You Remind Me of the Babe. Vudu Part 2
First post for the new year and it’s a tie-in to last year. Over the past weekend, I went into movie marathon mode and rented a few movies from Vudu as well as purchased a couple (I wouldn’t have but it was the only way to watch them). While I was disappointed that Minority Report and Donnie Darko weren’t in the library, I was pleasantly surprised with a couple of foreign movies I wouldn’t have watched otherwise. Video quality was very good for all but one movie and the sound quality was still pretty good even coming out of the TV stock speakers. Since I don’t have a sound system, I won’t get into the audio. Even though I don’t have an HD TV, my set is relatively new so the display is pretty vibrant. There were no artifacts (except for that one movie, but I think it’s just how old that film may be) and, if I didn’t see the download progress whenever I paused or rewound the playback, I could be fooled into thinking the movie I was watching was on a DVD and not streamed to the Vudu box.
I mainly used the “My Wish List” feature to bookmark movies I was interested in but didn’t want to watch right away. While the “Find Movies” search is pretty nifty, I do get lost in the moment of perusing the titles and “waste” time. So, before the weekend arrived, I added a few movies to my wish list and waited for the weekend before starting my marathon. This method worked out pretty well but also made me miss some of the featured movies on the home screen. The featured movie list is great for newly available movies.
I think the Vudu system works well for anyone who wants to watch a movie “right away” aka to impatient to wait for delivery of the movie or too lazy/uninterested in driving to a movie rental shop. Although you might not find exactly what you’re looking for, you may be surprised to find a few gems you may not have come across otherwise.
