Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[twobelowpar]

Originally Posted by alchav21

I was talking about the UV Stores, they get the Codes for Early Release and sell them at different prices. You can easily hit that $9.99 point with an Early Release UV Code.

http://ultravioletcinema.com/getuv.php?q=HD

I shop around for the best price, and that has to do with UHD too. The Combo Packs with Digital are good, but then it's hard now to sell the Disc because that Market has gone sour.

I agree, codes are great. But it's not a good indicator of how well UV (or digital in general) is doing. The more the disc market goes sour, the harder it will be to get our cheap codes. Codes don't really show up until 2 weeks before physical street date and then you're still paying a lot. 1 week before prices stabilize. And then by street date you can get it for $3-4.

I get what you're saying. But I don't see how it is an advantage for early digital releases.

[flyry]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Even though the Movies might not be the best, I think the decline has to do with my Generation, The Baby Boomers. Anybody I talk to doesn't go to the Theater, and they don't buy Disc either. Now they do Amazon or Netflix, so Steedeel is partly right....Subscription. The Studios just want to make money, to pay for the Movies they make. Streaming Video is all the rage now, and everybody wants to jump on that Bandwagon!

I disagree. When I go to the indie theater, I'm usually the youngest person in the audience by a good 30 or 40 years. The white haired seem to be the ones enjoying these smaller, more adult movies, while today's current crop of teenagers prefer to be on youtube or snapchat rather than going to the movies.

[BlakkMajik3000]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Even though the Movies might not be the best, I think the decline has to do with my Generation, The Baby Boomers. Anybody I talk to doesn't go to the Theater, and they don't buy Disc either. Now they do Amazon or Netflix, so Steedeel is partly right....Subscription. The Studios just want to make money, to pay for the Movies they make. Streaming Video is all the rage now, and everybody wants to jump on that Bandwagon!

Nope. It's Millennials and, to a lesser extent, my generation (Xennials) that are driving streaming video. No doubt about it.

While Boomers are definitely becoming more tech savvy, most are still depending on their children/grandchildren for tech support. Most Boomers I know are completely content with disc and have no particular affinity for streaming video.

Boomers, to be honest, are the only group still holding up legacy industries like landline phones and cable TV.

[Allerion]

Originally Posted by Texan26

Yeah, it's for the Walmart exclusive. They always seem to offer the Walmart exclusive when there is one for a higher price. I wish they would give you an option of the getting the regular version for $5 less. I got the exclusives for Alien Covenant and Lego Batman Movie recently through Vudu when I preordered them.

I agree, if I could get the regular version I'd probably go for it. As it is though I have no interest in paying 5 extra dollars for what I'm assuming is a cheap plastic tiara. I could just give that to my sister but I'm worried it wouldn't have a slipcover if it comes in a box and that would annoy me. I'm picky I guess.

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by Allerion

The thing I don't understand is why pay $20-25 dollars for a digital copy when in most cases you can get a bluray, DVD, and the digital copy all in one for the same price. The only advantage to buying solely digital I can see is getting a movie 2-3 weeks early but is that really worth it?

Why even buy? Why not just rent for $3-4 when the option is there?

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by Allerion

Now that's a deal that makes sense to me. I saw they were offering it with Wonder Woman and I was considering it but I think the blu version they are sending out is the one with the tiara and I don't really want that edition lol. But I think this is a great system, I did it one time back when the first Hobbit movie came out.

The nice thing about this - you get to double-dip with codes. You bought digitally, get the disc shipped which also has a digital code in it. Now you have a code and can go trade it online for something you haven't seen.

[whipnet]

Well Hurricane Harvey claimed over 700 physical movies of mine. So for now, it looks like Digital only for me for a while.

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[twobelowpar]

Originally Posted by whipnet

Well Hurricane Harvey claimed over 700 physical movies of mine. So for now, it looks like Digital only for me for a while.

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Brutal. So sorry to hear you've been impacted.


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[whipnet]

Originally Posted by twobelowpar

Brutal. So sorry to hear you've been impacted.


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Thank you. It's soul crushing, but the support has been phenomenal. We Texan's take care of each other. (Lot's of support from other States too.

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[Allerion]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

Why even buy? Why not just rent for $3-4 when the option is there?

Well that depends on the movie and how you feel about it. If it's a movie you don't care that much about or aren't going to watch very often sure just rent it. But if it's a movie you really like and want to view repeatedly you are better off buying it. I only buy movies I really enjoy and everything else I usually just check out at the library lol.

[flyry]

Originally Posted by whipnet

Well Hurricane Harvey claimed over 700 physical movies of mine. So for now, it looks like Digital only for me for a while.

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Sorry to hear that. The thought actually crossed my mind if anyone on the board lost flicks. Hopefully you redeemed the ultraviolet so you have digital backups of some

[whipnet]

Originally Posted by flyry

Sorry to hear that. The thought actually crossed my mind if anyone on the board lost flicks. Hopefully you redeemed the ultraviolet so you have digital backups of some

I lost a few without digital copies, but most were covered thanks to UV.

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[Allerion]

Originally Posted by whipnet

Well Hurricane Harvey claimed over 700 physical movies of mine. So for now, it looks like Digital only for me for a while.

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So sorry to hear about your movies but more importantly I'm glad to hear you are ok! It's good that you have digital backups for most of your movies, that is definitely a positive aspect of digital media.

[BlakkMajik3000]

Originally Posted by whipnet

Well Hurricane Harvey claimed over 700 physical movies of mine. So for now, it looks like Digital only for me for a while.

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Sorry to hear about this. Most of my family, thankfully, made it unscathed (they live in the northeast Houston area (Humble/etc.). I do know there is a lot of damage to other parts of the city. Some of the stuff I've seen on social media has been heartbreaking.

Glad YOU are at least ok though. Movies can be replaced, but human life tends to bend to that stubborn thing called physics/biology and can't be replaced (at least until Necromancing becomes a legit thing).

[dublinbluray108]

Hi Whipnet; I am glad you survived Hurricane Harvey last week in Texas. You did lose their physical movies and other stuff that was dear to you, however, the support you get here & elsewhere in the way you survived will be very beneficial to you and your family's well being.

[veritas]

Well another day and another problem with vudu after watching 5 mins of guardians of the galaxy vol 2 the video got an error force quit on my phone. I also seem to be getting some superficial errors in the iTunes layout in the video section (its cosmetic but it would be confusing if people did not already know where the play button was) though they don't impact playback. I just wish digital vod companies had more quality control like Netflix. I see the man behind the curtain way to often on vudu amazon and iTunes.

[dublinbluray108]

I heard in the news on Friday that Flixster Video had closed down last Monday, the 28th of August, for people living in the US. People who had accounts living in the US now have to use Vudu or FandangoNow instead for having your UV titles in your library.

The service had closed down due to a unexpected shutdown of a critical vendor.

https://www.flixstervideo.com/faq

People who live outside the US will be able to use it as normal although it's user numbers are hugely reduced now that the US is excluded for good.

[Allerion]

Originally Posted by veritas

Well another day and another problem with vudu after watching 5 mins of guardians of the galaxy vol 2 the video got an error force quit on my phone. I also seem to be getting some superficial errors in the iTunes layout in the video section (its cosmetic but it would be confusing if people did not already know where the play button was) though they don't impact playback. I just wish digital vod companies had more quality control like Netflix. I see the man behind the curtain way to often on vudu amazon and iTunes.

The really frustrating thing is that Vudu has awful customer service, unless they've improved things recently. I know that whenever I've had problems in the past it would take them days to get back to me, if they even bothered at all. I like Vudu when it works...I'm annoyed that it isn't compatible with my tablet anymore.

[willo007]

Physical Copies or Digital?

Well, I reside in this dimension, If I can touch it, then is real and mine, if I can't, then is not real and imaginary, so lets get "Physical!"

[whipnet]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

Hi Whipnet; I am glad you survived Hurricane Harvey last week in Texas. You did lose their physical movies and other stuff that was dear to you, however, the support you get here & elsewhere in the way you survived will be very beneficial to you and your family's well being.

Much appreciated. The support from everyone everywhere has been phenomenal. Really seeing the good side of people. It's almost overwhelming.

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