Woot! Shows Vudu is Service Non Grata

The title of this article should be

Breaking News: People still know nothing about technology.

90% of our customers who already own a Bluray player when we arrive at the home don’t have them hooked up to the internet in any fashion.  They look shocked when we show them what they’ve been missing.  So this article isn’t a surprise to me.

Personally, I’m a total Vudu junkie.  I didn’t like the GUI, but since they’ve changed it I like Vudu even more. 

Netflix might have more movies, but I’d rather pay per movie for the better quality picture. 

In general, we use Netflix for the kids movies, and Vudu for the wife and I.

Since most of my client’s don’t shop on Woot!, as Rhett Butler famously said, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!” Really Julie, what does this have to do with CI’s? Part of our job is to educate our clients on their gear’s capability. I don’t see any of us ever specing in a Magnavox BR, let alone a refurb one. If you wanted to make this an article about how poor a biz decision Wally World made buying Vudu, I might agree with you. But I don’t consider comments to a Woot! sale a viable, acurate survey.

Wow! The ignorance!

I’m trying to think of one way in which VUDU doesn’t walk all over Netflix!

Better Content, Better Quality, Better everything!

VUDU and Netflix aren’t even in the same business, so I find it hard to compare the two. VUDU is a pay per view service with high quality streaming and commensurate pricing. Netflix is an all you can eat buffet for 10 bucks a month. I wouldn’t expect Netflix to equal or even come close to VUDU in terms of picture quality or even content accessibility. (Although I wish Netflix streaming had a better selection)

If I watch 10 movies in a month on VUDU, how much will it cost? $40-$50? Watch 100 things on Netflix in a month and its still 10 bucks.

Different services, different goals.

Certainly agree that they are different, complementary services. Vudu or iTunes can bring you the latest on-demand HD titles while Netflix is the internet age replacement for a movie channel package. We have found it better to offer these services through little black boxes while selling a high performance Blu-ray player that may lack such bells and whistles. When a new service comes along, we can simply update the little black box (Apple TV and such) with a new one without throwing out the Blu-ray player.

With the Netflix price hike consumers are looking over new video streaming options. Vudu may be far behind in the running but its lack of support is to blame, not quality nor price.