Announcement

Collapse

Fandango at Home Forum Guidelines

Fandango at Home Forum Guidelines

The Fandango at Home Forums are designed to help viewers get the most out of their Fandango at Home experience. Here, Fandango at Home customers may post information, questions, ideas, etc. on the subject of Fandango at Home and Fandango at Home -related issues (home theater, entertainment, etc). Although the primary purpose of these forums is to help Fandango at Home customers with questions and/or problems with their Fandango at Home service, there are also off-topic areas available within the Fandango at Home Forums for users to chat with like-minded people, subject to the limitations below.

Please post all comments in English. When posting a comment in the Fandango at Home Forums, please conduct yourself in a respectful and civil manner. While we respect that you may feel strongly about an issue, please leave room for discussion.

Fandango at Home Forum Guidelines

The Fandango at Home Forums are designed to help viewers get the most out of their Fandango at Home experience. Here, Fandango at Home customers may post information, questions, ideas, etc. on the subject of Fandango at Home and Fandango at Home -related issues (home theater, entertainment, etc). Although the primary purpose of these forums is to help Fandango at Home customers with questions and/or problems with their Fandango at Home service, there are also off-topic areas available within the Fandango at Home Forums for users to chat with like-minded people, subject to the limitations below.

Please post all comments in English. When posting a comment in the Fandango at Home Forums, please conduct yourself in a respectful and civil manner. While we respect that you may feel strongly about an issue, please leave room for discussion.

Fandango at Home reserves the right to refrain from posting and/or to remove user comments, including comments that contain any of the following:

1. Obscenities, defamatory language, discriminatory language, or other language not suitable for a public forum
2. Email addresses, phone numbers, links to websites, physical addresses or other forms of contact information
3. "Spam" content, references to other products, advertisements, or other offers
4. Spiteful or inflammatory comments about other users or their comments
5. Comments that may potentially violate the DMCA or any other applicable laws
6. Comments that discuss ways to manipulate Fandango at Home products/services, including, but not limited to, reverse engineering, video extraction, and file conversion.

Additionally, please keep in mind that although Fandango at Home retains the right to monitor, edit, and/or remove posts within Fandango at Home Forums, it does not necessarily review every comment. Accordingly, specific questions about Fandango at Home products and services should be directed to Fandango at Home customer service representatives.

Terms of Use - User Comments, Feedback, Reviews, Submissions

For all reviews, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to Fandango at Home, on or through this Site, by e-mail or telephone, or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection you use of this Site (collectively, the "Comments") you grant Fandango at Home a royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable right and license to use the Comments however Fandango at Home desires, including, without limitation, to copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and /or distribute such Comments and/or incorporate such Comments into any form, medium or technology throughout the world.
Fandango at Home will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publish, display and distribute any Comments you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. Fandango at Home is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay to users any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any user Comments. You agree that any Comments submitted by you to the Site will not violate the terms in this Terms of Use or any right of any third party, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s), and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to this Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, threatening, abusive or obscene material, or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of "spam."

You grant Fandango at Home the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Comments. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Comments you submit. You are, and shall remain, solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make and you agree to indemnify Fandango at Home for all claims resulting from any Comments you submit. Fandango at Home takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Comments submitted by you or any third-party reserves the right to refrain from posting and/or to remove user comments, including comments that contain any of the following:

1. Obscenities, defamatory language, discriminatory language, or other language not suitable for a public forum
2. Email addresses, phone numbers, links to websites, physical addresses or other forms of contact information
3. "Spam" content, references to other products, advertisements, or other offers
4. Spiteful or inflammatory comments about other users or their comments
5. Comments that may potentially violate the DMCA or any other applicable laws
6. Comments that discuss ways to manipulate Fandango at Home products/services, including, but not limited to, reverse engineering, video extraction, and file conversion.

Additionally, please keep in mind that although Fandango at Home retains the right to monitor, edit, and/or remove posts within Fandango at Home Forums, it does not necessarily review every comment. Accordingly, specific questions about Fandango at Home products and services should be directed to Fandango at Home customer service representatives.

Terms of Use - User Comments, Feedback, Reviews, Submissions

For all reviews, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to Fandango at Home, on or through this Site, by e-mail or telephone, or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection you use of this Site (collectively, the "Comments") you grant Fandango at Home a royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable right and license to use the Comments however Fandango at Home desires, including, without limitation, to copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and /or distribute such Comments and/or incorporate such Comments into any form, medium or technology throughout the world.
Fandango at Home will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publish, display and distribute any Comments you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. Fandango at Home is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay to users any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any user Comments. You agree that any Comments submitted by you to the Site will not violate the terms in this Terms of Use or any right of any third party, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s), and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to this Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, threatening, abusive or obscene material, or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of "spam."

You grant Fandango at Home the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Comments. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Comments you submit. You are, and shall remain, solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make and you agree to indemnify Fandango at Home for all claims resulting from any Comments you submit. Fandango at Home takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Comments submitted by you or any third-party.
See more
See less

Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    #31
    Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

    I kind of like how many players can pull metadata from Gracenote or IMDB. It means there can be corrections and updatesalthough if the device can't cache that info, it also means that all the metadata is unavailable if the device is offline.

    Comment


      #32
      Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

      Originally posted by goneviral View Post
      It was a bit amusing to pull up that post and see it be a link to something I'd written a while ago.
      Apologies if my comment on your article was overly harsh... it was a detailed writeup of UV progress, I mostly just disagreed with the idea it was an attempt to get rid of the "middleman," and that it's really an "ecosystem" that more clearly defines a middleman's role Hopefully a leaner, less expensive role, which is probably what you meant... (the alternative is every studio attempting to sell and stream movies themselves, which sounds terrifying).

      I also have requested that Vudu provide the ability to upgrade my various licenses to 1080p on multiple occasions. Here's hoping that the option is provided to Vudu customers soon. (Hint hint, Jake)
      Completely agree, depends on other involved parties, of course...

      This is the elegant nature of cloud, or as Jake would prefer Digital Rights Locker-based services.
      Well... I wasn't debating the "cloud", just that the idea UV "is the cloud"... UV is the locker, and VUDU (and CinemaNow, and probably any other provider using UV) exists independently from UV - any movie you buy on VUDU you own on VUDU regardless of your UV account linking...

      But of course, we'd love all movies to be offered as UV, since we believe VUDU has the best service overall to purchase and stream them!

      Ok, I think I will go back to providing occasional unofficial tech support instead of UV opinions

      Comment


        #33
        Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

        Originally posted by Jake View Post
        Apologies if my comment on your article was overly harsh...

        There is absolutely no need for an apology. I've been writing on the internet for 15 years. That passes for a compliment a lot of times.

        With regards to the cloud aspect, as long as 51% of people believe that stormy weather impacts the cloud, it's best not to confuse the reader by explaining such esoteric differences.

        Comment


          #34
          Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

          Originally posted by goneviral View Post
          There is absolutely no need for an apology. I've been writing on the internet for 15 years. That passes for a compliment a lot of times.

          With regards to the cloud aspect, as long as 51% of people believe that stormy weather impacts the cloud, it's best not to confuse the reader by explaining such esoteric differences.
          Yes...and no. I see how simplifying it might get more people interested, and Vudu can't assume that all or even most users will care to make the distinction, but these "technicalities" can make the difference between consumers blaming Vudu for an incorrect ALID and blaming the issuer, or blaming UV or Vudu for not being able to stream their movie on Flixster. Sure, your average consumer shouldn't have to worry about those things, just like your average driver shouldn't have to worry about what the catalytic converter or distributor cap does, but having just a very basic idea of what those things are and what they do can help keep the consumer from making costly mistakes with their car, and with VOD, can help them avoid frustration and get it fixed sooner.

          Comment


            #35
            Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

            Originally posted by goneviral View Post
            Walter, thank you for your continued thoughts on the subject. I am obviously a loyal Vudu user, which is why I frequent this forum. It was a bit amusing to pull up that post and see it be a link to something I'd written a while ago. I too have discovered that Vudu is the optimal movie service of the moment. I also have requested that Vudu provide the ability to upgrade my various licenses to 1080p on multiple occasions. Here's hoping that the option is provided to Vudu customers soon. (Hint hint, Jake)

            Judging from your Handbrake comments, I suspect that we are quite similar with regards to our movie behavior. I have so many TiVo files and Handbrake rips that we have roughly 21 TB of external hard drives filled with stuff. I am now gradually cleaning out those drives as I purchase the titles via UV. This is the elegant nature of cloud, or as Jake would prefer Digital Rights Locker-based services. The process is impressively streamlined relative to older practices such as DVD purchases/rips and VHS tape archiving prior to that.

            As a lifetime movie lover, all I have ever wanted is to have instant access to a movie. Not that long ago, we had a pair of 400-DVD changers that were filled with discs we had to rotate constantly. Between Amazon and Vudu, we now possess more files in an easier manner. I cannot state in finite terms how much time this has saved my wife and I in terms of alphabetizing discs, loading/unloading them from the player and updating spreadsheets with current collection information. If Disney ever joined UV, it would be the perfect solution.

            Thank you for reading BOP. You are exactly the sort of intelligent reader we have attempted to attract/cultivate over the years.
            Damn, DVD-jukebox? you are hard core. Glad that technology didn't take. I held my breath on that one and waited for it to pass. I figured streaming would erase the need for a consumer electronic solution. It just surprised me the speed with which it hit.

            We can now all gleefully sort through our video entertainment library with a remote and using nothing but ubiquitous broadband.

            Ahh...

            In the words of Victor Hugo, "No army can stop an idea whose time has come"

            Comment


              #36
              Re: Ultraviolet's Attempt to Corner the Market

              The digital format could be much more palatable if they began to include dvd extras instead of just the feature or reduce the prices of their films. I have a few digital films, they are convenient however I feel a bit ripped off paying the same price for just the feature as I would for say an additional disk worth of extras.

              Comment

              Working...
              X