Blockbuster Previously Viewed Blu Crippled? - Blu-ray Forum

Lweel8 · 06-24-2009, 12:21 AM

I took advantage of a Previously Viewed deal at my local Blockbuster to pick up 4 Blus that I was on the fence about. After I was told by the cashier that they go home in the black DVD cases (and I said I didn't want them, and she 'remembered' that she had some Blu cases left over) I popped them in to my PS3 and, to my surprise, the movie started right up. In every case the movies were stripped of their special features, menus, and even the UPCs couldn't be found online when I tried to add them to my collection in DVD Profiler.

What the heck is going on here? I didn't bother returning them but I won't be buying any more PV copies from Blockbuster. Anyone else find this? I don't normally watch the special features right away but on rainy days I like to pull out movies that Blu-ray.com has mentioned good things about the special features and give them a try.

cartman781 · 06-24-2009, 12:24 AM

What Movies? Movies from WB start right up. Go to pop up menu to see if there are any special features.

Blu Titan · 06-24-2009, 12:35 AM

The Blu-rays I have rented from Blockbuster have all of the regular features.

Lweel8 · 06-24-2009, 12:40 AM

Every Warner Brothers? I'll have to check when I get home. That's so odd. Body of Lies and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are the first two off the top of my head and they're both WB. Thanks for the heads-up.

The UPC thing threw me. I figured it was special version for rental. Usually when I enter the UPCs they're found. None of the 4 I bought were in the online database.

steve_dave · 06-24-2009, 01:05 AM

Yes, every Warner BD starts the movie immediately. You only have a pop-up menu to choose features, scenes, and audio.

blubryant · 06-24-2009, 01:38 AM

I got a "Rental Exclusive" version of Taken previously viewed at blockbuster, buyer beware I guess if you are anal about that stuff

Harlock415 · 06-24-2009, 01:56 AM

Also if you are looking o get the digital copy, you won't get it. I don't want it anyway, but be forewarned. I've bought Wanted, Rambo (2008), and Indy 4 (which came as 2 discs) from Blockbuster. All special features were there.

as far as a Rental version of Taken is concerned it may be because the blu is unrated and Blockbuster is anal about things like that. Rented the new My Bloody Valentine from Netflix, and it did not include the 3D version, just the 2D one.

Blu-rob77 · 06-24-2009, 02:08 AM

Preview deals are good but were do u buy the blu cases for em . They come in those ugly dvd ones.

Also not online at a store any ideas.

cartman781 · 06-24-2009, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu-rob77

Preview deals are good but were do u buy the blu cases for em . They come in those ugly dvd ones.

Also not online at a store any ideas.

http://sleevetown.com/

or ebay

markemark · 06-24-2009, 04:13 AM

For more feedback, all my WB titles start right up (New Line too), have to hit pop-up menu for all the features/settings.

SpaceDog · 06-24-2009, 04:10 PM

I know that at least one studio is considering rental movie only versions to combat losing sales to used copies sold from rental outlets.

steve_dave · 06-24-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceDog

I know that at least one studio is considering rental movie only versions to combat losing sales to used copies sold from rental outlets.

Actually, two...

Fox and Disney.

Fox is only doing with DVDs at this time because pressing rental only copies of Blu-ray Discs is cost prohibitive to them.

Disney, however, has found a way to combat the cost issue of pressing rental only copies. Raise the retail prices of titles significantly. Catalogs pricing went up nearly 34% from $29.99 to $39.99 while new to video pricing also saw a similar increase from $34.99/$39.99 to $44.99.

Disney has yet to release these rental only release while Fox has already done so with Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler. In fact, there was a major shipping error with Slumdog where retail stores accidentally were sent the rental versions of the DVD. Fox acted quickly to fix that gaffe though and within a week, replacements were available for in-store exchange or by mail direct through Fox.

kndy · 06-24-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lweel8

I took advantage of a Previously Viewed deal at my local Blockbuster to pick up 4 Blus that I was on the fence about. After I was told by the cashier that they go home in the black DVD cases (and I said I didn't want them, and she 'remembered' that she had some Blu cases left over) I popped them in to my PS3 and, to my surprise, the movie started right up. In every case the movies were stripped of their special features, menus, and even the UPCs couldn't be found online when I tried to add them to my collection in DVD Profiler.

Which titles were these? Quite a bit of us have purchased these and I don't think I have heard one person bring this up on this thread. (note: Discussion of where we have purchased our blu-ray cases are also discussed on this thread)

I personally haven't had this problem with the ones I bought.

fredbalsodn · 06-24-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu Titan

The Blu-rays I have rented from Blockbuster have all of the regular features.

Yup same here and they give me blu case all the time.

jw · 06-24-2009, 06:27 PM

Its gonna become common practice soon that all rental units be like this. SO get used to it when buying PVT's

. This is exactly what the studios are trying to do

Anyways every WB movies I have ever watched starts right up with no menu, press the pop up menu and the SF are there

Minimejer05 · 06-24-2009, 06:37 PM

So rental copies just have the movie and thats it? Still in full hd with lossless though?

binarymelon · 06-24-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Harlock415

Also if you are looking o get the digital copy, you won't get it. I don't want it anyway, but be forewarned. I've bought Wanted, Rambo (2008), and Indy 4 (which came as 2 discs) from Blockbuster. All special features were there.

as far as a Rental version of Taken is concerned it may be because the blu is unrated and Blockbuster is anal about things like that. Rented the new My Bloody Valentine from Netflix, and it did not include the 3D version, just the 2D one.

I got the digital copy in a copy of Rise of the Lycans, but not in one of the other movies I purchased.

steve_dave · 06-24-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Minimejer05

So rental copies just have the movie and thats it? Still in full hd with lossless though?

No rental only copies of Blu-rays have been released yet. So we will not know what they will be like. However, the Fox rental only DVDs were just stripped of the special features.

As for the fear that Blockbuster's PV BDs are stripped of extras, the OP was told that Warner movies don't have main menus just pop-up menus. The OP then confirmed that the some of themovies he had issues with were two Warner movies.

As for the UPC issue, Blockbuster uses special cover art that fits the rental case and these UPCs are unique to Blockbuster's system.

Dickn52 · 06-24-2009, 06:56 PM

Blockbuster uses their own UPC and NOT the original on their boxes. Usually a sticky, but definitely their own.

http://www.collectorz.com

has a pretty extensive data base as well as IMDB

ezeblazin · 06-25-2009, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dickn52

Blockbuster uses their own UPC and NOT the original on their boxes. Usually a sticky, but definitely their own.

They use their own UPC's on the labels that are stickied on the fron, but the UPC's on the cover art should be the same as the ones that retail.

06-24-2009, 12:21 AM	#1
Lweel8 Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:416 Blu-ray reviews:8	Blockbuster Previously Viewed Blu Crippled? I took advantage of a Previously Viewed deal at my local Blockbuster to pick up 4 Blus that I was on the fence about. After I was told by the cashier that they go home in the black DVD cases (and I said I didn't want them, and she 'remembered' that she had some Blu cases left over) I popped them in to my PS3 and, to my surprise, the movie started right up. In every case the movies were stripped of their special features, menus, and even the UPCs couldn't be found online when I tried to add them to my collection in DVD Profiler. What the heck is going on here? I didn't bother returning them but I won't be buying any more PV copies from Blockbuster. Anyone else find this? I don't normally watch the special features right away but on rainy days I like to pull out movies that Blu-ray.com has mentioned good things about the special features and give them a try.

06-24-2009, 01:56 AM	#7
Harlock415 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:San Francisco 4K collection:827 Blu-ray collection:4736 DVD collection:533	Also if you are looking o get the digital copy, you won't get it. I don't want it anyway, but be forewarned. I've bought Wanted, Rambo (2008), and Indy 4 (which came as 2 discs) from Blockbuster. All special features were there. as far as a Rental version of Taken is concerned it may be because the blu is unrated and Blockbuster is anal about things like that. Rented the new My Bloody Valentine from Netflix, and it did not include the 3D version, just the 2D one. Last edited by Harlock415; 06-24-2009 at 01:58 AM.

06-24-2009, 06:27 PM	#15
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	Its gonna become common practice soon that all rental units be like this. SO get used to it when buying PVT's. This is exactly what the studios are trying to do Anyways every WB movies I have ever watched starts right up with no menu, press the pop up menu and the SF are there

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06-24-2009, 12:40 AM	#4
Lweel8 Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:416 Blu-ray reviews:8	Every Warner Brothers? I'll have to check when I get home. That's so odd. Body of Lies and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are the first two off the top of my head and they're both WB. Thanks for the heads-up. The UPC thing threw me. I figured it was special version for rental. Usually when I enter the UPCs they're found. None of the 4 I bought were in the online database.

06-24-2009, 01:05 AM	#5
steve_dave Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2008 Trading Score:21	Yes, every Warner BD starts the movie immediately. You only have a pop-up menu to choose features, scenes, and audio.

06-24-2009, 01:38 AM	#6
blubryant Active Member Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Canada Blu-ray collection:265 Blu-ray reviews:1	I got a "Rental Exclusive" version of Taken previously viewed at blockbuster, buyer beware I guess if you are anal about that stuff

06-24-2009, 02:08 AM	#8
Blu-rob77 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2009 Location:hollister ca Blu-ray collection:148 Blu-ray reviews:1	Preview deals are good but were do u buy the blu cases for em . They come in those ugly dvd ones. Also not online at a store any ideas.

06-24-2009, 04:13 AM	#10
markemark Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008 Blu-ray collection:415	For more feedback, all my WB titles start right up (New Line too), have to hit pop-up menu for all the features/settings.

06-24-2009, 04:10 PM	#11
SpaceDog Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Raleigh, NC Blu-ray collection:116	I know that at least one studio is considering rental movie only versions to combat losing sales to used copies sold from rental outlets.

06-24-2009, 06:37 PM	#16
Minimejer05 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:14 4K collection:532 Blu-ray collection:1995 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:6	So rental copies just have the movie and thats it? Still in full hd with lossless though?

06-24-2009, 06:56 PM	#19
Dickn52 Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Ocala Florida	Blockbuster uses their own UPC and NOT the original on their boxes. Usually a sticky, but definitely their own. http://www.collectorz.com has a pretty extensive data base as well as IMDB

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