Forbes: "Bad Vudu" Sopping Up Bandwidth

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Yeah I remember when I researched Tivo when it first hit the market. I knew a lot of people that said it would never catch on. Well boy were they wrong. I think we'll find the same thing with Vudu. It will keep on going and improving and it will catch on too. mark my words.

Mike Avallone of AL 5:45PM December 30, 2008

I agree with the editor. p2p streaming tech is pretty dead right now with all the provider's bandwidth cap. Look at the joost. They gave up on p2p and going all flash.
With HULU/MYTVPAL/ROKU real time streaming breathing down VUDU's neck, i am not surprised vudu are discounting heavily.

yale pierce of CA 3:02PM December 23, 2008

It's pretty sad that someone from such a respectable publication as Forbes, would be so clueless. Sure, VUDU doesn't plaster red warning "P2P" stickers in a 100-point font, so some consumers may not be fully aware if they didn't read the first paragraph of ToS. But any tech journo worth his/her salt should be aware of this as P2P has always been claimed as the defining feature of VUDU -- "vudu p2p" search produces 50 thousand Google hits.

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Bob Winters of CA 10:30AM December 20, 2008