Why is Close Encounters of the Third Kind not 4K on Vudu? - Blu-ray Forum

EdReedFan20 · 10-12-2019, 03:41 AM

Months ago, I purchased CE3K physically on UHD. I redeemed it on Movies Anywhere. All three versions show up as 4K. Fandango Now has the Special and Director's Editions in 4K. iTunes has (what I believe is) the Director's Cut in 4K (though, it might be three-in-one with a version selector). There are others have it as well. But not Vudu. It's HD only there.

Sony seems strange with regards to UHD. For instance, when Moon came out on UHD physically, it redeemed fine in 4K on Movies Anywhere, but Vudu's version of the movie was HD-only initially. It eventually was added. Ghostbusters (2016) is still HD only (everywhere?). I don't get the inconsistency on their part. In the end it really doesn't matter because I have my physical disc of CE3K (and Moon and Ghostbusters) and I can watch the streaming version of CE3K on my AppleTV 4k. It's still annoying, though, to not have the 4K version everywhere.

movieben1138 · 10-12-2019, 04:43 AM

Regarding mine, the Special Edition and Theatrical cut did upgrade to UHD at Vudu after a while. It's just the Director's Cut that's still HD only. Maybe you could try the trick where you unlink your accounts and then relink them after a bit to see if you get the boost?

EdReedFan20 · 10-12-2019, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by movieben1138

Regarding mine, the Special Edition and Theatrical cut did upgrade to UHD at Vudu after a while. It's just the Director's Cut that's still HD only. Maybe you could try the trick where you unlink your accounts and then relink them after a bit to see if you get the boost?

That's odd. I didn't think they upgraded you if they didn't sell it. Vudu only lets you purchase up to HD for all three versions. I'll try the unlinking anyways.

Chad Rouch · 10-12-2019, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by EdReedFan20

That's odd. I didn't think they upgraded you if they didn't sell it. Vudu only lets you purchase up to HD for all three versions. I'll try the unlinking anyways.

No, they just don't have the UHD versions available in their system. It shows you own UHD but playback is limited to HDX. Same with Ghostbusters. Unlinking won't solve it.

Scarab · 10-13-2019, 12:06 AM

A lot of the Sony movies used to be in UHD, but right before UV shut down Vudu only offered them in HD. Presumably so you couldn't keep the UHD rights. If movies came from the Sony Pictures store, they would need to pass through Vudu to get to Movies Anywhere. I ended up getting new codes from Sony so I could at least keep the UHD rights. I did lose some from other studios though.

03-04-2020, 07:38 AM

But every movie has its own quality and story.

QUINTISON · 03-27-2020, 01:14 PM

I thought that it was a case of either had the rights or didn't recently some of my uhd iTunes movies appeared in my most recently purchased so they went to the front of the line even though it was purchased awhile ago because they have the uhd rights now.

If your movies are hd only and then suddenly become uhd they have finally got the uhd rights.

EdReedFan20 · 06-17-2020, 01:02 AM

I noticed today that the Director's Cut and Special Edition were upgraded to UHD for me (FINALLY). Theatrical is still not. Looking into my account, it seems the Director's Cut was just upgraded today (June 16th) and the Special Edition got upgraded on June 10th. So, the fact they were not upgraded together, makes me think the Theatrical Edition may still get upgraded.

EdReedFan20 · 06-22-2021, 10:41 PM

And now the theatrical edition randomly upgraded to UHD. Finally.

10-12-2019, 03:41 AM	#1
EdReedFan20 Member Member since:Apr 2011	Why is Close Encounters of the Third Kind not 4K on Vudu? Months ago, I purchased CE3K physically on UHD. I redeemed it on Movies Anywhere. All three versions show up as 4K. Fandango Now has the Special and Director's Editions in 4K. iTunes has (what I believe is) the Director's Cut in 4K (though, it might be three-in-one with a version selector). There are others have it as well. But not Vudu. It's HD only there. Sony seems strange with regards to UHD. For instance, when Moon came out on UHD physically, it redeemed fine in 4K on Movies Anywhere, but Vudu's version of the movie was HD-only initially. It eventually was added. Ghostbusters (2016) is still HD only (everywhere?). I don't get the inconsistency on their part. In the end it really doesn't matter because I have my physical disc of CE3K (and Moon and Ghostbusters) and I can watch the streaming version of CE3K on my AppleTV 4k. It's still annoying, though, to not have the 4K version everywhere.

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10-12-2019, 04:43 AM	#2
movieben1138 Power Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Saint Louis, MO 4K collection:675 Blu-ray collection:10187 DVD collection:2490 Trading Score:942	Regarding mine, the Special Edition and Theatrical cut did upgrade to UHD at Vudu after a while. It's just the Director's Cut that's still HD only. Maybe you could try the trick where you unlink your accounts and then relink them after a bit to see if you get the boost?

10-13-2019, 12:06 AM	#5
Scarab Member Member since:Sep 2016 Location:USA 4K collection:82 Blu-ray collection:1376 DVD collection:448 MA collection:3237 Digital collection:3479 Trading Score:1	A lot of the Sony movies used to be in UHD, but right before UV shut down Vudu only offered them in HD. Presumably so you couldn't keep the UHD rights. If movies came from the Sony Pictures store, they would need to pass through Vudu to get to Movies Anywhere. I ended up getting new codes from Sony so I could at least keep the UHD rights. I did lose some from other studios though.

03-04-2020, 07:38 AM	#6
Callan Guest	But every movie has its own quality and story.

03-27-2020, 01:14 PM	#7
QUINTISON Active Member Member since:Oct 2015	I thought that it was a case of either had the rights or didn't recently some of my uhd iTunes movies appeared in my most recently purchased so they went to the front of the line even though it was purchased awhile ago because they have the uhd rights now. If your movies are hd only and then suddenly become uhd they have finally got the uhd rights.

06-17-2020, 01:02 AM	#8
EdReedFan20 Member Member since:Apr 2011	I noticed today that the Director's Cut and Special Edition were upgraded to UHD for me (FINALLY). Theatrical is still not. Looking into my account, it seems the Director's Cut was just upgraded today (June 16th) and the Special Edition got upgraded on June 10th. So, the fact they were not upgraded together, makes me think the Theatrical Edition may still get upgraded.

06-22-2021, 10:41 PM	#9
EdReedFan20 Member Member since:Apr 2011	And now the theatrical edition randomly upgraded to UHD. Finally.

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