Zeyphersan
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Movies Anywhere - New Digital Movie Locker
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Please update when you can, Im too invested in this
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My old Dark Knight SD digital copy I redeemed in iTunes years ago stayed SD on the original iTunes account, but turned HD everywhere else. So iTunes wont upgrade old redeemed movies that are already there?
And if I were to redeem an SD code I have lying around in iTunes now thats MA is a thing... will iTunes make it SD still while the rest of the MA and retailers tied to it will get HD? That would be stupid no?
In theory should all old SD codes from DVDs now redeem as HD on iTunes or whats the best practice here?
And if I were to redeem an SD code I have lying around in iTunes now thats MA is a thing... will iTunes make it SD still while the rest of the MA and retailers tied to it will get HD? That would be stupid no?
In theory should all old SD codes from DVDs now redeem as HD on iTunes or whats the best practice here?
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
24 hours later, my Vudu library still never synced. I emailed support but I'm not expecting to hear back anytime soon. Hopefully they're not like Moviepass and completely ignore all customer service requests.
Nordic4tKnight
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iTunes is having slowness issues tonight.
Nordic4tKnight
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This is from another forum on the iTunes 4K thing. Seems like if you have VUDU UHD it will port to iTunes 4K.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/39-networking-media-servers-content-streaming/2925626-disney-launches-movies-anywhere-streaming-service-6.html#post54950086
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/39-networking-media-servers-content-streaming/2925626-disney-launches-movies-anywhere-streaming-service-6.html#post54950086
Zeyphersan
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It doesnt seem consistent. For example I had a lot of SD VUDU movies come over to iTunes and Amazon in HD, but I had an HD Amazon movie get redeemed elsewhere in SD. And one SD movie from VUDU went everywhere else in SD. In theory whatever quality you have should stay intact in the other stores, but that doesnt seem to be the case always, or even most of the time. The service where it started wont upgrade, but it may upgrade when moved to a different service for unknown reasons. So if you redeem an SD code on iTunes it will stay SD there while other services get HD, maybe. Thats not a guarantee and that behavior may be fixed down the road.
As for everyone not being able to disconnect iTunes, there is a solution. If you scour through your internet history to the very first time you clicked on the connect link and it popped you over to iTunes, clicking on that link again WILL work. Itll be an iTunes redirect link with a unique code on the end of it. I just did it, and movies are now flowing to iTunes where they werent before and the big fat Disconnect button is back on my iTunes account
Yeah Im seeing multiple people reporting UHD purchases in Vudu playing back as 4K HDR in iTunes. Good news. I will confirm as soon as PR syncs to my iTunes account.
Not to dick measure, but I'm at over a thousand now. With UV codes basically being dirt cheap, Vudu running amazing sales almost every week, T-Mobile Tuesday giving away free $5 Vudu codes, and frequent use of Vudu's disc-to-digital program, it was quite easy to amass a lot of movies over time.
Mark Andrew
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Im always amazed by people with collections that big. Dont think Ive even seen that many movies.
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Do HD codes turn into 4K if theres a 4K version on iTunes now? Like entering a code from a Blu Ray makes it 4K on iTunes or it stays like the code?
And I guess this means I should redeem SD codes on the old iTunes account and share them over to the current iTunes account I use or else theyll redeem as SD even in 2017 and be stuck that way on iTunes?
Zeyphersan
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Both of those answers I dont know, sorry.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
My boss has only seen like 40 movies. He hadn't seen any until four years ago.
I'm into five figures.
I knew someone with like 4,000 movies on VHS. Many of them recorded from from satellite back when you needed to punch a few buttons to turn the giant dish and point it at a different satellite to tune into different channels. He had a huge binder just with the lists and information about what was on those tapes.
I can't imagine how many man hours went into that collection which, with the exception of what might be some rare stuff, has been kind of useless for 15 years. It's so much easier now.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Thanks for this but it didnt work for me. iTunes just returns an Unable to connect accounts error. On the bright side, my account page does show a pending status for MoviesAnywhere so maybe thats why it didnt work.
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I just redeemed what Im pretty sure was a regular Blu-Ray code for Ghost In The Shell directly in iTunes and it is now 4K in iTunes. Take that for what you will...
Zeyphersan
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Do you have an Apple TV 4K to play them in? The movies from MA say 4K but never actually get to that resolution, they play in HD with HDR, I wonder if blu-ray redeems do the same
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I dont have one to test on. But this code was redeemed in iTunes and not in MA. Wish I could test, sorry lol
Zeyphersan
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Right, I just didnt know if code redeems were subject to the same resolution restrictions as MA, when coming from a blu-ray instead of UHD. Im guessing not, but still good to get confirmation on
If you have UV hooked up to VUDU, then yes
Machine
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All of them? Paramount and Lionsgate and (maybe) MGM are not part of the initial studios participating. Only about 3/4 of my movies were pulled.
Nordic4tKnight
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Wonder when they will join in. Im surprised by how many Lionsgate movies I have.
DaBargainHunta
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MGM never participated in UV either, did they? (I could be wrong.)
Zeyphersan
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Nah, they did. Do. Present tense.
How long will present tense last though? From talking to MA support the other day physical releases in the near future from the participating studios will no longer come with UV or DMA redemption codes, but will switch to MA codes.
How long can UV remain alive with only Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate going forward? Not long I imagine.
Zeyphersan
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Oh for sure, I dont think UV is long for this world. Just saying that as of this exact moment, its still alive and kicking.
I fully believe that Lionsgate, Paramount, and MGM will be on MA before long, for a couple possibly by the end of the year
Yes. Redeem all HD copies directly on iTunes to get the free 4K upgrade. If you redeem them on another service though, and they come to iTunes through MA, you wont get the 4K version even though it says it on the page. When you play it it will say HD HDR.
I have about a dozen HD digital copies that are now 4K.
Machine
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Holy shit. I didn't even notice that 2,3, 4 and Returns were there but 1 didn't appear. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
sensui-tomo
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For some reason my itune account says its linked to my MA (on MA page) but hasnt done anything in over a day and yet doesnt allow me to cancel it in my account info(desync it) so i'm wondering whom i should contact, since nothing is showing up from/ or on my itunes.
Tragicomedy
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You're in good company with at least three of us. People called earlier and they were told to wait for a bit.
Mine finally says pending at least under my iTunes account. Still shows as linked under Movies Anywhere when it's clearly not.
Zeyphersan
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Theyre aware of the issue, working on it
That being said I solved it by going through my browser history and found the original iTunes redirect link, and went through it again. Got everything moving again
Yup, same as DMA did beforehand.
FWIW, I got Wreck-It Ralph that way and it never appeared as a $0 purchase on Google Play, the only reference was the email confirmation on it being added to DMA. And it does seem like that Wreck-It Ralph is a special case, as last year when I had to renew the connection from DMA to Google Play what you describe did happen to me though, and it sorted itself out reappearing on DMA and everything else after a day or 2. I say it's a special case as Monsters Inc, the other DMA movie I got in a similar manner, had nothing happen to it at all, it never vanished or anything.
The 180 day limit is for connecting to *different* accounts, can unlink and relink the same accounts as frequent as you wish (for example I had to do it with my Vudu account to have the UV movies show up)
Nice.Commence "dick waving"
How's Baby Driver in UHD?
(and Spiderman Homecoming while we are at it xD)
Not really, since you can use it outside the US, you'd need jump through a few hoops as for it to work you require a VPN/DNS and a US bank issued credit card.
HarryDemeanor
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So do I have to make a new account for this or will my Disney Movies Anywhere account work?
EDIT: Nevermind. Found out myself. Verification doesn't seem to be working though.
EDIT: Nevermind. Found out myself. Verification doesn't seem to be working though.
Fox Mulder
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Yeah, it's easy over time. Good sales on catalog titles and people sell codes for a few bucks. like I'll get a 4k spiderman code on Tuesday for $5 or whatever like I do every week really.
MA will make me buy more as I can use deals from Amazon or Google and get it on vudu. Just bought the unrated cut for the evil dead remake that isn't out on bluray in the US as Amazon had it a free bucks less than Vudu.
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Needs to be a new account but you should use the same email as you used for DMA because there will be an easy button to merge your DMA movies into your new MA account
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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The fact that Disney was able to get other studios and providers to embrace their DMA/MA solution leads me to believe they will be able to get some movies/shows/programs from other studios for their OTT netflix competitor coming out next year. And based on what Iger said recently, probably get some content from other sports providers for their ESPN OTT app as well.
I am not saying they are going to get everything, just like they didn't for this thing, but I think they will get some stuff and have different "tiers" for their OTT solutions. I won't at all be surprised if something like Jurassic Park or Avatar is made available on their service, possibly even R rated movies as well, under a different tier and strict parental guidelines, of course. Same with ESPN and getting something on the service that they don't own the rights to like world swimming championships, world cup rugby, and UFC prelims.
I'm also curious about this when it comes to MA:
Does that mean Disney is paying these studios to use this service? I can understand paying them for an OTT service, but not for this. How are they making money out of this? Licensing fee to use the technology?
I am not saying they are going to get everything, just like they didn't for this thing, but I think they will get some stuff and have different "tiers" for their OTT solutions. I won't at all be surprised if something like Jurassic Park or Avatar is made available on their service, possibly even R rated movies as well, under a different tier and strict parental guidelines, of course. Same with ESPN and getting something on the service that they don't own the rights to like world swimming championships, world cup rugby, and UFC prelims.
I'm also curious about this when it comes to MA:
Does that mean Disney is paying these studios to use this service? I can understand paying them for an OTT service, but not for this. How are they making money out of this? Licensing fee to use the technology?
hodayathink
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There's the fact that in addition to everything else, I believe Movies Everywhere is still a retailer, so there's a negotiated cut that has to happen there. But I think the actual issue is that more than likely, there's some fee Disney has to pay, either for each movie that goes through the service (kind of unlikely), or an upfront fee for the studio to add their movies to the service (more likely), and that's what Paramount isn't liking.
You don't necessarily have to buy them if you can find a way to scan the UPC off of something else. Even before with the disc based version you could fake the disc authentication. I think in general, the studios realize that it's a thing, but rationalize it away as they'd rather get the $2 from pirates through this than the zero dollars from pirates through straight downloading, and maybe luring them into an ecosystem makes them more likely to buy a few movies there too.
Just noticed Return of the Living Dead is on sale this weekend on Vudu for $5. It's neither UV nor MA compatible, but I don't care. That movie is a treasure and a steal at that price.
Eh, if you want to scam the at home system there are much more convenient ways of doing so. Vudu is well aware of that which is why they limit at home conversions to 100 per year, though I sincerely doubt they care whether you actually own the physical disc. They just want your money.
Eh, if you want to scam the at home system there are much more convenient ways of doing so. Vudu is well aware of that which is why they limit at home conversions to 100 per year, though I sincerely doubt they care whether you actually own the physical disc. They just want your money.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Yeah, but then how does Disney make money off this? What's the business case for them here?