Don't those blurays come with iTunes digital codes? Why waste time ripping and tagging?
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How many movies in your iCloud library?
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I prefer to have the best of both worlds. One can have all the advantages of both a physical and digital movie collection without being locked into Apple and without having to settle for loss in quality.
It's only a matter of time before I move away from Apple and on to something else. I want to make sure my movies come with me.
Sony and WB do NOT come with iTunes Digital Copies anymore.
HBO and Disney are great since they offer a multitude of digital copy options.
Some other studios do UV & iTunes and some do UV OR iTunes.
So, some studios ONLY offer UV. but I don;t think any ONLY offer iTunes.
Fox has a daily App Sale. Disney has a weekly sale $10 for some "throwback" movies.
I guess it's just my age, but I am not so crazy about the whole cloud thing. My first computer was an Apple ][ in 1978. This was the the beginning of the personal computer revolution that was supposed to liberate us from the computer center mainframe "priesthood".
It seems really ironic that we have come full circle to the point where Apple is now the world's largest corporation and wants your entire digital life on their servers. That would have been crazy science fiction in 1978. It really puts the famous Ridley Scott TV commercial into a different context.
It seems really ironic that we have come full circle to the point where Apple is now the world's largest corporation and wants your entire digital life on their servers. That would have been crazy science fiction in 1978. It really puts the famous Ridley Scott TV commercial into a different context.
I really like what Disney has done. By creating its own digital media management system they've created a rather elegant way to work with every ecosystem. What's more is they found a way to leave your collection to someone else. All one has to do is link the main account to someone's iTunes or Vudu account and the copies move to that account and you keep your copies. I think this is what UV wanted to do, but they don't play with everyone.
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That is really the only movies I have in my iTunes library. If they come with the iTunes digital code I redeem them there...if not, everything goes to my ultraviolet collected. To be honest, I do not think I have watched many movies through streaming that I actually own. The micro blocking in dark scenes drives me crazy and is very notifiable on my TV with streams.
I have a bout 300 total, most are DVD's that I have ripped, tagged and dumped into iTunes. I have started to convert over to HD versions through iTunes, so I have about 30 that I have bought from iTunes.
There are some twitter feeds that send out a tweet with price changes in iTunes so I watch that list for good deals. Also find that the bundled sets in iTunes can be a good bargain.
There are some twitter feeds that send out a tweet with price changes in iTunes so I watch that list for good deals. Also find that the bundled sets in iTunes can be a good bargain.
I haven't found anything "special" enough since LOTR to rip, so I am not really aware of what they come with now.
With cloud services, you are still liberated from the mainframe priesthood. It's just a storage location. Your apps are still, with a few exceptions, are located on your personal computer. I am from that same "era" and remember having to wait for someone to write or modify a mainframe program in order for me to be able to crunch some data I had in a different way than was on the mainframe. But remember, back when you bough your Mac, there was no networking or multiple devices you worked with that had to be kept in sync. Today we have multiple computers, phones, pads and other auxiliary equipment that all communicates and needs to be kept in sync. The cloud is a perfect storage facility for all that data...and, it's backed up much better than most of us will ever back up our data in the home environment.I guess it's just my age, but I am not so crazy about the whole cloud thing. My first computer was an Apple ][ in 1978. This was the the beginning of the personal computer revolution that was supposed to liberate us from the computer center mainframe "priesthood".
It seems really ironic that we have come full circle to the point where Apple is now the world's largest corporation and wants your entire digital life on their servers. That would have been crazy science fiction in 1978. It really puts the famous Ridley Scott TV commercial into a different context.
I would suggest you re-consider your approach to "the cloud" and tap in to it's benefits.
I never said I didn't understand or use the cloud. I am just not crazy about being dependent on a connection to Apple's servers for everything. I don't think they're "just a storage location" either. When you use iTunes in the cloud, you don't own the media on the other end of the wire and it is not stored in "your" space. When you connect, Apple decides whether you are entitled to access the media and whether they want to provide it. I think that is totally at their whim. And your ability to even access Apple's servers is subject to your internet provider's whim (and everywhere else down the line) as well.
Putting that aside, I live in an isolated location and am totally dependent on Verizon copper for slow DSL, 750 kBit is about as good as it gets. Maybe someday there will be an affordable wireless option here? But I would rather have my media stored locally, under my own control. Works fine for me.
Putting that aside, I live in an isolated location and am totally dependent on Verizon copper for slow DSL, 750 kBit is about as good as it gets. Maybe someday there will be an affordable wireless option here? But I would rather have my media stored locally, under my own control. Works fine for me.
280 Digital movies on local HD. TV shows, all seasons of Homeland, Game of Thrones, and some goofy vampire series that my wife likes. Can't remember the name...Blood something. lol
I have 1,102. Pretty much all of which I have ripped and put in iTunes. I may have 2-3 purchased through iTunes. Rest were all my work from DVD's. We enjoy movies in our household.
Just picked up "The Goonies" in HD for $4.99, found out about the price drop from the twitter feed. iTMSMovieDeals
iCloud sucks and is the worst cloud storage service I have ever used. You can't just pick and choice a file that is Stored in iCloud. You can only use iCloud to restore your phone. So it makes it pretty useless if you just want a file or photo.
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I tried that but it wouldn't do it as it said that "account" was already part of family sharing. Even tried changing the name on the account but no go I still am stuck with 2 accounts
This is the biggest hangup right now. We live in the big city, but in ten years when we retire we won't be staying here. The property we bought has crap DSL and ten years is a long time, but the people across the street told us they just got 512. There is a VRAD on the corner of our property that Verizon installed but the Telco has gone from Verizon to Frontier and Frontier is letting rot because they didn't complete the link to the nearest town. I pray for an ATT buy out because they'd at least complete the network. At this point I'm hoping LTE or something else can be a viable alternative, but the prices are absurd these days. There are times we blow through 60-70 GB of data on our current Uverse internet service and I can't imagine what that would cost in LTE data.
This is getting rather OT, but since you mention it.... Verizon has been rolling out FIOS in our area and fiber already runs down the county route, maybe 1/2 mile from my house. Couple months ago, my neighbor was all excited because a Verizon salesman came by to sign him up for FIOS, saying it was coming soon. I questioned how it could be worth the effort to run fiber down our little road with 5 houses. A week later the Verizon guy called the neighbor back, all apologetic. He had our road confused with another one.
I am in a rather unique location though, about 1000 feet off the little road, back in the woods. They buried electric and phone service (somewhere?) when the house was built 20 years ago, so there are no poles. And my property is landlocked, with access via a deeded right of way across the the neighbor's land. So I think the only way I will get faster internet is if they can send something better down the existing copper, or if there's an affordable wireless option. As it currently stands, I can get a one or two bar signal out in my yard but phones rarely work inside the house.
You know…. I don't really mind. It's a great piece of property with woods, wetlands and a wild stream, bordering on thousands of acres of state forest. I used to waste hours every day watching cable TV. Gave it up cold turkey when I moved here in 2006 and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I found better ways to spend my time.
I am in a rather unique location though, about 1000 feet off the little road, back in the woods. They buried electric and phone service (somewhere?) when the house was built 20 years ago, so there are no poles. And my property is landlocked, with access via a deeded right of way across the the neighbor's land. So I think the only way I will get faster internet is if they can send something better down the existing copper, or if there's an affordable wireless option. As it currently stands, I can get a one or two bar signal out in my yard but phones rarely work inside the house.
You know…. I don't really mind. It's a great piece of property with woods, wetlands and a wild stream, bordering on thousands of acres of state forest. I used to waste hours every day watching cable TV. Gave it up cold turkey when I moved here in 2006 and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I found better ways to spend my time.