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Disney's Expanded 'Movies Anywhere' Service Puts All Your Movie Content in One Place

jdusoccer12 said:
Right you have to download the app or go to the website first and set up and link all of your accounts. But after that any movie you purchase at VUDU, Amazon, Google, or iTunes will just be in your purchased history for each retailer. So you can go into your purchased section in iTunes and see something you purchased from Amazon. So once you setup everything you don't have to go back to the Movies Anywhere app.
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Is this a permanent transfer to the other apps or just a rights transfer as in if you disconnect from movies anywhere it goes away?

Also are UV titles via Vudu eligible for this?

This is basically a better implementation of UV.
 
tennisproha said:
Is this a permanent transfer to the other apps or just a rights transfer as in if you disconnect from movies anywhere it goes away?

Also are UV titles via Vudu eligible for this?

This is basically a better implementation of UV.
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This is the message you get if you disconnect an iTunes account "If you disconnect this iTunes account, your existing movies will remain synced, but any future movies you purchase will only be available from the retailer you purchased them from. You will not be able to link to a different iTunes account for 180 days"
 
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farewelwilliams said:
Situation:
There are 14 places to watch videos

14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal place to watch videos
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We have, it's called buying physical media and actually owning the content the rest of your life after you rip it into a digital file and load it into Plex. If a service goes away, you keep your content. It's up to you if you want to upgrade to the next format.

CDs and Blu-Rays are still the best investment. Think of people who bought music on Rhapsody and Zune. One day iTunes Store will go away and so will the movies you think you own. It might be 50 years from now but it'll happen.

and good luck passing down your movies and TV shows to your kids. You can't gift purchases or will them when you die.
 
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Rigby said:
Early users report that Vudu HD movies port to iTunes and can then be watched in UHD.

I believe the way it works is that iTunes does not distinguish between HD and UHD rights, i.e. everybody who owns the HD version also owns the UHD version if available. This is why HD movies that are ported over from another service are also available to watch in UHD. This is not the case the other way around; on Vudu and Amazon, HD and UHD versions are currently separate, and iTunes HD movies are not upgraded to UHD when they port over to these providers.
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A couple days ago I got a deal on Amazon for The Lego Batman Movie in HD for 2.99. After syncing my accounts it's shown in iTunes as 4K. So it looks like you are right on it no seeing a difference between the two.
 
adamjackson said:
We have, it's called buying physical media and actually owning the content the rest of your life after you rip it into a digital file and load it into Plex. If a service goes away, you keep your content. It's up to you if you want to upgrade to the next format.

CDs and Blu-Rays are still the best investment. Think of people who bought music on Rhapsody and Zune. One day iTunes Store will go away and so will the movies you think you own. It might be 50 years from now but it'll happen.

and good luck passing down your movies and TV shows to your kids. You can't gift purchases or will them when you die.
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On the flip side, good luck finding a blu ray player and compatible TV 50 years from now. Heck, I have a hard enough time finding a VHS player that still works.

Your ripped digital file will never get upgraded to HD, 4K, 8K, etc after the fact. I've bought blurays with digital copies that started off at 480p, then got upgraded to 720/1080p for free. Now, it might be updated to 4K (i think). I think that's pretty cool.

So yeah, there are tradeoffs with both systems. For me, I just get the BluRays with digital copies because I like 3D and the price is comparable. I get the best of both worlds.
 
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adamjackson said:
We have, it's called buying physical media and actually owning the content the rest of your life after you rip it into a digital file and load it into Plex. If a service goes away, you keep your content. It's up to you if you want to upgrade to the next format.
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it's actually illegal to rip the DVD/Blu Ray discs you own. so you may as well download the movies illegally as long as you bought it legally through an online service, right?

adamjackson said:
and good luck passing down your movies and TV shows to your kids. You can't gift purchases or will them when you die.
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I have no plans to pass down my blu rays just as much as I don't have plans to pass down my VHS tapes and DVDs. Do you expect kids to have VHS players, DVD players, and Blu Ray players in the next 15-30 years?

My uncle dumped his DVD collection on me and I ended up ewasting it.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
yes i thought it would be obvious enough that people got the reference
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I didn’t. I still don’t.

1. Weird reference
2. Someon posts a cartoon
3. ????
4. Profit!
[doublepost=1507842387][/doublepost]Do I need to setup a new account with movies anywhere? I tried signing on with my Disney one and it didn’t like the credentials.
 
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Managed to connect my VUDU account using the app on my phone so iTunes, VUDU, and Amazon connected.

Just used to the DiscToDigital program for VUDU to convert 10 DVDs to HDX on VUDU ($5 per disc). All 10 showed up in VUDU immediately, then 8 of them showed up in Movies Anywhere. About 10-15 mins later those same 8 finally showed up in my iTunes Movies to watch. The Italian Job and Saving Private Ryan did not transfer over to MA or iTunes (guess they're not part of Movies Anywhere)

On my Apple TV 3 or Roku Premier:
VUDU - up to Dolby Digital Plus 5.1, no extra special features
iTunes - just Dolby Digital 5.1 (no Plus availability), but you get the iTunes versions so more extras (whatever special features are available for the iTunes version).
Movies Anywhere - 2.0 channel stereo sounds only, but with a few special features available.
Amazon Video - Dolby Digital 5.1, with some extras via separate titles.

VUDU no longer offers the 50% off if you convert 10 discs, but this was a nice way to get HD versions of several movies that I rarely watch because I don't use discs anymore. I got the full Lord of the Rings Special Edition, plus 7 other movies for $53 after tax. If I opted to buy the Special Editions straight up from iTunes it would have cost me around $45.

I'll watch movies via VUDU for the Dolby Digital+ for best sounds possible, or iTunes for the Extras.

Along with the five free movies they gave us, I feel I got a pretty good deal today.
[doublepost=1507849064][/doublepost]Now if Movies Anywhere would let me connect more than a single iTunes account my issues would be solved. I still have a handful of movies only available via an older iTunes account I used in the days before iCloud
 
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I just redeemed a few expired UV codes for the Big Bang theory in Vudu. I was hoping they would transfer to movies anywhere, but it looks to just be movies and not tv shows. Yes, I know it’s called “movies” anywhere.
 
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jmcrutch said:
Now if Movies Anywhere would let me connect more than a single iTunes account my issues would be solved. I still have a handful of movies only available via an older iTunes account I used in the days before iCloud
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What about creating an iCloud "family", and inviting your older iTunes account?
You would then have easier access to purchases from that account. (At least through iTunes/iOS)
 
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It says my iTunes account is linked, but none of my iTunes movies are showing up in the Movies Anywhere library. See how it goes over next 24 hours, but not looking good so far.
 
tyfighter76 said:
So now my Vudu has all my iTunes purchases. But iTunes doesn't have my Vudu purchases...hope this is just a glitch still.
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I have the same problem. My Vudu purchases won’t show up in iTunes. But everywhere else seems to be in sync. Amazon shows my vudu purchases.
 
So, let's say I exchange some movies to Blu-ray on VUDU, and they get transferred to iTunes. 5 years from now if Amazon buys Walmart and shuts it all down, would I still get to keep my movies in iTunes?
 
adamjackson said:
Source?
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https://lifehacker.com/5978326/is-it-legal-to-rip-a-dvd-that-i-own

Relevant part:

“The moment you crack DRM (Digital Rights Managemnt) to rip the DVD, you've violated Title I of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. 17 U.S.C. 1201 prohibits circumvention of DRM . . . Some courts have tried to leaven this rather harsh rule, but most have not. While it's typically hard to detect small-scale circumvention, the question is whether bypassing DRM is legal. The statute sets up some minor exceptions, but our ripper doesn't fall into any of them. So, the moment a studio protects the DVD with DRM, it gains both a technical and a legal advantage—ripping is almost certainly unlawful.”
 
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