing that you run the Vudu user's forum?
I understand that you're hopeful to see the product succeed (as am I) but your bias (and conflict of interest) is painfully obvious. Your connection to the company has tainted your view. Consider giving it a rest, or take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Let the unattached consumers debate and decide on each product's merits. Not disclosing your connection (however tenuous you claim it to be) is completely disingenuous.

Disclaimer: I own a Vudu.]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:07AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
Unlike some of the other folks like cjohn17 who have some type of chip on their shoulder about the VUDU I see a competitor in the marketplace.

If Apple wants to charge a flat rate for movies that is just fine. But a 3.99 rental on Apple TV could be 99 cents on the VUDU? ]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
Show me a 99-cent rental for a current release on Vudu (and not some bargain basement Z-list title!) and yeah, I'll start listening. Until then, content and consistency is key.]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
With regards to content, Vudu has more movies, iTunes has more TV shows, and HD content will be about the same.]]>Jan 24th 2008 1:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 12:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
I believe the confusion you probably refer to is that some movies on Vudu are rental-only or purchase-only or the fact that a lot of new releases are available only for purchase when they get released. But from what has been reported so far, iTunes has similar issues and, more importantly, HD content is rental-only at Apple's store.]]>Jan 24th 2008 1:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/Jan 24th 2008 5:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
Unless of course this site is referring to BR, then of course the death of the competition is paramount! (pardon the pun) ]]>Jan 24th 2008 6:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
Came on for the same thing.

Competition is good for xbox 360 vs wii vs ps3
Competition is good for RPTV vs LCD vs plasma
Competition is good for vudu vs apple tv vs netflix downloads
Competition is good between blue ray vs HD D...wait...screw the consumer...monopoly is good for sony]]>Jan 24th 2008 7:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/I am certainly not a BR fan, but I would have thought if I was, to have a dominant 70% share would be a good thing, I would want to support a minority competition, surely that will help to keep the BR team honest, keep prices down and drive a better result for everyone. An artificially created 100% monopoly can only be bad for BR.]]>Jan 24th 2008 7:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/
Am I missing something? I own an iPod, I want an iPhone but why don't I want a Vudu/AppleTv?

]]>Jan 24th 2008 10:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/24/vudu-price-slashed-to-keep-up-with-apple-tv/so here is my question- if one is interested in the quality of the video resolution, which box will be the better choice?
i looked at an apple tv setup in the Apple store the other day and the video on a sony flatscreen was horrible- is that appletv version 1? a family movie my daughter watched on the VUDU the other day was very choppy. will both boxes output the 1080P/24 that my 1080p/24 projector is built to display?

Quality is the revolution- even my home theatre is no where near the experience of the cinema for visual euphoria-
convenience is great but it is no substitute for quality- thats why i never listen to my IPOD]]>Jan 30th 2008 10:31PM