A new update just brought Vudu’s collection of HD streaming movies – some 4000 of them in all – to Boxee Boxes. More movies! Never a bad thing. These ones arrive in 1080p with Dolby Digital surround sound, and they’ll cost Boxee owners $US2 a pop for two-night rentals. The Boxee team says they’re still on track for an update that’ll brings Netflix to the set-top box later this month, too. When it rains it pours. [Boxee]
Sometime later this month, VUDU’s on-demand movie streaming service will come to the American PlayStation 3s. This’ll mean instant access to more than 4000 HD movies at the cost of $US2 per two-night rental. Not too shabby.
The D-Link Boxee Box (in addition to Boxee clients for PC and Mac) will offer HD movie rentals when it lands in living rooms in coming weeks, courtesy of a new partnership with Vudu. Vudu’s full HD rentals – 1080p, Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound – cost two bucks a pop for two nights of viewing. Not a bad service to add to Boxee’s arsenal, not bad at all. [Press Release]
Just as we feared, Walmart is eliminating Vudu’s “After Dark” section after purchasing the streaming company/technology for $US100 million. Walmart, who doesn’t sell adult films and only sells edited versions of some music, basically just did what was in line with their image. Sad, since Vudu was the only big video streaming place where you could get porn from onto your TV? [Techcrunch]
