Ultraviolet Questions? - Blu-ray Forum

Alan Gordon · 02-02-2015, 06:36 PM

I'm not a "newbie" to Ultraviolet as I redeemed my first Ultraviolet copy back in December of 2011. I didn't redeem a lot of my digital copies on iTunes back in the day, so I decided not to make the same mistakes I did back then (I have managed to get back all my digital copies except for some Sony titles, a few FOX/MGM titles, and a couple of Universal titles which I managed to get Ultraviolet copies of).

However, I've never really cared to much about the service, as I'd much rather watch my Blu-ray copies. Several things that may happen soon have gotten me more interested in the Ultraviolet service.

The first being that I have intentions of buying a TiVo Roamio soon. TiVo is adding a new feature this month called OnePass which integrates Vudu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and traditional TV (either over-the-air or via cable). A cloud-based collection is of more interest to me now (though I still love my Blu-ray collection).

The second being the rumors that Amazon may soon become an Ultraviolet retailer. Last year, I noticed that Amazon had added digital copies of every album I've ever purchased from them into my cloud. While there is no guarantee that Amazon would add Ultraviolet digital copies of previous movie purchases made by Amazon, the thought excites me. Suddenly, the idea of having my movie collection in the cloud and integrated via TiVo OnePass is VERY exciting (though I still love my Blu-ray collection).

The last couple of weeks, I have dealt with customer support from both VUDU and Flixster about a couple of things, which have made me investigate Ultraviolet a little more, and I came across something that surprised me, so I wanted to ask for a little more detail.

I knew that you could share your Ultraviolet collection with friends. I don't do this with anybody, but I could see me adding a friend this year or the next if they decide to get an Ultraviolet account. While researching more about Ultraviolet this past week, I read something about "sharing" that I wanted to clarify as it struck me as being "odd". According to the Ultraviolet website, you can share your Ultraviolet collection with up to five people (I knew this). What hit me as strange though, was it appeared to me to say that even when you "unlink" a user from your account, you still have access to their Ultraviolet library as any "sharing" of accounts literally adds their Ultraviolet titles to your account.

Is this wrong? I'm asking because I would think there would be a lot of people taking advantage of this "loophole". Surely, there are steps the studios have implemented to stop any "abuse" of this? Perhaps, a limit to how many people can be added or deleted in a year?

Please explain this to me. Thanks!

02-02-2015, 06:36 PM	#1
Alan Gordon Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Dawson, GA 4K collection:890 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:437 MA collection:1874 Digital collection:2065 iTunes collection:4103 Prime collection:1896 Trading Score:44	Ultraviolet Questions? I'm not a "newbie" to Ultraviolet as I redeemed my first Ultraviolet copy back in December of 2011. I didn't redeem a lot of my digital copies on iTunes back in the day, so I decided not to make the same mistakes I did back then (I have managed to get back all my digital copies except for some Sony titles, a few FOX/MGM titles, and a couple of Universal titles which I managed to get Ultraviolet copies of). However, I've never really cared to much about the service, as I'd much rather watch my Blu-ray copies. Several things that may happen soon have gotten me more interested in the Ultraviolet service. The first being that I have intentions of buying a TiVo Roamio soon. TiVo is adding a new feature this month called OnePass which integrates Vudu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and traditional TV (either over-the-air or via cable). A cloud-based collection is of more interest to me now (though I still love my Blu-ray collection). The second being the rumors that Amazon may soon become an Ultraviolet retailer. Last year, I noticed that Amazon had added digital copies of every album I've ever purchased from them into my cloud. While there is no guarantee that Amazon would add Ultraviolet digital copies of previous movie purchases made by Amazon, the thought excites me. Suddenly, the idea of having my movie collection in the cloud and integrated via TiVo OnePass is VERY exciting (though I still love my Blu-ray collection). The last couple of weeks, I have dealt with customer support from both VUDU and Flixster about a couple of things, which have made me investigate Ultraviolet a little more, and I came across something that surprised me, so I wanted to ask for a little more detail. I knew that you could share your Ultraviolet collection with friends. I don't do this with anybody, but I could see me adding a friend this year or the next if they decide to get an Ultraviolet account. While researching more about Ultraviolet this past week, I read something about "sharing" that I wanted to clarify as it struck me as being "odd". According to the Ultraviolet website, you can share your Ultraviolet collection with up to five people (I knew this). What hit me as strange though, was it appeared to me to say that even when you "unlink" a user from your account, you still have access to their Ultraviolet library as any "sharing" of accounts literally adds their Ultraviolet titles to your account. Is this wrong? I'm asking because I would think there would be a lot of people taking advantage of this "loophole". Surely, there are steps the studios have implemented to stop any "abuse" of this? Perhaps, a limit to how many people can be added or deleted in a year? Please explain this to me. Thanks!

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