Anybody else tried Vudu for streaming?

[markw]

We sgned up a ew weeks ago and just got around to using it.

First off, there's no charge to enroll and there's no monthly charge. You simply register a credit card and pay for movies as you rent them. You register each device separtely, but it all gos to one account. bonus: You get a $6 credit (good for a month) for each device registered.

Prices (rounded) vary from $4 for SD, $5 for HD and 6$ for HDX.

WE use a Sony wireless connection. HD came in very clear and with stunning 5.1 sound. I tried an HDX and, Holy Schneikes, the PQ was incredible! ...almost BR quality.

But, the downside is that our lowly wireless connection couldn't support the stream need for this quality and it kept buffering until we "downgraded" to a lower resolution.

End result: I ran a cat5 connection to out LAN. PQ is that good.

Since it's basically free to try, why not give it a go? I did and don't regret it.

 

[saeyedoc]

Expensive, but the best quality streaming. I have a very fast internet connection (40Mb/s) and it still hung up halfway through watching an HDX, no problem when I switched to HD. It may be my IP throttling things down or the Vudu servers. On my TV I couldn't see any difference between HD and HDX, but mine isn't a 1080p.

 

[lsiberian]

My eyes aren't good enough to merit vudu, but it's a cool service.

 

[Lulimet]

No thanks, far too expensive for me.