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Universal Studios' Movies Now Available on iCloud
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Do movie prices ever fluctuate?
Would love to see something similar to AppShopper that keeps track of prices if they do.
Would love to see something similar to AppShopper that keeps track of prices if they do.
The Real Question
The real question here is "Why would anyone want to download 40 yr old virgin once?" Let alone twice....
The real question here is "Why would anyone want to download 40 yr old virgin once?" Let alone twice....
23 is old! You grew up in an era before iTunes
Because it's a good film?
Are all digital copies always sd? I found one movie without an expired code and it was SD. If they are always SD that makes me feel better about missing out.
I grew up in London, miss it. Guess the economy is as rough there as it is here 🙁 Hope things improve, for everyone's sake, very soon.
Try entering the codes again. My BTTF showed up on its own, but during the first round I had to enter the codes again for several movies. Problem solved.
I totally agree. I wastes my hare of money 'collecting' DVDs, and I feel like a moron doing it. In that sense, Netflix type of service is perfect for me, although their stream selection lacks. I don't really care if I own a movie or not as long as I can watch it whenever I want.
bommai
macrumors 6502a
Too expensive
I still can't believe the prices. I can get Bluray versions of several of these movies for $10 or less and I can rent them as part of Blockbuster or Netflix. Why are they so expensive? I have never bought or rented from iTunes store for that reason. Plus I am spoiled by the lossless audio on the Bluray movies.
I still can't believe the prices. I can get Bluray versions of several of these movies for $10 or less and I can rent them as part of Blockbuster or Netflix. Why are they so expensive? I have never bought or rented from iTunes store for that reason. Plus I am spoiled by the lossless audio on the Bluray movies.
I can tell you one thing -- you'll be buying these crappy movies again when they conceive of some must have ultra HD format that is incompatible with the older gen hardware.
I don't see a bright future in a world where we relabel art as "content" and then disburse it into many compromised digital formats that are designed to be force fed through internet feeds in a way that prevents anyone to actually "own" them.
I don't see a bright future in a world where we relabel art as "content" and then disburse it into many compromised digital formats that are designed to be force fed through internet feeds in a way that prevents anyone to actually "own" them.
I don't see Apple pushing a Mac-less or PC-less ecosystem at all. They're simply making it possible for those who don't want to purchase Macs or PCs to use an iDevice. Big difference between "push" and "enable".
Well yeah, go download it. iCloud is a way to back up your purchases and access them from multiple devices at any time. You should still always keep copies of all music, tv shows, and movies on a hard drive. Back up your purchases. If Apple decides to nuke iCloud at some point, then you still have it on a hard drive. On the other hand, if your house burns down, you'll have it backed up in the cloud.
But you shouldn't buy media and just keep it in the cloud. I wouldn't recommend it.
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I have to agree. If I'm buying a digital copy, with no case, no hard media, no artwork, no special features, no digital lossless audio, and no extra shipping and stocking cost, then I expect to pay LESS than I would for a blu-ray. $19.99 for just a hi-def download? Please. For that I can usually go to Target and get a DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Download combo pack. I've only ever purchased a handful of movies, I'd say less than 5, and it was because they were on sale. I bought [REC] for $5. That was a deal.
DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Download combo packs FTW.
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Such is the way of the world. Just like when CDs came out and people repurchased all of their LPs. Or when DVD came out and people repurchased what they already owned on VHS (or perhaps LaserDisc). It's unavoidable as technology keeps evolving.
"I guess I'll have to buy the White Album again."
-Father Dyer
The Exorcist III
class77
macrumors 6502a
You still have to subscribe to HBO to get HBO Go, so you can't get rid of your set top box
appleguy123
macrumors 604
Prices Are Way Too High
I'm with a lot of folk here. I won't be buying a movie on iTunes - iCloud or otherwise - while the prices remain this high. I was in my local Tesco this morning looking at the DVDs and still had a few prices in my head. Every one of them was at least as expensive on iTunes. Thor, for example. £9.99 both on iTunes and in Tesco.
If you have a physical DVD, unless you do it some physical damage, then it as least as secure a purchase as one in the iCloud and there's much less faff involved bit buying it and playing it. And I really can't work out why a physical object containing the data required to play a movie, contained in a box, should be cheaper than the data on its own.
I'm with a lot of folk here. I won't be buying a movie on iTunes - iCloud or otherwise - while the prices remain this high. I was in my local Tesco this morning looking at the DVDs and still had a few prices in my head. Every one of them was at least as expensive on iTunes. Thor, for example. £9.99 both on iTunes and in Tesco.
If you have a physical DVD, unless you do it some physical damage, then it as least as secure a purchase as one in the iCloud and there's much less faff involved bit buying it and playing it. And I really can't work out why a physical object containing the data required to play a movie, contained in a box, should be cheaper than the data on its own.
Renzatic
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Still? HBO Go is about the only reason why I haven't gone ahead and cut the cord. I was hoping that this potential deal was a first step for them towards detethering themselves from subscription cable, and offering the service up themselves.
Well hell.
donrsd
macrumors 6502
sorry for the late quote. stumbled onto this quote from a google search.
fantastic post!!!
lossless audio is the only reason i have 150+ blurays.
i do like itunes, well i do like itunes for my apple tv icloud.
for all the disney blurays i have, i never use them. the kids just stream a digital copy from icloud thru my apple tv.
would i ever buy a movie on itunes, NO WAY.
every digital copy i have it from blurays ive bought or i pay $2 for a digital copy i want from someone who bought the bluray and doesnt want the itunes digital copy.