Anyone tried Vongo? (Xbox 360 and HTPC users)

mutelight
mutelight Posts: 1,054
edited February 2007 in Video Games
I just recently signed up for a 14-day free trial of Vongo and I must say it is pretty impressive. Basically it is a VOD service for your PC which also works with your Xbox 360. They have a fairly large selection of movies which you can watch as part of your membership as well as PPV movies. I decided to check it out since I recently received my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and installed it and I must say I am seriously thinking of subscribing to the service.

Once installed you can start the Vongo service from your Xbox and start watching movies in less than a minute worth of buffering. I have "What About Bob?" playing out in the living room and the quality is certainly decent.

If you have a either Windows MCE or Windows Vista Ultimate I highly recommend at least checking it out since it doesn't cost a cent during the trial and it is a very cool concept. :cool:
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited February 2007
    I haven't yet, i dont watch enough movies or play enough video games to make these services worth it. And if i did have the services i would make too much time to watch and play video games/movies. Lose, Lose situation if you ask me =/

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2007
    ^
    Lame
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited February 2007
    I tried this about six months ago and had a horrible experience. I paid for a movie and downloaded it, but then the Vongo player couldn't play it saying I don't have the lic for it. After 5-6 emails and 2 phone calls to Vongo I gave up. The horrible part is that none of the emails were answered nor the phone calls picked by a rep after waiting 30 min on the line each time.
    -izafar

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2007
    I don't see the point.... :confused:
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited February 2007
    Demiurge wrote:
    I don't see the point.... :confused:

    They have a large amount of movies you can watch on demand on your HTPC or Xbox 360. You can browse, download, etc. directly from your console...
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