iTunes Library SD/HD/4k - What do I own?

[analogueghost]

Quick note to put this topic to bed that will hopefully help anyone who has this question going forward:

As of version 12.7.5.9, iTunes now reflects ownership level for 1080p/4k correctly on the store page for each title. If you have a movie in your library and the store page shows the 4k tag, you own the 4k version. Movies that are available in 4k that you only have 1080p viewing rights for will flash the 4k tag while the page loads, then replace it with the HD tag.

No purchase option is shown since you own the highest version of the film that can be bought - iTunes doesn't technically sell 4k since the upgrades are included with purchase of the HD version. The old trick of gifting yourself a code does work, and yields a 4k upgrade. (Tested with The Conjuring, which I owned in HD, this weekend. I now have 4k.) Movies that you own in SD will show the HD tag and present an option to buy the HD version.

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by analogueghost

Quick note to put this topic to bed that will hopefully help anyone who has this question going forward:

As of version 12.7.5.9, iTunes now reflects ownership level for 1080p/4k correctly on the store page for each title. If you have a movie in your library and the store page shows the 4k tag, you own the 4k version. Movies that are available in 4k that you only have 1080p viewing rights for will flash the 4k tag while the page loads, then replace it with the HD tag.

No purchase option is shown since you own the highest version of the film that can be bought - iTunes doesn't technically sell 4k since the upgrades are included with purchase of the HD version. The old trick of gifting yourself a code does work, and yields a 4k upgrade. (Tested with The Conjuring, which I owned in HD, this weekend. I now have 4k.) Movies that you own in SD will show the HD tag and present an option to buy the HD version.

It's a bit of a pain having to check each title in store but at least it's something...I have more 4K titles than I thought!

[cmleblanc]

Originally Posted by analogueghost

Quick note to put this topic to bed that will hopefully help anyone who has this question going forward:

As of version 12.7.5.9, iTunes now reflects ownership level for 1080p/4k correctly on the store page for each title. If you have a movie in your library and the store page shows the 4k tag, you own the 4k version. Movies that are available in 4k that you only have 1080p viewing rights for will flash the 4k tag while the page loads, then replace it with the HD tag.

No purchase option is shown since you own the highest version of the film that can be bought - iTunes doesn't technically sell 4k since the upgrades are included with purchase of the HD version. The old trick of gifting yourself a code does work, and yields a 4k upgrade. (Tested with The Conjuring, which I owned in HD, this weekend. I now have 4k.) Movies that you own in SD will show the HD tag and present an option to buy the HD version.

Thanks for this info. But I don't think it resolves anything. I don't understand why it's so difficult for Apple to provide a real solution to this issue. This is just a bandaid because they insist upon using one field to determine what is available vs what is owned. Also, you still cannot see that you own a title in 4K in your Itunes library. Having to search in the store is not a solution to this problem, especially when they frequently remove titles from the store.
I was so disappointed in the WWDC - really thought they were going to give Itunes some badly needed rewrite to help resolve all these issues.