Disney movies only 720p in the UK? - Blu-ray Forum

Vashetti · 07-29-2019, 11:49 PM

Hi there, with the imminent Flixster closure, and meeting my boyfriend of the past four months who is big into his Disney/Marvel movies, I've been getting more into Google Play, as lots of my UV purchases have or will be transferring over.

Recently, he set us up a family group so we can share our movies. We were trying out Toy Story 2, and Avengers: Infinity War, across both YouTube and the Google Play Movies app, and we couldn't get either movie to budge past 720p. Through YouTube, in the resolution settings, there's no toggle for 1080p at all, it hardcaps at 720p.

Through googling, this seems to be a common theme for Disney movies on Google Play, at least in the UK (and maybe some other territories?). I'm seeing a very recent announcement that in America, 4K is now an option for some of their titles, so I'm assuming they were at least 1080p prior to that in America.

Are we doing something wrong here? Or is there some strange restriction that Disney/Google have implemented for the UK/certain territories? What's strange is that all of Disney's HD content is at least 1080p on iTunes.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

07-29-2019, 11:49 PM	#1
Vashetti Special Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Wales, United Kingdom 4K collection:131 Blu-ray collection:280 DVD collection:33 Trading Score:10	Disney movies only 720p in the UK? Hi there, with the imminent Flixster closure, and meeting my boyfriend of the past four months who is big into his Disney/Marvel movies, I've been getting more into Google Play, as lots of my UV purchases have or will be transferring over. Recently, he set us up a family group so we can share our movies. We were trying out Toy Story 2, and Avengers: Infinity War, across both YouTube and the Google Play Movies app, and we couldn't get either movie to budge past 720p. Through YouTube, in the resolution settings, there's no toggle for 1080p at all, it hardcaps at 720p. Through googling, this seems to be a common theme for Disney movies on Google Play, at least in the UK (and maybe some other territories?). I'm seeing a very recent announcement that in America, 4K is now an option for some of their titles, so I'm assuming they were at least 1080p prior to that in America. Are we doing something wrong here? Or is there some strange restriction that Disney/Google have implemented for the UK/certain territories? What's strange is that all of Disney's HD content is at least 1080p on iTunes. Does anyone else have experience with this?

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