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VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.

Summary: Remember on Thursday when Apple announced that "Day and Date" movie sales and rentals would available on iTunes (and Apple TV) on the same day as they're released on DVD? Well, it turns out that that may not be that big of a deal.

Jason D. O'Grady

By for The Apple Core |

Remember on Thursday when Apple announced that "Day and Date" movie sales and rentals would available on iTunes (and Apple TV) on the same day as they're released on DVD? Well, it turns out that that may not be that big of a deal.

According to an email I received from the PR agency that handles VUDU (an Apple TV competitor) day and date movie releases are an "industry practice."

...we are seeing some confusion out there about this Apple announcement concerning Day and Date release.  This is an industry practice – has been for years.  I'm writing to you on behalf of VUDU so I'll use them as an example but this is true of all the online services.  When movies go to DVD, they are released for online purchase.  Then about 30 days later the VOD or rental window opens.  What Warner announced yesterday with offering rental, day and date with the DVD release is something VUDU has been getting from them since day one and it's great to see this be an ongoing policy.

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  • Vudu Vs. Apple TV

    I looked into the two competitors when I made purchase two months ago. Shouldn't the ability to load your own video material onto the device be industry standard as well?

    I chose Apple TV because I can load my current DVD collection onto it. I also chose it for the video podcasting capabilities. It also had more television shows in it's catalog. Oh, and it was less money.

    But what about the rental catalog, you say? I was looking for a replacement to Cable, not Blockbuster. As far as I can tell, Comcast never had a catalog of over a thousand films in VOD. By years' end the iTunes catalog will eclipse the Vudu catalog anyway.

    Then there's this little concern I had that Vudu may not exist in a year or two... I made the mistake of buying into HD-DVD... Don't need another one of those on my hands.

    Just my two-and-a-half cents.
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