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Purchased bluray digital copy always SD not HD?

AbSoluTc said:
You don't have to apologize. That's just an ill-informed person that probably thinks digital copies are the bees knees and physical copies are so antiquated. Not realizing that Blu-Ray is the purest, best, HD content out there. Watching a digital stream/copy in HD vs Blu-ray is no comparison. Blu-ray wins 100% when you want to enjoy your home theatre system in all it's glory. Digital copy also has it's place and is awesome for convenience, portability and having a library at your fingertips.
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Which would also mean that Apple is...ill informed?

LOL But seriously people are so titled.

Actually, I'm having a laugh because op decided it wasn't worth his time to search the exact same question and instead, posted it in the iPad forum out of all the others.

1pejqAC
 
theengineerbox said:
Handbrake fixes everything
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Handbrake or ripping doesn't fully fix everything.

Digital copies are available to stream/download and show up on all devices. Ripping the blu ray solves the SD/HD but creates the problem of not being available to any device without having to manually sync it to the device. Forcing it to always take up space, instead of download or stream to my iPad when needed at any given time without taking up space when not watching it.
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Noble Actual said:
Which would also mean that Apple is...ill informed?

LOL But seriously people are so titled.

Actually, I'm having a laugh because op decided it wasn't worth his time to search the exact same question and instead, posted it in the iPad forum out of all the others.

1pejqAC
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I posted in the iPad forum because I am specifically doing all this to have my movies accessible at any given time from my iPad Pro.
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cynics said:
When I read the OP I was thinking to myself..."Hmm all my BD came with an HD digital copy..." Lol
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Obviously not all BD's have come with HD digital copies. Other wise I wouldn't have some that only provide the SD version.

Which is why I made a thread to basically ask if there was something that could be done that someone may know of or are they forever stuck as SD copies.
 
lagwagon said:
Handbrake or ripping doesn't fully fix everything.

Digital copies are available to stream/download and show up on all devices. Ripping the blu ray solves the SD/HD but creates the problem of not being available to any device without having to manually sync it to the device. Forcing it to always take up space, instead of download or stream to my iPad when needed at any given time without taking up space when not watching it.
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I posted in the iPad forum because I am specifically doing all this to have my movies accessible at any given time from my iPad Pro.
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Obviously not all BD's have come with HD digital copies. Other wise I wouldn't have some that only provide the SD version.

Which is why I made a thread to basically ask if there was something that could be done that someone may know of or are they forever stuck as SD copies.
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I was hinting at using HB to obtain an HD digital copy from all my BD, thats why I quoted the other post.

Kind of getting off your original topic but there are methods of streaming your own digital copies to all your devices anytime and anywhere.
 
lagwagon said:
Handbrake or ripping doesn't fully fix everything.

Digital copies are available to stream/download and show up on all devices. Ripping the blu ray solves the SD/HD but creates the problem of not being available to any device without having to manually sync it to the device. Forcing it to always take up space, instead of download or stream to my iPad when needed at any given time without taking up space when not watching it.
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Plex, MediaBrowser, etc. Of course, you'd need an always on device to act as server. On the upside, even an inexpensive WD My Cloud Mirror NAS works for pure serving (no transcode duties). Heck, even a DIY Raspberry Pi 2 can function as Plex Media Server (although storage will be slow and fairly limited).
 
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maflynn said:
I think it can make a lot of sense, since you get the full 1080p and you don't have to wait for it to download. I personally like having the disk because I don't want the movie consuming all the space on my DVR - I do must of my movie watching on a TV.
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Also studio master sound instead of plain DD
 
lagwagon said:
Handbrake or ripping doesn't fully fix everything.

Digital copies are available to stream/download and show up on all devices. Ripping the blu ray solves the SD/HD but creates the problem of not being available to any device without having to manually sync it to the device. Forcing it to always take up space, instead of download or stream to my iPad when needed at any given time without taking up space when not watching it.
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today harddrive/space is cheap. most present routers can also work like a media server when an external usb hdd is attached to them. i use NAS myself to store everything and "sync"/streaming content between my devices.
 
Ripping a bluray is the only way to get a genuinely DRM free copy that you can play on most devices. An iTunes digital copy won't work on my android devices, and UV is limited in the UK on what it'll play on. A rip combined with a decent bit of server software (or player like infuse) will let you play on lots of things.
 
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All my digital copies I redeemed through iTunes are hd. I can download hd or sd when I load it to the pro. When I do ultra violet it only downloads in sd but I have to do it through their dumb apps. I like the way Disney does their codes. I hope it catches on.
 
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Most Blu-Rays that I buy that include Digital Copy specifies Digital HD. Disney/Marvel movies are all HD.
 
lagwagon said:
Are all "Digital Copy" versions you get when you buy a Blu-Ray always in SD only?

I haven't ever bothered with Digital Copy, but now that I have an iPad Pro I've been wanting to redeem and store them in my iTunes for use with my iPad. But the few I've tried so far all give me the SD version which is utterly useless on an iPad Pro.

Seems kind of pointless to not even offer them in HD when all devices have HD screens...

Or am I doing something wrong?
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This isn't a universal. Sometimes you'll get an HD copy. Sometimes you'll get an SD copy. Sometimes you'll only get Ultraviolet. Sometimes you'll only get iTunes. Sometimes you'll get both. Sometimes you'll have the choice of an HD copy with Ultraviolet or Google Play (this is what Fox is currently doing, btw). Or, if it's HBO, you'll get HD and in iTunes, Google Play, and Ultraviolet because HBO is awesome that way.
[doublepost=1456881414][/doublepost]Of note, if you get a Disney movie with a Digital copy (This includes Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pixar, all Star Wars movies that are not "A New Hope", and you have your iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and Vudu accounts registered, once you activate a copy on one of those services, you own it on all of them.
 
It just depends. A lot of the more recent movies come with the HD copy, while the older ones are SD. For example Skyfall was SD even though it wasn't released that long ago, but Spectre has the HD. Usually on the back it will tell you if it's Digital HD or not.
 
WinterWolf90 said:
It just depends. A lot of the more recent movies come with the HD copy, while the older ones are SD. For example Skyfall was SD even though it wasn't released that long ago, but Spectre has the HD. Usually on the back it will tell you if it's Digital HD or not.
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Yeah I've come to figure out that

2016 = HD
2015 = HD
2014 = HD
2013 = mostly HD with a few SD
2012 = 50/50 at best but mostly SD
2011 and older = pretty much guaranteed SD
 
I, for one, buy Blurays in their 3D versions.
A joint, headphones, large screen TV, and in 3D......oh yeah baby!!!:)
 
Bri in Mtl said:
I, for one, buy Blurays in their 3D versions.
A joint, headphones, large screen TV, and in 3D......oh yeah baby!!!:)
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Laughing at people who buy Blu Rays and CD's is itself laughable. Blu Rays are better quality than anything you can currently download or stream. Apple and Amazon mislead you into thinking it's equal because its 1080p but it's a much lower bitrate, which determines image quality as much or more than just the amount of pixels.

Also CD's are higher resolution than anything you can download in iTunes.

So the choice is between convenience and quality. I prefer the slight inconvenience and better quality.
 
Yebubbleman said:
This isn't a universal. Sometimes you'll get an HD copy. Sometimes you'll get an SD copy. Sometimes you'll only get Ultraviolet. Sometimes you'll only get iTunes. Sometimes you'll get both. Sometimes you'll have the choice of an HD copy with Ultraviolet or Google Play (this is what Fox is currently doing, btw). Or, if it's HBO, you'll get HD and in iTunes, Google Play, and Ultraviolet because HBO is awesome that way.
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The total inconsistency is why UV was a failure. When the studios started talking it sounded okay, but then they all began squabbling to protect their own personal interests and it quickly fell to pieces. This is why people buy products like AnyDVD.

Others on the thread have mentioned Skyfall. The UK version I have doesn't even have a valid digital code, you need to play it in a computer blu-ray drive to get the digital copy (and needless to say I don't have one).
 
All the free digital downloads from bluerays that Ive gotten are through ultraviolet and it offers HD or SD whichever you want. Never seen just SD before.
 
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