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    #31
    Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

    Originally posted by skeeterfood View Post
    I hate to ruin a perfectly good off tangent discussion, but I thought I'd chime in that my Vudu is now sporting Software version 1.4

    I like the updates, though the suggestion logic needs a little work. If I've watched the HD version of something, I probably don't want to watch the SD version and vice versa...
    The suggestion logic is still being worked on (I think it says "Beta"). When it's working correctly, it will display suggested movies based upon your viewing habits.

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      #32
      Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

      And since 1.4 is out now, we can tell you a little more about it.

      Beyond the UI changes that are being sported (based on customer suggestions, btw), this build also improves the out of box experience for a new user in 2 ways:

      1.) Headless Streaming - Movies will now stream to the box w/o the head residing on the box. It may take a minute or so for viewing to begin but any content will be viewable.

      2.) Quicker Database Update during guided setup - When a new user goes through guided setup, the database is updated immediately during that time. The movie heads are pulled down sans posters and artwork within minutes based on connection speed. The movie posters and artwork are then updated over the next few days but the latest database will be viewable right away once the user completes guided setup.

      No current user should ever see number 2. Number one, may be seen at some point if say the database catalog has updated but the head hasn't made it to your box for some reason. Or it's possible that some day when the movie library gets huge that Vudu may not store heads of every movie on the box (that's my opinion only - I'm guessing that once the library gets to 50,000 movies or more, it's just not space efficient to keep heads of movies that are rarely if ever watched on the box. It begins to take up a lot of drive space).

      There. Now you have it. I hope Skeeterfood really has it otherwise, I'll be in trouble for spilling the beans!

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        #33
        Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

        I'll bail Skeeter out with this link.

        http://forum.vudu.com/showthread.php?t=2579
        Vudu Forum Moderator

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          #34
          Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

          I found the problem.

          I had the VUDU in Park with the Brake on, instead of Idle.

          Got 1.4 now, so now I've got a new toy to play with until 1.5 is delivered in May (or will it be 1.4.5)!!

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            #35
            Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

            Originally posted by JohnA View Post
            I'll bail Skeeter out with this link.

            http://forum.vudu.com/showthread.php?t=2579
            My apologies for doubting SkeeterFood.

            May he become more than just a great appetizer some day!!!

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              #36
              Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

              I still have some more work to do, but I did get a chance to look at 1.4 for a little bit and here are some of my initial impressions:

              I was a little disappointed in MY VUDU that My Rentals, My Movies, My TV Shows weren't in the My Wish List. For me it was exactly the right idea but in the wrong place. Right now they all show empty except for My Movies that have the two Bourne movies I got when I bought the box.

              My Wish List unfortunately still has all my titles clumped together. So for me anyways, this new addition adds little value unless it could work the same way for my Wish List.

              On the other hand the NEW ON VUDU is a fantastic new feature. It has exactly what I need to help me find the new movies I want to rent. So this may help in the future from getting My Wish List cluttered with unwanted titles. I'm a nit picker, so this isn't mission critical to me, but it would be nice if the categories on NEW ON VUDU were consistent with the categories in MY VUDU. i.e. I think the categories should be New (Movies) to Rent, New to Own, AND also New TV shows. (just a thought)

              I really like the Coming Soon category. It keeps unrentable movies off to a corner out of the way, but let's me know what's coming and thus it will be less likely that I'll rent from another service knowing when a desired title will become available.

              I was also disappointed that even with the new categories the descriptions still don't indicate the the sound and picture quality without having to select the title from the placard first. That one seemed like an easy gimme to me.

              Like I said that's just my initial response from a quick look, I still need to spend some using it for real to give more real feedback.

              Overall though I would say you haven't reached the motherland yet, but you're heading in the right direction.

              Best Regards
              Grumpster!!

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                #37
                Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
                I still have some more work to do, but I did get a chance to look at 1.4 for a little bit and here are some of my initial impressions:

                I was a little disappointed in MY VUDU that My Rentals, My Movies, My TV Shows weren't in the My Wish List. For me it was exactly the right idea but in the wrong place. Right now they all show empty except for My Movies that have the two Bourne movies I got when I bought the box.
                The idea was to make it easier to segregate rentals, purchases, and TV shows. If you have a number of rentals, a number of purchased movies and a number of TV shows purchases, this organization is a HUGE help. I think you'll come to like it quite a bit. I can see why it seems useless when you have nothing in them at this time.

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                  #38
                  Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                  Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                  The idea was to make it easier to segregate rentals, purchases, and TV shows. If you have a number of rentals, a number of purchased movies and a number of TV shows purchases, this organization is a HUGE help. I think you'll come to like it quite a bit. I can see why it seems useless when you have nothing in them at this time.
                  Exactly. If you're like me, then you would have had to scroll through many, many episodes of Family Guy before you got to the rest of your movie library.
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                    #39
                    Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                    Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                    The idea was to make it easier to segregate rentals, purchases, and TV shows. If you have a number of rentals, a number of purchased movies and a number of TV shows purchases, this organization is a HUGE help. I think you'll come to like it quite a bit. I can see why it seems useless when you have nothing in them at this time.
                    Yes I do see your logic. But I hope you can see mine as well.

                    I only rent movies and don't normally rent a bunch of movies ahead of time and then watch them later. Doing that would be counter-intutitive to the feature you tout so much about VUDU's ability to find, rent, and watch instantly when you're in the mood.

                    Instead I put possible rental candidates in my Wish List for later when we're ready to watch a movie. My movie selections and the point in time that we actually watch them could be days if not weeks apart.

                    So I rely heavily on the Wish List to help me remember what movies I found to be interested in. And so I guess my point is that the Wish List is a little less effective than I think it could be.

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                      #40
                      Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                      Originally posted by RobertHodge View Post
                      Instead I put possible rental candidates in my Wish List for later when we're ready to watch a movie. My movie selections and the point in time that we actually watch them could be days if not weeks apart.
                      So given that the only thing you rent is movies, how would you improve the wish list? I'm confused.

                      The My Vudu interface gives you a list of content that matches:

                      My Rentals -> Movies you have already rented
                      My Movies -> Purchased Movies
                      My TV -> Purchased TV shows
                      My Wish List -> Content on your wish list

                      I took your comments to mean you'd like to see the wish list further broken down into:

                      My Wish List for Movies I want to rent
                      My Wish List for Movies I want to purchase
                      My TV Wish List

                      But given you'd only use the first one, I don't quite follow how that would work.

                      What do you think would add better functionality to the wish list. What is it missing?

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                        #41
                        Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                        Originally posted by JohnA View Post
                        Exactly. If you're like me, then you would have had to scroll through many, many episodes of Family Guy before you got to the rest of your movie library.
                        I understand what you're saying.

                        My top 5 list of TV shows is Family Guy. But we record it and watch it via Directv. So the situation you describe is not going to be an issue for me.

                        I'm not trying to say it's a bad feature. It's just I "Wish" that it could work exactly the same way for me and My Wish List.

                        BTW Did you see the last episode where Brian shows Stewie the video of the two women and a cup?? I'll never be able to eat ice cream again!!

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                          #42
                          Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                          Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                          So given that the only thing you rent is movies, how would you improve the wish list? I'm confused.

                          I took your comments to mean you'd like to see the wish list further broken down into:

                          My Wish List for Movies I want to rent
                          My Wish List for Movies I want to purchase
                          My TV Wish List

                          But given you'd only use the first one, I don't quite follow how that would work.

                          What do you think would add better functionality to the wish list. What is it missing?
                          No you have the concept correct. But maybe the categories are off a little.

                          What I do see now when I search are movies that can only be purchased but it says right next to that it will be available for rent soon.

                          So it would be nice to put that movie in the Wish List but only show up in the Available for Rent category only after it is in fact available for rent.

                          And I also didn't mean that I would never rent a TV show, just not purchase it. I would definitely rent a season of something like Stargate or Star Trek in HD and DD5.1 if I could. But it would be nice to have all the episodes socked away in it's own category in the Wish List, since I would not watch them all in one sitting.

                          Happy to clarify more as needed, but hope you get my meaning.

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                            #43
                            Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                            Well what you want then is the "coming soon" functionality pulled into your wish list.

                            So if you look on the "Coming Soon" section, you might see the following:

                            Movie A - Available to purchase on X date
                            Movie B - Available to rent on Y date
                            Movie C - Available to purchase and rent on Z date

                            So you'd like to be able to take and put movies B and C into a "Coming Soon Rental" section of your wish list. This would segregate those from movies in your wish list that are already available. So in other words, the Wishlist would be another whole section in Vudu. You go in there and you'd have a new screen with the following options:

                            Current Content Wish List
                            Coming Soon Rental Wish List
                            Coming Soon Purchase Wish List
                            TV Wish List

                            I don't know how many people have large and extensive wish lists, but I see the value you would place on this...

                            Have I got it now?

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                              #44
                              Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                              So as an addendum to my previous post.

                              Now that there is a new category for Coming Soon, I'll have to use it for awhile, but I predict that I would tend to ignore Movies to Buy but still use Movies Coming Soon to add titles to my Wish List.

                              And in this case it would still be nice to have a "Coming Soon" and "Movies Available to Rent" in the wish list.

                              You would put a Coming Soon in the Wish List. Forget about it for a few weeks and then the way I envision it, is that all of sudden the movie shows up in the Movies Available to Rent category in the Wish List after it becomes available.

                              So I picked out the movie weeks ago, put it in my wish list, and then it shows up as a movie avaialble for rent weeks later, I see it, I rent it, We watch it, We eat popcorn, Drink Wine..... Happy Little Campers!!!

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                                #45
                                Re: VUDU Version 1.4 Sighting

                                Originally posted by NA9D View Post
                                Well what you want then is the "coming soon" functionality pulled into your wish list.

                                So if you look on the "Coming Soon" section, you might see the following:

                                Movie A - Available to purchase on X date
                                Movie B - Available to rent on Y date
                                Movie C - Available to purchase and rent on Z date

                                So you'd like to be able to take and put movies B and C into a "Coming Soon Rental" section of your wish list. This would segregate those from movies in your wish list that are already available. So in other words, the Wishlist would be another whole section in Vudu. You go in there and you'd have a new screen with the following options:

                                Current Content Wish List
                                Coming Soon Rental Wish List
                                Coming Soon Purchase Wish List
                                TV Wish List

                                I don't know how many people have large and extensive wish lists, but I see the value you would place on this...

                                Have I got it now?
                                You beat me to the finish line. You're like a perfect C Note tuning fork all great Master!!!!

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