Universal Studios' Movies Now Available on iCloud

[Mr. Gates]

But who in their right mind would pay $10.00 for a file ?

Titan A.D. ????

It bombed in the Box Office

Saw it in the 3.99 bin at the Grocery store. Even then it's a hard sell.

Greed, Greed and more Greed

For less than $10.00 you can get Netflix for a month :/

 

[Bheleu]

Do movie prices ever fluctuate?

Would love to see something similar to AppShopper that keeps track of prices if they do.

 

[rosser1982]

The Real Question

The real question here is "Why would anyone want to download 40 yr old virgin once?" Let alone twice....

 

[MacFan23]

the reason i buy movies and the tv shows in the first place is that i have those "bulky" cases and limited editions that i can place in my shelves, the same accounts for books. if i want a stupid overpaid drm protected file in low quality on a harddrive somewhere, i WOULD (not that i actually do) just pirate ...

physical media isnt going anywhere anytime soon unless those studios learn which they dont. dont get me started on this new "amazing" Ultraviolet BS. and no i'm not a old guy stuck in the past, i'm only 23.

ironically i dont know a single young person who even once used iTunes to buy a movie unless it came free as a digital copy (thats just my own experience of course)

23 is old! You grew up in an era before iTunes

The real question here is "Why would anyone want to download 40 yr old virgin once?" Let alone twice....

Because it's a good film?

 

[rick98761]

Are all digital copies always sd? I found one movie without an expired code and it was SD. If they are always SD that makes me feel better about missing out.

 

[Xenomorph]

None of my Universal movies have shown up.

Scott Pilgrim, Back to the Future series, etc. None of them are there.

 

[Shkalix]

The real question here is "Why would anyone want to download 40 yr old virgin once?" Let alone twice....

Because it looks better in 1080p.

 

[3282868]

What's good about living in the UK? Things are pretty crappy right now with no jobs etc.

I grew up in London, miss it. Guess the economy is as rough there as it is here Hope things improve, for everyone's sake, very soon.

 

[mbh]

None of my Universal movies have shown up.

Scott Pilgrim, Back to the Future series, etc. None of them are there.

Try entering the codes again. My BTTF showed up on its own, but during the first round I had to enter the codes again for several movies. Problem solved.

 

[Burro99]

23 is old! You grew up in an era before iTunes

Pathetic.

 

[jonnysods]

Great news!

I am loving icloud

 

[AppleHater]

For less than $10.00 you can get Netflix for a month :/

I totally agree. I wastes my hare of money 'collecting' DVDs, and I feel like a moron doing it. In that sense, Netflix type of service is perfect for me, although their stream selection lacks. I don't really care if I own a movie or not as long as I can watch it whenever I want.

 

[lender200]

Maybe we'll eventually see all movies available for purchase in HD, not just SD as wel

 

[bommai]

Too expensive

I still can't believe the prices. I can get Bluray versions of several of these movies for $10 or less and I can rent them as part of Blockbuster or Netflix. Why are they so expensive? I have never bought or rented from iTunes store for that reason. Plus I am spoiled by the lossless audio on the Bluray movies.

 

[Designx]

I can tell you one thing -- you'll be buying these crappy movies again when they conceive of some must have ultra HD format that is incompatible with the older gen hardware.
I don't see a bright future in a world where we relabel art as "content" and then disburse it into many compromised digital formats that are designed to be force fed through internet feeds in a way that prevents anyone to actually "own" them.

 

[JHankwitz]

Apple is trying to push an iCloud-based Mac-less Apple ecosystem through low/no local storage devices such as ATV and iPhone/iPad. For people to have the confidence to pay sky-high prices for media, re-download is a must-have not a nice-to-have feature.

I don't see Apple pushing a Mac-less or PC-less ecosystem at all. They're simply making it possible for those who don't want to purchase Macs or PCs to use an iDevice. Big difference between "push" and "enable".

 

[fruitycups]

I guess... HBO is knocked up.


Yahhhaa

 

[Boisv]

Unless I go and download it on purpose.

Well yeah, go download it. iCloud is a way to back up your purchases and access them from multiple devices at any time. You should still always keep copies of all music, tv shows, and movies on a hard drive. Back up your purchases. If Apple decides to nuke iCloud at some point, then you still have it on a hard drive. On the other hand, if your house burns down, you'll have it backed up in the cloud.

But you shouldn't buy media and just keep it in the cloud. I wouldn't recommend it.

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I still can't believe the prices. I can get Bluray versions of several of these movies for $10 or less and I can rent them as part of Blockbuster or Netflix. Why are they so expensive? I have never bought or rented from iTunes store for that reason. Plus I am spoiled by the lossless audio on the Bluray movies.

I have to agree. If I'm buying a digital copy, with no case, no hard media, no artwork, no special features, no digital lossless audio, and no extra shipping and stocking cost, then I expect to pay LESS than I would for a blu-ray. $19.99 for just a hi-def download? Please. For that I can usually go to Target and get a DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Download combo pack. I've only ever purchased a handful of movies, I'd say less than 5, and it was because they were on sale. I bought [REC] for $5. That was a deal.

DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Download combo packs FTW.

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I can tell you one thing -- you'll be buying these crappy movies again when they conceive of some must have ultra HD format that is incompatible with the older gen hardware.
I don't see a bright future in a world where we relabel art as "content" and then disburse it into many compromised digital formats that are designed to be force fed through internet feeds in a way that prevents anyone to actually "own" them.

Such is the way of the world. Just like when CDs came out and people repurchased all of their LPs. Or when DVD came out and people repurchased what they already owned on VHS (or perhaps LaserDisc). It's unavoidable as technology keeps evolving.

"I guess I'll have to buy the White Album again."
-Father Dyer
The Exorcist III

 

[BC2009]

sweet -- been waiting for this.

 

[SBlue1]

Great!

 

[class77]

Hopefully this negotiation also brought us closer to HBOGO for Apple TV! It's the only thing stopping me from never having to use my cable's set top box!

You still have to subscribe to HBO to get HBO Go, so you can't get rid of your set top box

 

[appleguy123]

You still have to subscribe to HBO to get HBO Go, so you can't get rid of your set top box

I know, I just domt like using it.

 

[AndyAtTheCroft]

Prices Are Way Too High

I'm with a lot of folk here. I won't be buying a movie on iTunes - iCloud or otherwise - while the prices remain this high. I was in my local Tesco this morning looking at the DVDs and still had a few prices in my head. Every one of them was at least as expensive on iTunes. Thor, for example. £9.99 both on iTunes and in Tesco.

If you have a physical DVD, unless you do it some physical damage, then it as least as secure a purchase as one in the iCloud and there's much less faff involved bit buying it and playing it. And I really can't work out why a physical object containing the data required to play a movie, contained in a box, should be cheaper than the data on its own.

 

[Renzatic]

You still have to subscribe to HBO to get HBO Go, so you can't get rid of your set top box

Still? HBO Go is about the only reason why I haven't gone ahead and cut the cord. I was hoping that this potential deal was a first step for them towards detethering themselves from subscription cable, and offering the service up themselves.

Well hell.

 

[donrsd]

Vinyl LPs/8Trk Cassette/2Trk Cassette/LaserDisc/CDs/DVDs.......R.I.P.

You can add in physical Books & Magazines.....

No more bulky heavy players and closets full of physical media/old books/etc.

During the phase out of all physical media the concept of "ownership" will still exist as people keep their media on their private drives in digital form. This will mostly be the older folks. The younger ones will consider not having physical media...the way it has "always been". They are already trained.

Eventually everything will exist only on "cloud" servers and when we "buy" media content, it just means you will be able to stream it to any device. Devices memories will be reduced to being able to hold a movie, a song, and a book (e.g. Apple TV). And that is all. External drives will phase out as the market shrinks driving prices up. In the end they will be too expensive for the masses.

So the bulk of all devices in the future will be just media "players" with very limited storage capabilities. Machines with more storage/power for creative music/video work will become more and more expensive as demand for these types of devices shrinks along with all associated peripherals.

The net result is that media companies will once again be "in control" of their content. This is the "end game" and it is the driving force behind the "cloud".

We will be completely dependent on the servers and delivery infrastructure to be having a "good day" if we want to listen to music, watch a movie, or read a book. God forbid the power ever goes out for humanity.

sorry for the late quote. stumbled onto this quote from a google search.
fantastic post!!!

I still can't believe the prices. I can get Bluray versions of several of these movies for $10 or less and I can rent them as part of Blockbuster or Netflix. Why are they so expensive? I have never bought or rented from iTunes store for that reason. Plus I am spoiled by the lossless audio on the Bluray movies.

lossless audio is the only reason i have 150+ blurays.
i do like itunes, well i do like itunes for my apple tv icloud.
for all the disney blurays i have, i never use them. the kids just stream a digital copy from icloud thru my apple tv.

would i ever buy a movie on itunes, NO WAY.
every digital copy i have it from blurays ive bought or i pay $2 for a digital copy i want from someone who bought the bluray and doesnt want the itunes digital copy.