Backed by some of the biggest of Hollywood Movie Studio's a new streaming media box is set to be launched later this year that is set to cause problems for Apple, Microsoft and Sony. Called Vudu the box will be launched globally according to the technology web site Gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.com&nb
sp;with thousands of movies from up to seven major studios. The Company behind the box is also negotiating exclusive deals with live sporting organisations around the world including Formula 1 and Indie as well as several football codes.
The device which does not require a connection to a PC or a streaming box like Foxtel is about the size of a sheet of paper. It streams MPEG-4 video, which is upscaled to HD. It has HDMI, composite, and S-Video ports. According to Gizmodo Vudu goes online via an ethernet cable, and the media stream is managed through a load-sharing distributed network, which should guarantee instant access to the movies without stutters.
