New feature request / Wishlist

[Julien]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

The ability to play MPEG 4 from the USB drive. I have lots of HD trailers that I have downloaded from the internet. I would love to copy them to a flash drive and be able to play them before watching a movie (theater style).

Also VUDU should look at adding a trailer selection (for free of course) to help cross sell movies.

[Citizen Erased]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

Now, it's entirely possible that Vudu seeds boxes with segments of movies in advance and that when everyone starts to watch the movie at once, the content is provided by a large number of peers. I don't know how they exactly do it but that would make sense (I've never taken the time to read their patent).

I was thinking more of multiple people downloading at once, so still the four hour delay which would start after midnight, but the preorder would move a lot of network traffic to the AM hours when the ISPs are less congested.

[NA9D]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

We've talked about the pre-order thing before. Vudu cannot put content on customer boxes prior to the release point. So if a movie comes out at midnight, they cannot allow it to be downloaded earlier so that it will be "ready" at midnight. I know it doesn't make sense, but..

Now, it's entirely possible that Vudu seeds boxes with segments of movies in advance and that when everyone starts to watch the movie at once, the content is provided by a large number of peers. I don't know how they exactly do it but that would make sense (I've never taken the time to read their patent).

[Citizen Erased]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

I'd Like to see a feature to Preorder an upcoming rental and maybe save .50 to a buck, that would maybe spark a few additional rentals someone would'nt ordinarily do...

Preorders would be useful to get the HDX downloading overnight so it's watchable on the day of release without having worry about manually queuing it up. Not sure why you think that would allow for discounting of the rental price however...

Anyway, now that I think about it, queuing up new releases might be a good way to ease the network load. The title would be available everywhere at the same point (12.00 west coast time, I believe) so you'd have a lot of boxes with other wise empty download queues grabbing data at that point. This allows Vudu to effectively simulcast the file data and immediately seed a lot of boxes (rather than having people queue up the new stuff at random times during the first release day and have the same data bounce back and forth). Also it mean more data being piped in the AM hours (off peak time) which might be nice olive branch for the ISPs.

I'm not sure if this would help at all given the P2P architecture but either way, it's an often requested feature.

[Scarpad]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

I'd Like to see a feature to Preorder an upcoming rental and maybe save .50 to a buck, that would maybe spark a few additional rentals someone would'nt ordinarily do...

[Nded]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

Has nobody noticed that the Vudu already does this TTL function?

After you rent a movie, and before you watch it, you are shown the TTL for starting to watch the movie.

After you start watching a movie, you are shown the TTL allowed to finish viewing.

After your viewing window expires, you are shown the TTL for extended rental option at a reduced rate (when available).

When you click on a title in the catalog and select "rent", you are advised whether the view window is 30 days as usual, or if the TTL viewing window will expire sooner. You are shown this on the rental transaction confirmation screen BEFORE you approve the payment.

The only thing missing is a function that would let you quickly see this information via a "sort" (i.e. show me movies that are coming off catalog in the next 30 days), it is a hunt and peck operation at this point, but the TTL information is there to be found for every title.

[Rusdude]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

TTL= Time To Live

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTL

It'd be nice, but I think it might be prohibited under licensing agreements.

[Citizen Erased]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

This is what I was taught in school for TTL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transis...ansistor_logic

I thought the exact same thing! I was going to make a joke about the Vudu electronics being mostly CMOS but it hit the mental joke filter before I could type.

[HeadHodge]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

You've lost me (and most likely everybody else here) - what the heck do you mean by a 'TTL meter'? A google search for this did not reveal an obvious answer.

This is what I was taught in school for TTL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transis...ansistor_logic

[Nded]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

When you rent titles and don't watch them "now" you get a TTL indicator on the Vudu home screen indicating the title that will expire the soonest for one, and sometimes two titles. After you watch the movie the TTL on the home screen will show how much time is left to watch the about to expire movie.

[tamanaco]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

You've lost me (and most likely everybody else here) - what the heck do you mean by a 'TTL meter'? A google search for this did not reveal an obvious answer.

TTL= Time To Live

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTL

[Nded]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

It would be nice to have a TTL meter associated with the titles that one has rented, but that one has not yet watched. Also, a TTL meter for titles in the catalog whose rent or buy options are going to be removed in a not-too-distant future.

You've lost me (and most likely everybody else here) - what the heck do you mean by a 'TTL meter'? A google search for this did not reveal an obvious answer.

[tamanaco]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

It would be nice to have a TTL meter associated with the titles that one has rented, but that one has not yet watched. Also, a TTL meter for titles in the catalog whose rent or buy options are going to be removed in a not-too-distant future.

[Citizen Erased]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

I find it to be somewhat difficult to keep up with all the various changes that occur due to licensing issues, etc. and it would be very useful if VUDU could provide more specific options on the box that let you know what has "changed" in the library on an ongoing basis.

Or work on better licensing so stuff doesn't disappear!

[redwein]

Re: New feature request / Wishlist

Hi all....

I love the product so far and have been recommending it to anyone within earshot. There have been a few minor glitches so far but nothing too bad.

The one thing I would love to see added is a more specific search function as it relates to new movies. As it stands now, you need to scroll through the entire "new to Vudu" sections to see if anything has been added wether it's "new to rent", "new to buy" or all inclusive. I would love to see an option added where you can more easily identify what's been added weekly or even daily as well as a list of titles that may have just been given the green light for a rental vs. purchase option. I find it to be somewhat difficult to keep up with all the various changes that occur due to licensing issues, etc. and it would be very useful if VUDU could provide more specific options on the box that let you know what has "changed" in the library on an ongoing basis.

Anyway, that's just my two cents.....otherwise a very satisfied customer!!

I feel exactly the same way. I've been just too lazy to describe what I'd like to see so completely. Thanks!