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Vudu offers up wireless kit for $79

by Robert Nelson on Jun 5, 2008 at 07:26 AM

Vudu has just released a wireless accessory kit for their set-top box. The new kit will allow current Vudu box owners to easily add a wireless connection for $79. While it would have been nice to see the new Vudu boxes begin to offer wireless connectivity built-in, they are also… Continue Reading »

Roku’s Netflix Player; more details

by Robert Nelson on Jun 3, 2008 at 07:32 PM

A recent interview with Tim Twerdahl, the VP of Consumer Products for Roku shed some more, and slightly interesting details on the recently released, and still hard to get Netflix Player. The player is powered by an NXP processor, and is running a customized (although unstated) version of Linux. The… Continue Reading »

Vudu goes to version 1.5, now offering rental extensions

by Robert Nelson on May 29, 2008 at 07:22 PM

Vudu has just given their set-top-box a nice update, now at software version 1.5 it brings one update that some will consider very important. The new feature is movie rental extensions. Now, with the new software if, or for some, when you fail to finish watching your rented movie in… Continue Reading »

Vudu landing at select Best Buy locations

by Robert Nelson on May 25, 2008 at 01:02 PM

Vudu, while maybe not attracting quite as much attention as originally hoped, are proving they are still alive in the small but welcomed movie set-top-box market. The Vudu box was originally launched back in the Fall of 2007, but sales may have been slow because of the limited availability, up… Continue Reading »

Laziness enabler? Blockbuster set-top box rumored to be in the works

by Indraneel Purohit on Apr 13, 2008 at 02:42 PM

Spring has arrived in the Eastern United States, and rumors are in the air. One of which is that Blockbuster is working on a Vudu like set top box to get movies out to consumers, without having them leave their homes.  As the story goes, Blockbuster will be working with… Continue Reading »

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