Digital Copies.

[Tom Bars]

I have 60 or so blu-rays some of which have the digital copy option. I have not tried that out yet due to insufficient room on my computer. I am just curious, i usually throw away all that paper/insturction manual spam inside the bluray, you know it just gets annoying, but my friend told me i should have kept all that because that stuff has a code on it that allows you to get it on the computer. Is it still possible to get all of the digital copies onto the computer without all the manual/code that it came with?

[DeadDog]

No, sorry. Those inserts have specific codes that can only be used once. Without them there is no way to get them onto your computer.

[Chaka]

keep also in mind that these codes do expire. If you are waiting to amass a large portable collection and transfer all at once, they might not work.

[ulri4651]

yeah unfortunately you will be out of luck without the "code" for each digital copy. but in my opinion you aren't missing out on much. i have about 20 or so blu's with digital copies and i have not used a single one. like you said, they just aren't worth the space they require.

[MOONPHASE]

I guess you could try calling whatever studio company the digital copy is for if you really want to have it. But there is 1 more thing that hasn't been mentioned yet that most of them only require like iTunes,an Ipod, etc. so you would need to know what that digital copy is compatible with.

[Tom Bars]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

yeah unfortunately you will be out of luck without the "code" for each digital copy. but in my opinion you aren't missing out on much. i have about 20 or so blu's with digital copies and i have not used a single one. like you said, they just aren't worth the space they require.

well thats a bummer, but i agree. was just thinking for my ipod or something, might save me some money to get some movies on it.

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

yeah unfortunately you will be out of luck without the "code" for each digital copy. but in my opinion you aren't missing out on much. i have about 20 or so blu's with digital copies and i have not used a single one. like you said, they just aren't worth the space they require.

Not to mention the fact that the audio and video quality is crap.

[Sonny]

@OP, Its best to use them right when you get them, but if space is an issue then your just out of luck unfortunately. I have 40+ digi copies from buying BD's. I love having the digi copy because my wife & I have iphones & travel often. Not to mention 16 nieces & nephews & they all have video ipods, hell my mom has an iphone! I have a MacBook (wife took my MacBook Pro ) & thats where I store all the movies. If you were to buy all these movies from iTunes you would be paying $15 for new releases & $10 for all others. That is $400-$600 worth the movies! I for one do not want to miss-out on that.

@ andyman, ya the PQ is crap on your 22" monitor! On a 3.5" iphone screen they look great. Even on my 13.3" MacBook screen they look just ok (nothing special thats for sure)...but I don't spend my time watching movies on my laptop anyway.

[typ44q]

I have yet to use any of my digital copies, why would I want to watch a movie on my phone in less than sd-dvd quality with crappy 2 channel audio when I can watch it on a 56" HDTV with loseless audio. personally I would rather wait to watch the movie than watch it like that.

[azereus]

Originally Posted by Chaka

keep also in mind that these codes do expire. If you are waiting to amass a large portable collection and transfer all at once, they might not work.

Can anyone give me a rough estimate as to how long the codes are good for before they expire?

I've never used a digital copy before but I wouldn't mind having copies on my macbook for when travelling etc. I just haven't gotten around to it yet

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by azereus

Can anyone give me a rough estimate as to how long the codes are good for before they expire?

I've never used a digital copy before but I wouldn't mind having copies on my macbook for when travelling etc. I just haven't gotten around to it yet

I believe that a year is the standard time limit, but I could be wrong. At least I noticed that time limit for 10,000 BC which was a download from the Warner site.

[Rhylliam]

Originally Posted by azereus

Can anyone give me a rough estimate as to how long the codes are good for before they expire?

Typically its a year. I noticed the DC for X-Files: I Want to Believe was good for 2 years though.

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by Tom Bars

I have 60 or so blu-rays some of which have the digital copy option. I have not tried that out yet due to insufficient room on my computer. I am just curious, i usually throw away all that paper/insturction manual spam inside the bluray, you know it just gets annoying, but my friend told me i should have kept all that because that stuff has a code on it that allows you to get it on the computer. Is it still possible to get all of the digital copies onto the computer without all the manual/code that it came with?

You got hosed!