VUDU Streams Its Way Into LG televisions

[Attebery]

http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewConte...5068251&EDATE=

[Attebery]

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6687139.html

[HappyBunny]

This sucks for Blu-ray!

[bfocussvt]

Originally Posted by HappyBunny

This sucks for Blu-ray!

Not really; some people still want to have something (physical disc) to show for their spending $10-$30 on a movie.

Personally, I think VUDU is a great idea but I would still keep by Blu-ray discs.

[Gunyaga]

Well, maybe further penetration like this will allow VUDU to bring down their rental prices a bit. As it stands ON DEMAND from Comcast and VUDU are both pricing themselves out of contention for me when blu ray rentals are $2 from Blockbuster etc.

VUDU offers an excellent product, but for $5.99 the question of driving up the street to Blockbuster to grab a blu ray with lossless etc. becomes more attractive again.

We own a VUDU and have been overall very happy with it and the selection it affords, but when I can grab two new releases and some popcorn/candy at the local blockbuster for less than a single HD rental on VUDU.....

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Gunyaga

Well, maybe further penetration like this will allow VUDU to bring down their rental prices a bit. As it stands ON DEMAND from Comcast and VUDU are both pricing themselves out of contention for me when blu ray rentals are $2 from Blockbuster etc.

VUDU offers an excellent product, but for $5.99 the question of driving up the street to Blockbuster to grab a blu ray with lossless etc. becomes more attractive again.

We own a VUDU and have been overall very happy with it and the selection it affords, but when I can grab two new releases and some popcorn/candy at the local blockbuster for less than a single HD rental on VUDU.....

Vudu's pricing like On Demand is controlled by the studios.

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by Gunyaga

Well, maybe further penetration like this will allow VUDU to bring down their rental prices a bit. As it stands ON DEMAND from Comcast and VUDU are both pricing themselves out of contention for me when blu ray rentals are $2 from Blockbuster etc.

VUDU offers an excellent product, but for $5.99 the question of driving up the street to Blockbuster to grab a blu ray with lossless etc. becomes more attractive again.

We own a VUDU and have been overall very happy with it and the selection it affords, but when I can grab two new releases and some popcorn/candy at the local blockbuster for less than a single HD rental on VUDU.....

You pay for the luxory of not getting up, getting into the car, driving the Blockbuster, hoping the movie is in-stock, waiting in line, paying, driving home, and putting the disc in hoping there are no scratches on the disc. Though most HD titles I thought were $4 on VuDu?

[Gunyaga]

unfortunately they're still as $5.99 for HD and HDX for recent releases. catalog titles can be found for $3.99 sometimes (in HD/HDX).

Gizmo, I agree, that's a big part of why we bought it. At the time, however, the price premium was minimal, and an easy value to be sure. Now that prcing in the B&M stores has come down, we've been using VUDU less is all. I've championed VUDU and what they are trying to do quite a bit (including on this forum), but if the B&M stores are able to keep the prices this much lower it is definitely a challenge for VUDU.

VUDU does have an excellent selection as you mentioned, and you make a good point on the availability (in stock) issue as well. Since Blockbuster lowered their blu rental prices, the damn things are checked out more, too.