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jbachandouris

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The new Bluray of the movie Salt comes with a digital copy. Apparently it uses the CinemaNow DRM which is not Mac compatible. Can anyone confirm this as I have a backorder at BestBuy and need to know if I need to cancel.

BTW the iTunes has it for $19.99.
 
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I had no idea where to post this.

The new Bluray of the movie Salt comes with a digital copy. Apparently it uses the CinemaNow DRM which is not Mac compatible. Can anyone confirm this as I have a backorder at BestBuy and need to know if I need to cancel.

BTW the iTunes has it for $19.99.

Do you convert the movie from bluray to the mac? If so how? Or you watch it somehow on the mac? If so how?

Sorry I'm new to the mac.
 
I had no idea where to post this.

The new Bluray of the movie Salt comes with a digital copy. Apparently it uses the CinemaNow DRM which is not Mac compatible. Can anyone confirm this as I have a backorder at BestBuy and need to know if I need to cancel.
Macs do not have Blu-ray drives.
 
Although I appreciate your quick response, I do not appreciate you not reading the post I made. I know the Mac does not have Bluray. The only reason I mention Bluray is that the studio that released Salt only include the digital copy on their Bluray set, but not on it's DVD set.

So the question is: will the digital copy using CinemaNow DRM work?
 
Although I appreciate your quick response, I do not appreciate you not reading the post I made. I know the Mac does not have Bluray. The only reason I mention Bluray is that the studio that released Salt only include the digital copy on their Bluray set, but not on it's DVD set.

So the question is: will the digital copy using CinemaNow DRM work?

I don't care what you appreciate. I did read your entire post. You miss the point completely. If the digital copy is on a blu-ray disc, you can't get it onto the Mac in the first place, even if it would work, since Macs can't read a blu-ray disc.

https://selfserve.roxio.com/(S(nhaxfmuoeqjjf0yyy3prjbef))/cinemanow/default.aspx?id=000022CN
 
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I don't care what you appreciate. I did read your entire post. You miss the point completely. If the digital copy is on a blu-ray disc, you can't get it onto the Mac in the first place, even if it would work, since Macs can't read a blu-ray discs.

Incorrect. Bluray box sets come with a DVD which has the digital copy. So the question is still valid.
 
I don't care what you appreciate. I did read your entire post. You miss the point completely. If the digital copy is on a blu-ray disc, you can't get it onto the Mac in the first place, even if it would work, since Macs can't read a blu-ray discs.

Bravo!
 
Sorry, didn't see the link on my iPhone. I actually did see that, but was hoping that had changed. Oh well, thanks anyway.
 
Confirmed: only BluRay's from Best Buy comes with a digital copy and it does use CinemaNow which does not presently work on Mac.

iTunes sells the Hi-def version for $19.99. I includes Hi-def for your TV and standard for your Mac/iPhone/iPad. I guess that's my only legal option.
 
i'm not sure 100% but i think some movies you can download the digital copy on your mac. but it's confusing.

i don't remember what movie, on the back of the blu ray cover it was saying to download digital copy, windows or mac and itunes required.
then i had to go to a link that only windows was compatible. it warner bros site.

i dont really watch blu ray but that was my only experience trying to download a digital copy.
 
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