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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Gets Early Release on iTunes with Bundle Deal
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Me too, got the Steelbook preordered. Can't wait to see this film again
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Why, what confuses you about that?
Odd I've bought quite a few Blurays that come with the digital copy and none of them have been in HD. I'll have to double check but as far as I recall I didn't even think they had HD versions available with the Blurays.
It's at the discretion of the studio. I've got a couple of blurays that came with HD iTunes codes.
Same here. I have had a few in HD as well. i just wish there was a way to upgrade the sd copies to HD though.
I ended up picking up the HD bundle last night I really enjoyed Into Darkness.
It is not as good as the first JJA Star Trek movie. I prefer the old Khan from the 1980's movie.
Old Khan: "I am better."
New Khan: "At what?"
Old Khan: "Everything."
Some folks have compiled lists of BRDs that come with HD iTunes codes. Here's one:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=212961
Seems like we're starting to see a few more, but so far I've built up a moderately-sized collection, and the only HD code I got was for Game of Thrones. HBO is all-HD, as I understand.
You should definitely check your settings. Because I've never had a Blu-ray that didn't have the HD Version - unless you are downloading to a computer, then it automatically chooses the SD option. But then I did say "almost" always
Unno, I think the only thing old Khan was good at, was chewing the scenery. But, like all film, it's all pretty subjective.
Amazon is amazing... 347 reviews, most glowing, on something that is still prerelease!
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Very true. It just stuck out at me - that dual layer DVD's that all DVD movies come on are 8GB in capacity, I believe. So we're looking at DVD movie file size downloads (or less) for HD versions on iTunes, that's really amazing when you consider the compression they're doing. And of course the Blu-ray versions are compressed down tight (and was a considerable advance over mpg2 that DVD's used) as well.
Overall its a great deal (iTunes/Amazon dloads or physical), going to a first run movie and getting something to eat/drink and you're way over the cost of $20.
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Well, the ones from yesterday and today are mostly from Amazon downloads (like iTunes they have it already), but to your point that's ~330 reviews that shouldn't even be there (1st one was May 8th, it didn't release for another week or so). JMHO, but they should have reviews on stuff like this locked out till deliveries start (digital or otherwise) - course sales are better with lots of reviews...
You should definitely check your settings. Because I've never had a Blu-ray that didn't have the HD Version - unless you are downloading to a computer, then it automatically chooses the SD option. But then I did say "almost" always
Read the previous post. Just because you never had a digital copy that wasn't HD does not mean that ALL Bluray's come with an HD copy, they do not.
I have my iTunes set to always prefer HD copies and I've had to contact iTunes on this issue.
Amazon really needs to get off its butt and fix it's movie reviews. Not only is it pre-release, but then they never distinguish between Blu-ray, DVD or the reissued version, or anything.
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Well I did say "Almost."
Im betting the Blu-ray will come with an HD itunes code so its a no brainer if you can wait a few more days. Also different stores will have different packages
http://images2.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/74915_slipback.jpg
http://images2.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/74915_slipback.jpg
You should definitely check your settings. Because I've never had a Blu-ray that didn't have the HD Version - unless you are downloading to a computer, then it automatically chooses the SD option. But then I did say "almost" always
Well I've always had the default setting to download in 1080. To tell you the truth I just rip my Blu-ray straight from the disc and just convert them to m4v using handbrake. I've finally figured out the ideal settings which compresses the movie greatly and yet gives a very good comparable viewing video quality.
I think I've utilized only one movie download to check and see how the quality was and just assumed the downloads were always SD quality.
On another note I bought the Harry Potter set that was on a "sale" the other day and am kinda disappointed at the 1080 quality. My encodes from the BR disc appear far better for the same file size. Not complaining, still better than SD quality.
Big no, I don't want to pay that for a blu-ray with dvd etc... I just want until the price drops. I do see what they are doing here, releasing it early is the only way to get some people to spend twenty dollars on a digital download that one has no control over and of lower quality. If it was five dollars I would think about it.
Abram's Star Trek is an embarrassment to the series? Not the latter films directed by Nemoy and Shatner with the original cast?
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There is a substantial loss in quality. You just can't replace a 25-30 GB, 1080p movie file with a 3 GB .m4v and expect the same video and audio excellence.
Yep, aside from some PIxar Disney films (they never really get that low on blu-ray) I want until I can pick films up for five dollars or so. Just too used to under two dollar dvd's and five dollar blu-rays and that was months ago.
Depends on the studio, and also the time of purchase. Many Warner, Disney and older releases give out Digital Copy download code for SD version while others come in HD.
So yeah I would say it's a hit or miss but I think we can agree getting Bluray copy is the best way to enjoy the best of a movie (assuming you own supporting equipments) and DC is an icing on the cake to even beat the **** out of iTunes Movie purchases.
A product that is currently the best quality available along with having control give it away, trade, sell it, buy it used, extras etc... can hardly be called obsolete. Now when that download is five dollars I will think about it. It does have the three weeks early going for it, really about it.
A digital copy can do that or even making your own. Digital prices need to drop, I love the idea when cheap. However they will never beat five dollar or less used blu-rays.
No there isn't. By the tone of that statement, I can't help but assume you've never actually viewed a 1080p iTunes film. Have you?
Because Apple is simply using modern compression algorithms to get file sizes at a fraction of blu-ray rip sizes without having to sacrifice a "substantial" amount of quality. The original comparison article run by Macrumors:
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/0...own-file-sizes-on-1080p-itunes-store-content/
This is the same thing as arguing about compressed audio (iTunes/lossy) vs uncompressed audio (CDs/lossless). Just because an AAC file in the iTunes store is 5 MB doesn't mean it would 1/10th the sound quality of it's counterpart 50 MB lossless file, right? Again, proper compression techniques can effectively preserve much of the quality of the original recording while vastly shrinking down the file size. And being an audiophile myself, AACs still sound just fine to me.
I own both blu-ray and iTunes movies and I honestly find the quality of iTunes 1080p movies amazing. Of course it isn't as impeccable as blu-rays, but in my opinion, they are very comparable. I recently rented Oz and I thought it looked awesome. It's a great example of how far digital HD movies have come.
As I've said before, the difference is going to be largely trivial to general audiences and only discerning to the very few geeks who go on message boards to debate about this stuff.
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Yes, I have. On a 55" LED, there is far more noticeable pixelation and less edge detail on an iTunes download than a Blu-Ray.