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    Vudu and Tivo?

    The tivo announcements are coming fast and furious (Netflix, AmazonHD, Blockbuster).

    I would think that using a Tivo as a Vudu box would be quite easy. I know the chips in the Tivo support 1080/24P but have never been enabled to do so. If they did via an update (both DirecTV and Dish did this and their boxes have the same Broadcom chip that is in the Tivo), and added Vudu functionality at the smae time, it would seem to me to be a terrific way to get the Vudu HDX library out to a bunch of users- there are over a million HD tivos out there. I would think that the Tivo owner could even choose to enable p2p in order to get HDX videos, and if they chose not to, they could be limited to the regular HD version.

    Tivo and Vudu are probably the best CE products I have ever bought. It would be great to see them together.

    Am I missing something here?
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    Re: Vudu and Tivo?

    Originally posted by larrs View Post
    Tivo and Vudu are probably the best CE products I have ever bought. It would be great to see them together.

    Am I missing something here?
    I have both of them and I would rather have the separate Vudu than have it merged in to the Tivo. The Vudu UI and experience is so much better than the way Amazon and Netflix are presented on the Tivo. It might be good for Vudu, in which case I would say go for it. For me personally, it wouldn't be something I would use.

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      Re: Vudu and Tivo?

      You'll totally lose the Vudu experience if you bundle it with a Tivo. Plus the hard drive in the Vudu pretty much exceeds what is in most Tivos. You'd take up precious recording space with the movie heads and the databases. The other services work because (with the exception of Amazon) they are streaming only. The Amazon downloads are just that - downloads. Not at all the same way Vudu works.

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        Re: Vudu and Tivo?

        I'm going to have to agree with NA9D and redwien here. The Tivo interface is too sluggish for me and I feel like a large part of the Vudu experience would be lost on the Tivo.

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          Re: Vudu and Tivo?

          Originally posted by mebby View Post
          I'm going to have to agree with NA9D and redwien here. The Tivo interface is too sluggish for me and I feel like a large part of the Vudu experience would be lost on the Tivo.
          I was not suggesting that Vudu move only to the tivo, but that getting 1080p HDX titles out to more users would assure that Vudu would survive to continue offering more and more content.
          I also love the Vudu interface, and hate the Netflix on Tivo model, but I would suggest than even if one had to do everything from the computer except view the downlod on the tivo, it would still be good for Vudu.
          Given Sony is one of the biggest CE companies in the world and still doesn't have HDX quality on their box (PS3), we need a Vudu around. Without it, I am afraid that 720p and 320K dolby is the best we'll get for a long time.

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            Re: Vudu and Tivo?

            ...I don't think it's going to matter. These companies are starting to realize it's platform that matters more than hardware, but I think they're going to get decimated by a revised apple tv, something that runs apps and games. Especially once networks realize it's better to have consumers pay direct for content to them rather than to a cable company.

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              Re: Vudu and Tivo?

              Originally posted by NA9D View Post
              You'll totally lose the Vudu experience if you bundle it with a Tivo. Plus the hard drive in the Vudu pretty much exceeds what is in most Tivos. You'd take up precious recording space with the movie heads and the databases. The other services work because (with the exception of Amazon) they are streaming only. The Amazon downloads are just that - downloads. Not at all the same way Vudu works.
              I have nine TiVos, each with a 1TB drive.

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                Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                I got a new TiVo Premiere. I thought VUDU would be on it but it's not. Maybe a update but this post is over a year old now so does not look like it.

                But other place have videos too. Because VUDU is not on my HD TiVo Premiere I wanted to rent Despicable Me in HD. VUDU has if for $5.99 But Amazon for $4.99. I rented it from Amazon. But with the TiVo have to wait to play it. I don't know why because on VUDU on my Blu-Ray player can play a HD movie right away and with my comcast Internet it don't cach up with the HD video from VUDU.

                I guess if VUDU was on TiVo they would lower there price less them Amazon. So that my be why you will not see VUDU on TiVo. They don't want the competition I guess.

                -Raymond Day

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                  Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                  Would love to see Vudu on my TiVos. I still use my Vudu Box since its the only service that gives me free previews. Vudu integrated into TiVo's unified search would be fantastic.

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                    Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                    Yes VUDU on TiVo would be a nice addition. Especially since the TiVo Premiere will output 1080P24 content while previous TiVos were limited to 1080i or lower.

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                      Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                      Originally posted by aaronwt View Post
                      Yes VUDU on TiVo would be a nice addition. Especially since the TiVo Premiere will output 1080P24 content while previous TiVos were limited to 1080i or lower.
                      Exactly why I started this thread. Interestingly, things that happened since I then (WM) have made it likely Vudu will definitely survive. I would still love to see it come to the Tivo Premiere and be in the search. But now, with Amazon moving to 1080/24 it may not ultimately be as important as in 2009.

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                        Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                        I've been waiting for this for a long time. I don't understand why it isn't on the Premiere boxes. I'd like stream or download.

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                          Still nothing?

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                            Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                            The Series 5 TiVos will be out later this year. If Vudu is going to be on a TiVo box it would probably be on those S5 boxes since they will be more powerful than the S4 boxes.

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                              Re: Vudu and Tivo?

                              Why is VUDU available on so many devices and not TIVO? TIVO aggregates content and apps so one can fire up Hulu, Amazon, NetFlicks, Pandora, etc. Why not VUDU? It's so cumbersome to fire up a blueray just to access VUDU. Accessing through the TV apps is not great either if you don't need to go there for another reason -- I don't. VUDU, why not work out the deal with Tivo and get your app on Tivo. Tivo users will decide to use VUDU more that their cable company on demand or alternative sources. VUDU + TIVO makes sense!

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