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Video Gear<br />
84 MEDIA STREAMERS<br />
85 DVRS<br />
86 UNIVERSAL REMOTES<br />
87 BLU-RAY AND HD DVD PLAYERS<br />
88 ACCESSORIES<br />
91 SCORECARD<br />
88 HOW WE TESTED<br />
92 GADGET HALL OF FAME<br />
WIRED TEST<br />
Vudu<br />
At the intersection of laziness and<br />
instant gratification beckons a<br />
set-top box called Vudu. Grab the<br />
remote, select a movie, agree to<br />
the rental fee (from $1 to $4, billed<br />
to your credit card), and without<br />
further ado you’re watching it in<br />
HD. Vudu has all seven major<br />
studios, plus 20 independent and<br />
foreign studios and distributors,<br />
signed up to provide films—5,000<br />
of them, constantly updated, from<br />
recent blockbusters to classic<br />
kung-fu epics. The box automatically<br />
assesses your TV’s display<br />
capabilities and pumps out<br />
a picture that’s as hi-res as your<br />
set can handle, all the way up to<br />
1080p. Hope you didn’t make any<br />
plans for next year. —JOE BROWN<br />
BEST OF<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY Tom Schierlitz
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