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    Pandora on VUDU?

    Well, this was interesting. A story was on Crave on hour ago but is gone now. Here's the Google result:

    Vudu adds Pandora to its bag of media tricks | Crave - CNET
    Mar 15, 2009 ... The Vudu box will now offer access to Pandora's free on-demand streaming audio service. Read this blog post by John P. Falcone on Crave.
    news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10185691-1.html - 1 hour ago - Similar pages -

    Interesting....
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    Re: Pandora on VUDU?

    I love my Vudu (quasi-addicted to it, actually) but Pandora does not seem like a great fit to me since there is no video aspect to the content. I have a Logitech Squeezebox Duet which I use to stream audio content to my stereo/entertainment system. It can do Pandora though I typically stream Rhapsody since their content is 192k.

    It is interesting, as you say. But I'm not sure it's as good a fit as video related content such as flickr, you-tube, et. al. We'll see if it makes it to a future release of Vudu Labs.

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      #3
      Re: Pandora on VUDU?

      The screenshot that was in the article showed cover art for the currently playing song. If you've used Pandora through a browser, the Adobe Air App, the iPhone app, Sonos Controller, etc you can get an idea for what kind of use Pandora gets out of a display. They offer artist Bio info in addition to the cover art and a wealth of options for creating new stations and giving thumbs up/down on songs playing, etc. It's not terribly exciting, but if you don't have another client to play Pandora through your TV's audio zone, this isn't bad. It's a value add at the very least for folks who like Pandora and, since you can use the free version, Vudu users can get the benefit even if they have never even thought of using Pandora at all before.

      BTW, the story will be re-posted at 9PM PST (was accidentally posted at 9AM this morning).

      Jeff

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        Re: Pandora on VUDU?

        If this happens I'll be very happy. I've mentioned this before (http://forums.vudu.com/showthread.php?t=6057) and I think it would a great fit. My Vudu box plugs into my 5.1 speaker setup (naturally) so that beats using a laptop. The display can be used for album art, sleeve notes, etc or just switched off to save power.

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          Re: Pandora on VUDU?

          Originally posted by raaurora View Post
          I love my Vudu (quasi-addicted to it, actually) but Pandora does not seem like a great fit to me since there is no video aspect to the content. I have a Logitech Squeezebox Duet which I use to stream audio content to my stereo/entertainment system. It can do Pandora though I typically stream Rhapsody since their content is 192k.

          It is interesting, as you say. But I'm not sure it's as good a fit as video related content such as flickr, you-tube, et. al. We'll see if it makes it to a future release of Vudu Labs.
          I tend to agree with raaurora's view on this issue... adding Pandora is not a bad thing, but it is not the right fit for the Vudu box as it won't do justice to the audio stream. As far as I can tell the Vudu box is optimized for Video not Audio. I also have a Squeezebox which I use to stream audio because it has a high-end DAP to reproduce high quality audio which I then feed to my stereo system. Again, if Pandora is added, I won't be against it, but I think Vudu should be concentrating its resources on adding more streamed video sources and enhancing the existing video rental/purchase selection. If and when the Video Labs development kit is made available... plugins can be independently develop to add audio sources to the Vudu box via Vudu Labs. I think that this is a better model to expand the Vudu box functionality and to add other types of content. (Audio, video, pics games, podcasts, RSS... etc) The independently developed (open source) plugins, that expand the functionality, is what sets the Squeezebox apart from any other product in its class. You like a plugin... you install it.... you don't like it... don't install it. The choice is "yours".

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            Re: Pandora on VUDU?

            Originally posted by tamanaco View Post
            I tend to agree with raaurora's view on this issue... adding Pandora is not a bad thing, but it is not the right fit for the Vudu box as it won't do justice to the audio stream.
            But then again, Tivo has Rhapsody and doesn't everyone have to have everything to compete?

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              #7
              Re: Pandora on VUDU?

              Yes lets see...

              TiVo- Rhapsody
              DirectTV - XM Radio
              Dish - Sirius
              Uverse - Urge
              Xbox - XBMC (define your own by internet stream)


              Yep there is a lot of set top boxes that have music channels. But the quality varies by channel/platform/bitrate.

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                Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                Interesting. Pandora is very hip & all and I'm a user, but I find myself using Slacker most of the time (even have Slacker G2 player).

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                  Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                  I've only recently discovered Pandora and it's very cool. This would be a great addition to Vudu if it happens.

                  If Vudu is going to be successful long term, I've always felt that two things need to happen:

                  1.) Portability of Content - Unfortunately, we see no answer on this yet.
                  2.) Ability to play other audio/video content.

                  Number 2 began to take shape with the addition of You Tube and Podcasts. Pandora is a logical next step. If I could play my own audio or video files, even better.

                  I doubt VuduLabs plug-ins take all that many resources to develop..

                  But I think Vudu should ultimately become an entire media system player...

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                    Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                    FYI I dug up a swiped portion of the CNET post, which includes a screen grab that I'm embedding. Unfortunately, there's no Google cache of the entire CNET story.

                    http://newtechnologydirectory.com/in...1280&Itemid=92

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                      Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                      I think now that VUDU Labs is up and running, we're going to see more and more of these internet streaming content applications added to VUDU.

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                        #12
                        Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                        CNET article is live again -- http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10185691-1.html

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                          Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                          Originally posted by redwein View Post
                          But then again, Tivo has Rhapsody and doesn't everyone have to have everything to compete?
                          As I said, I'm not against it and yes, having more is better. I see the Vudu box "primarily" as a device to play Video as it is "optimized" for that purpose. The Squeezebox features a high fidelity 24-bit Burr-Brown DAC, which has a good reputation in the audiophile community because of its clean output and ultra-low distortion. The SqueezeBox "natively" handles MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC and WMA. I don't know much about the specific hardware inside the Vudu box, but I'd bet that it is better for video than it is for audio. The box also supports HDX content which, as far as I can tell, no one else in this space does. I bought a Squeezebox and Vudu box because each one of them was tops on the quality for audio and the quality of video that they reproduced. At this price range I could not find better boxes or a single box that did both audio and video at the same level of quality.

                          I might not be on everyone side here with this one, because I would rather see Vudu enhance the "core" functionality of the box (Video). Bells and whistles that do not take advantage of its superior video quality will not help Vudu differentiate its offering. Other players with boxes in this space have already added support for stream audio. Adding support for "local" external storage either via the USB/Ethernet ports to hold HDX content, portability of purchased content, enhance the download capability of the box to accommodate folks with high bandwidth connections, adding more titles to the rental/purchase selections, adding other sources of video with HD or (HDX?) content... things of that nature should have priority over adding audio streams. Why?... becase high quality/definition video is the Vudu box's edge over the competition. Of course, if Vudu has a lot of money on hand to add audio sources... I'm all for it. But if the funds are limited enhancing the "core" functionality of the box would be better. If money is lacking, opening the box via Vudu Labs to outside developers so that they could add things like Pandora would save Vudu development money which they can use to enhance the core functionality of the box. Vudu can make the Vudu box and "excellent" video component, but I doubt that with the existing hardware they can make the Vudu box a "decent" audio component.

                          Again, I'm bit bias here, because I can press a key in my remote and get high quality audio from Pandora and almost an endless number of streamed audio sources via my SqueezeBox.

                          Edit: Well, I guess the CNET announcement makes it official... so much for the point I was trying to make.

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                            #14
                            Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                            Hm. They should stick to high quality video, huh? So they shouldn't even consider Hulu then since much of it is pretty low quality.

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                              #15
                              Re: Pandora on VUDU?

                              It's live!

                              Go to Vudu Labs and it's at the top of the list.

                              Guess this give me one less reason to buy a Squeeze Box (I've run out of HDMI ports anyway!).

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