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These are the first pictorial matter of the boxful , remote control and UI of Vudu , a video store in a box that is going to engage in a battle royale withApple TVlater this summer . The divine service will launch with thousands of movies from seven major studio as well as indie distributor , touch base directly to your TV and does not require a personal computer or a cable box . The party , Vudu , Inc. , has been quietly engineering the technology and strike deal with content possessor for the past two age ( under the codename Marquee ) . It ’s run by some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley . Find out more about the box , its freight - sharing web , and the Apple connexion after the jump .
The box seat is about the size of a hardback book and delivers TV streamed in MPEG-4 , which is upscaled to HD . It has HDMI , composite , and S - Video port . Vudu get going online via an ethernet cable , and the media stream is managed through a lode - share-out circulate web , which should guarantee instant access to the moving-picture show without stutter . The remote control has a scroll wheel ( nice touch ) and appears to have just five buttons . There are mass of open questions about Vudu — like the size of it of the hard drive — which wo n’t get answered until closer to the launching this summer . The price is go to be competitive with Apple TV , but believably a morsel more expensive .
The chairman of the Vudu , Inc. board is Alain Rossman , the guy who made it potential for you to surf the World Wide Web on a wandering gadget ( WAP ) . He got his start at Apple , then founded Phone.com ( now Openwave Systems ) , EO Corporation , and C - Cube Microsystems among others . The founder of Vudu , Tony Miranz , come from Tahoe Networks and AT&T Bell Labs . The COO and VP of Engineering both come from TiVo . Vudu is funded by Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital .
How will it stand up against Xbox 360 , TiVo Series 3 and Apple TV ? I ca n’t wait to determine out .
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