@ Andrea - as always, thanx4the kind words... will post some screenshots soon;o)
@ digitalfreaknyc - no I have not captured that encode because according to the vudu site, on PC this title is ONLY available in SD(!) as you can see here:
I do own a PS3, so I could stream the HDX copy from there, but my computer is not powerful enough to capture 1080p in real-time without some lagging. Even if I had the ability, aren't the bitrates there pretty low, just like netflix captures?