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Streaming video pioneer Vudu released an iPhone app this week that allows users to rent or buy a movie remotely. With a few swipes of your finger, you'll be able to direct your video box at home to download the selected movies, so they'll be ready to go when you come home for work. Because waiting for less than twenty minutes to start a download is just a nightmarish proposition for control freaks.
The Vudu Movie Catalog application offers the full browsing services of the at-home box, with full cover art, movie synopsis, and cast information. There's no word if the iPhone App will also offer iPhone selections of its new "On-Demand" section, which comes with extra web content, like Discovery Channel.
Currently, Vudu offers about 13,000 movie titles in their video-boosting HDX digital video format. The company has gained notoriety through the quality of that video and its torrent-style storage system, with small pieces of movies moving from one hard drive to another to facilitate downloads. Recently, Vudu also announced a standards-based RIA (Rich Internet Application)platform for its box that allows third-party developers to build and improve web-based content apps.
The VUDU Movie Catalog application is available now at the iTunes store, for free.
