The good news is Internet television is growing. The bad news is still no Hulu. ;(
Back to the good news. With a number of TV’s and Blu-ray players set to hit the market with added Internet connectivity and associated movie and tv content, our choices of watching what we want when we want are increasing. The latest jump to the TV is Vudu’s Internet movie service. Vudu was previously only available on its own box for $150 plus the cost of the first run movies. The beauty of Vudu was its long list of true HiDef movies on demand from $3 to $7 depending on the quality you want.
Though I prefer the Netflix flat fee model there might be a Science Fiction movie I might want to watch in HiDef due to the extreme black levels they usually need. That said the addition of yet another choice of where to buy content is a good thing. This is sure to spawn competition. Vudu is available on TVs and Blu-ray players from other companies: LG and Mitsubishi right now; Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba and Vizio this summer. See this NYT article for more on Vudu. Now all we need is someone to get us our Hulu!
