VUDU Out, Fandango In | Fandango at Home App & Streaming Quality Review

VUDU has been transitioned into Fandango at Home. I'm doing a deep dive review of the Fandango at Home app on Apple TV 4K and looking at the streaming technical quality. Is it any good?
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0:00 Exit VUDU, Enter Fandango at Home
2:10 App Icon & Home Row
2:52 Settings
4:21 Search
4:47 Free Content
5:21 No Store
6:15 Movie Detail Pages
7:50 Movies Anywhere Integration
8:13 Library
12:21 TV Series Detail Pages
13:21 Streaming Technical Quality
17:42 Final Thoughts
#hometheater #vudu #fandangoathome

[@gblackmore3]

I feel like voodoo is my digital Blockbuster. I love the bonus features just like the Blu-ray or DVD. The ability to find other content through searching, cast members, directors and so on

[@1FastGXP]

Thank you for this review, great work! 👍 As a former Vudu user, and now a Fandango at Home user, I have nearly 800 titles. I try to use Movies Anywhere when possible to get better video/audio bitrates. I wish my 2019 NVIDIA Shield Pro allowed what your ATV does as far as statistics. 😊 Keep up the good work. 👍

[@Techthusiasm]

Thanks!

[@brunomachado7279]

Great videos, as always!

[@Techthusiasm]

Thanks!

[@jebo4jc]

Thanks for this. I appreciate vudu cross platform compatibility. Also a handful of movies I've purchased over the years only activated on vudu. So i have a bit of a library there, though I don't use the app a ton. I agree with your closing comment - seems like one of these bigger providers could step up to the plate and really deliver a high quality video and audio experience.

[@percybedford6266]

I decided to get Godzilla Minus One on Fandango and I was pretty impressed with it.

[@richardpereira8942]

Also i also love apple tv 4k and i hope with their new apple 4k they will have the atmos and updated audio as well as temp ive been using zidoo z9x and its not bad of a media box , very good results

[@bigdogaxis]

Funny enough, I started with Vudu and gradually migrated to ATV over the past couple of years. It is not ideal to have a split digital library but that is where we are in this digital age.

[@Snoogins22]

I’m about to make the same transition. 🤦‍♂️🤬

[@arc683]

Would love your take on the Criterion collection streaming service!

[@miggypim]

The app did not change with the FAH rebranding of VUDU. A Major issue for me is the inability to create more than 100 lists. That issue is exacerbated by the limit of 200 titles per list. For example, I’ve had to split my “Action” content across two lists. I also cannot reorganize lists in FAH, forcing me to scroll across 50 different lists to move between my two lists of “Action” content.

[@richardpereira8942]

Hey bud , been following your content and your videos are awsome , but for me with streaming it will never be in the same level physcial is the way to go

[@Techthusiasm]

Thanks!

[@gblackmore3]

I started with ultraviolet which turned into movies anywhere which basically turned into Vudu and then Walmart bought them and sold them. I have my complete digital library on there after Ex-Girlfriend literally burned my physical media stash. I have 700 or 800 titles and do not wish to rebuy them a third or fourth time. I hope Fandango ups the quality of the audio. Ever since Fandango started merging the app has been bugging doesn't look properly or you have to load it twice, almost without fail. It's my favorite streaming app because it's where my library is and it allows me to buy 4K Dolby Atmos movies for cheap I really hope their audio quality can at least match atv

[@Techthusiasm]

You can connect Fandango to Movies Anywhere and also an Apple account. A lot of movies will port over. If you want to move somewhere, that's your best bet.

[@Manco654]

Hey man, have you seen the news on the new HDMI passthrough option for Dolby Atmos in the macOS update?

[@Techthusiasm]

I'm filming a video on this right now! Stay tuned.

[@FrankieKennethL]

Vudu never allowed direct purchase from the app so that’s just a carry over. Same as the PrimeTV app. It has to do w long standing disputes between those companies and Apple.

[@Techthusiasm]

Yeah, they are not giving up that percentage of profit. I'm surprised that Kaleidescape lets you buy content in their apps.

[@avtechman77]

I don't think you were ever able to make direct purchases on Apple TV from other platforms

[@glyph6757]

You never mentioned if you had to register to use the service or how much it cost.

[@Techthusiasm]

Vudu is online movie buying/watching platform, not a service. It isn't a subscription like Netflix.

[@crl4261]

I have a Roku I have an Apple TV also Fire TV but I use my Roku to purchase movies on Fandango because Apple TV charge too much for the movies I can get them cheaper on my Roku

[@Techthusiasm]

Thanks!

[@johnlerma9753]

It's because apple TV doesn't allow fandango to have full access. It's competition. The only other reason is if fandango is being lazy not putting more content in their app

[@Techthusiasm]

I'm not sure Apple explicitly blocks selling like this as much as the other provider doesn't want to pay the fees it would require. I can buy movies in my Kaleidescape account in the app on my iPhone and iPad, for example. Would be nice to have full stores in all these apps though.

[@Snoogins22]

It genuinely seems like Apple is throttling other apps while allowing its native app to run faster. I wouldn’t put it past them. 🤷‍♂️

[@Techthusiasm]

I don't believe that to be the case. I think each provider chooses what the want to stream.

[@samuelgalindo46]

VUDU’s closed captioning is absolutely awful. Delayed and off to the side of the screen.