Xfinity VOD - Show your appreciation with your wallets!

I somewhat feel the same way. I would chose Comcast over Amazon, but Comcast is always at least $1.00 more, plus Comcast has to charge taxes too.

 

I would choose whatever way is cheaper. I don't reward companies that overcharge me for a product or service. Now if the price between Comcast rental and the competitors was the same, then sure I'd probably go with Comcast.

 

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Comcast also transmits over a crappy QAM channel in over-compressed MPEG-2, whereas VUDU HDX rentals are using an advanced MPEG-4 format that is equivalent to blu-ray. I wouldn't miss VOD if it disappeared tomorrow. It's a business decision for Comcast. If they see enough of a take rate, which they obviously did in the initial markets, then they roll out more VOD. With the margins on VOD being pretty high, it doesn't take a large take rate to make it pay back pretty quickly.

 

I haven't tried renting anything yet, as I'm still trying out the free shows.

If you rent a show, how long do you have to watch it? Or does it start playing immediately?

 

I think it's a 24-hour rental.

 

I looked a a few VOD tv shows and they didn't have DD 5.1 sound even though they did when played live or recorded on the Tivo. Are there any shows with 5.1 sound on Xfinity VOD?