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    #61
    Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

    Originally posted by Rusdude View Post
    Add to it -- does ATV play HD rentals over component (like 360) or does it limit it to HDMI (like Vudu)?
    No, I think it does it over component. That's the way I have mine hooked up.

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      #62
      Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

      Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
      I could not find one single widescreen title with surround sound and found only a limited amount of HD with surround sound. That's a deal killer for me, since I will never rent a movie without DD5.1 (except for old classics).
      Actually, if you look at just the HD movies, there's quite a few and a number that Vudu doesn't have. Fantasic Four, Spiderman, Die Hard (the new one) and 300. Vudu has some like 3:10 to Yuma that ATV doesn't have.

      It's making my entertainment options much more interesting!

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        #63
        Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

        Originally posted by Nded View Post
        ATV is 720p content - no 1080 content on ATV.
        I was able to set my Atv to 1080p. Of course that doesn't mean their content is.

        Originally posted by Nded View Post
        From what I understand, as of right now, ATV is not there with the HD titles.
        I heard it will all be there in about 2 weeks

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          #64
          Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

          Originally posted by NA9D View Post
          Actually, if you look at just the HD movies, there's quite a few and a number that Vudu doesn't have.
          I was referring to their non HD titles. They show as Widescreen but no Dolby logo. So I'm assuming their stereo not DD5.1

          And many of the HD titles (I looked at) had no Dolby logo either. I'm out on the deck right now so don't have a specific example for you.

          With Vudu, I am able to find many Widescreen titles listed with "Surround" sound !!

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            #65
            Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

            Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
            I was able to set my Atv to 1080p. Of course that doesn't mean their content is.
            No, you didn't. The ATV is incapable of anything greater than 1080i.

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              #66
              Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

              Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
              I was referring to their non HD titles. They show as Widescreen but no Dolby logo. So I'm assuming their stereo not DD5.1

              And many of the HD titles (I looked at) had no Dolby logo either. I'm out on the deck right now so don't have a specific example for you.

              With Vudu, I am able to find many Widescreen titles listed with "Surround" sound !!
              No SD content on ATV is in DD. Only some of the HD content. This has been discussed in the past quite a bit.

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                #67
                Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                Is seems odd how the ATV specs list that it's compatible with 1080P TVS but it never really tells you what resolutions it's capable of outputting. Compatability has nothing to do with what resolution is output.
                TV compatibility

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                  #68
                  Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                  Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                  No SD content on ATV is in DD. Only some of the HD content. This has been discussed in the past quite a bit.
                  That's why it's a deal killer for me.

                  Since I won't rent a title without the same audio quality that's on their equivalent DVD, that pretty much limits the effective titles available for me to rent to (what?) less than 50?

                  And I'm definitely not going to wade through the other 1,000 titles looking for them.

                  So to say the least I'm very disapointed in Atv's current offering and I haven't even watched a movie yet.

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                    #69
                    Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                    Sure it's compatible. But the HD content is in 720p and I am pretty sure the box output's a max of 1080i. Maybe I'm wrong since my TV doesn't support 1080p.

                    Originally posted by aaronwt View Post
                    Is seems odd how the ATV specs list that it's compatible with 1080P TVS but it never really tells you what resolutions it's capable of outputting. Compatability has nothing to do with what resolution is output.
                    TV compatibility

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                      #70
                      Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                      Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                      Sure it's compatible. But the HD content is in 720p and I am pretty sure the box output's a max of 1080i. Maybe I'm wrong since my TV doesn't support 1080p.
                      I double checked and my Atv options are:

                      480p
                      720p HD
                      1080i HD
                      1080p HD

                      I currently have mine set to 1080p and my Aquos says my hdmi connection to the box as 1080p.

                      Regards

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                        #71
                        Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                        So Apple was able to talk studios into allowing HD rentals over component? It seems that Vudu got the raw deal here -- if MS and Apple can do it, why can't Vudu?

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                          #72
                          Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                          Originally posted by Rusdude View Post
                          So Apple was able to talk studios into allowing HD rentals over component? It seems that Vudu got the raw deal here -- if MS and Apple can do it, why can't Vudu?
                          My Aquos has component inputs, but I use hdmi, so I'm too lazy to hook it up to component to find out. Sorry

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                            #73
                            Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                            Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
                            My Aquos has component inputs, but I use hdmi, so I'm too lazy to hook it up to component to find out. Sorry
                            Well, since NA9D posted in his thread that he used component for ATV and HDMI for Vudu, it seems that Apple got the same deal as MS and is able to do HD DRM'ed content over component. I use HDMI, so it doesn't affect me personally, but it's a bummer for all those people who have no spare ports left (or don't have HDMI period).

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                              #74
                              Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                              It has not yet been discerned if the reported higher component resolutions on the ATV are merely scaled output of a lower resolution signal. The next test we need Jon to perform is comparing the ATV component vs ATV HDMI images side by side. If the HDMI is "better" then we know ATV is not showing the preferred HD resolution on the component outputs.

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                                #75
                                Re: AppleTV vs VUDU

                                Originally posted by Nded View Post
                                It has not yet been discerned if the reported higher component resolutions on the ATV are merely scaled output of a lower resolution signal. The next test we need Jon to perform is comparing the ATV component vs ATV HDMI images side by side. If the HDMI is "better" then we know ATV is not showing the preferred HD resolution on the component outputs.
                                Great idea. I love a scientific approach.

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