Vudu Streaming Movies In 1080p/24 Super-HD HDX Format

It's no travel bag. In fact the latest news from Vudu is oh so much better. The IP-based video-on-demand service has come up with a new 1080p/24 video format that they claim eliminates artifacts. Geared at owners of HDTV's larger than 40-inches, the HDX format basically works by analyzing the entire movie and using a variable bit-rate encoding scheme, decreasing the bit rate for simple scenes and pumping out everything its got for complex, action-type scenes. Of course analyzing the entire movie takes a little time, so expect to wait about 3 hours after ordering before you can watch your movie. Right now there are a few more than 50 HDX format films, but every new HD movie release will now be available in the new format in addition to many of Vudu's 300 HD titles that'll be converted. HDX movies will be priced exactly as HD titles, kind of a fair trade-off for making you wait 3 hours for on-demand content.

Via CEPro

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