Disney now charging a premium for Digital Copies - How do you feel about it?
08-18-08, 12:35 PM
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I love how a bunch of you who pushed for BD to be "the format" and who have spent up to $1,000 for a BD player are now the ones who are upset about this. Are you not used to paying a little extra by now?
All of these Disney Digital Copies make it much easier for me to transport them onto my kid's iPods. Sure, I can use Handbrake and also do it that way, but it's all about convenience and I'll be first in line for these upcoming Disney releases.
All of these Disney Digital Copies make it much easier for me to transport them onto my kid's iPods. Sure, I can use Handbrake and also do it that way, but it's all about convenience and I'll be first in line for these upcoming Disney releases.
08-18-08, 12:36 PM
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Disney/Buena Vista use to sell discs for (at Amazon) $20, then $23 and and $28. They keep upping the price every few months.
08-18-08, 12:45 PM
#53
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^^^^
Yes, this is a very bad trend for Disney/BV in the past six months. It was originally speculated that Narnia 1 and National Treasure 1 were carrying higher list prices due ot being "premium" catalog releases, but then came Signs, The Recruit, Gangs Of New York and others at 34.95 SRP. All of those movies should have been 29.99 SRP at most.
Yes, this is a very bad trend for Disney/BV in the past six months. It was originally speculated that Narnia 1 and National Treasure 1 were carrying higher list prices due ot being "premium" catalog releases, but then came Signs, The Recruit, Gangs Of New York and others at 34.95 SRP. All of those movies should have been 29.99 SRP at most.
08-18-08, 12:48 PM
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But in that case, if its a trend of increasing SRP's anyway it would have nothing to do with the inclusion of a digital copy would it? That and there wasn't any question in my mind that this movie would come out at the price of a new release versus catalog.
08-18-08, 12:50 PM
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After Kill Bill there is no more announced catalog titles from Disney (except the Pirates Trilogy) that I can see.
Edit: Sixth Sense September 30th shows a MSRP of $34.99. No digital copy.
08-18-08, 12:54 PM
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I spoke to soon. Paramount (well Dreamworks) joins in the Digital Copy game.
DreamWorks has announced final specs for 'The Love Guru,' which will come to Blu-ray with full HD bonus features and Digital Copy.
As reported earlier this month, DreamWorks will debut the Blu-ray of the now-notorious box office flop on September 16, day-and-date with the standard DVD.
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Now full specs are in, with the studio still giving the film the special edition treatment. Extras are presented in full 1080 video and include four featurettes ( "Mike Myers and the Love Guru: An Inside Look," "One Helluva Elephant," "Monkey Training for Actors," "Back in the Booth with Trent and Jay"), deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel and blooper reel and the original theatrical trailer.
And in what marks a first for Dreamworks, the studio will also include a Digital Copy of the film on a second disc (standard-def only), playable on PCs and portable video devices. (At press time, we have yet to receive a confirmation on whether the Digital Copy will also be Mac-compatible, but we'll keep you posted.)
Tech specs boast a BD-50 dual-layer presentation in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio. (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and subtitle tracks are also provided.)
As previously announced, suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.98
As reported earlier this month, DreamWorks will debut the Blu-ray of the now-notorious box office flop on September 16, day-and-date with the standard DVD.
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Now full specs are in, with the studio still giving the film the special edition treatment. Extras are presented in full 1080 video and include four featurettes ( "Mike Myers and the Love Guru: An Inside Look," "One Helluva Elephant," "Monkey Training for Actors," "Back in the Booth with Trent and Jay"), deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel and blooper reel and the original theatrical trailer.
And in what marks a first for Dreamworks, the studio will also include a Digital Copy of the film on a second disc (standard-def only), playable on PCs and portable video devices. (At press time, we have yet to receive a confirmation on whether the Digital Copy will also be Mac-compatible, but we'll keep you posted.)
Tech specs boast a BD-50 dual-layer presentation in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio. (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and subtitle tracks are also provided.)
As previously announced, suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.98
08-18-08, 12:57 PM
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Because Kill Bill comes out in a few weeks and maintains a lower price and do not include any of that digital copy BS. So the price hike can be attributed to the Digital copy for Nightmare.
After Kill Bill there is no more announced catalog titles from Disney (except the Pirates Trilogy) that I can see.
Edit: Sixth Sense September 30th shows a MSRP of $34.99. No digital copy.
After Kill Bill there is no more announced catalog titles from Disney (except the Pirates Trilogy) that I can see.
Edit: Sixth Sense September 30th shows a MSRP of $34.99. No digital copy.
08-18-08, 01:15 PM
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DreamWorks has announced final specs for 'The Love Guru,' which will come to Blu-ray with full HD bonus features and Digital Copy.
Can't ever have enough copies of the Love Guru, digital or otherwise.
08-18-08, 01:15 PM
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If the only thing you get with the extra disk is a digital copy I don't care, as I'll just skip that version, since I have no interest on watching the movie on my computer, PSP, or IPod. If, as was the case with Juno, they leave other content (such as extras) off the version that doesn't come with the digital copy, I'll either skip it or wait until I get it as part of a 2 for 1 or similar excellent deal (like I did with Juno--got it in a 2 for 1 from CH).
08-18-08, 01:15 PM
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Other studios aren't charging more for them. Why should Disney?
Fumanstan, $34.99 IS Disney's standard price for a new release. For other studios it's closer to $40. I guess that in some way makes up for charging more for digital copies.
08-18-08, 01:21 PM
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Based on Love Guru, it looks like Paramount's digital copies will be compatible with Macs, so that means Warner is the only loser who continues to ignore iPod owners. Very frustrating.
08-18-08, 04:26 PM
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08-18-08, 06:42 PM
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I will not pay a premium for Digital Copy - I will wait till the price comes down or there is a sale that will make it normal price. I have no use for it and did not ask for it so I refuse to pay for it.
08-18-08, 08:08 PM
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DRM-protected digital copies can suck it 
At least with them putting it on a seperate disc, since Fox and the other companies that suck at including special features release a BD, I can chuck the DRM disc and put the SD-DVD with the special features in its place. Or the SD-DVD if it's not worth enough to sell for a homebrew combo. Easier than sticky hubs or buying 2-disc BD cases.
That is, when it gets cheap since I hate barebones BDs.
At least with them putting it on a seperate disc, since Fox and the other companies that suck at including special features release a BD, I can chuck the DRM disc and put the SD-DVD with the special features in its place. Or the SD-DVD if it's not worth enough to sell for a homebrew combo. Easier than sticky hubs or buying 2-disc BD cases.
That is, when it gets cheap since I hate barebones BDs.
08-18-08, 08:17 PM
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Since I have no interest in any Disney Blu-Ray (other than possibly Fantasia), I'm not that worked up about it, though it certainly seems to be setting a dangerous precedent. Let's hope the other studios won't follow suit and jack up prices for this "extra feature".
08-18-08, 09:11 PM
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Not a huge fan of digital copies. I bought BD to get away from standard def and it's back in digital form, similar to HD DVD's combo discs.
As long as studios offer a cheaper non-digital copy version or if Fox, LionsGate and others thrown them in for free, I'm okay.
As long as studios offer a cheaper non-digital copy version or if Fox, LionsGate and others thrown them in for free, I'm okay.
08-18-08, 10:47 PM
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Took the words right out of my mouth. As long as it's free, I have no problem but when they start charging a premium, that's when it's a huge issue.
08-19-08, 09:02 AM
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I don't care at all for digital copies. On the other hand, I really like the idea of family movies like 'Sleeping Beauty' including an SD version on DVD. That will come in handy in our household.
08-19-08, 10:10 AM
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If studios are going to include a SD version, I can only imagine it's going to bump the price up much more than $5. I'm sure in some cases there would be ways to buy just the HD and SD version separately and still get it cheaper.
These are the companies that are charging extra for a freaking digital copy. They aren't going to be kind when it comes to throwing in a SD version even though it's using the same disc as a digital copy. As far as J6P is concerned, he's paying more for the bonus SD because it's the SD version, not some crappy digital copy.
08-19-08, 10:47 AM
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I don't have a problem with digital copies as such, but it royally pisses me off if we're going to charged extra for them whether we want them or not.
Not to mention they're removing special features from DVDs to include them. (I was looking at Hostel II at Wal-Mart the other day, and it looked like the only special feature on it was a "digital copy," though the one I just bought at Best Buy for $6.99 had a bunch of stuff on it. Something else to watch out for...
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Not to mention they're removing special features from DVDs to include them. (I was looking at Hostel II at Wal-Mart the other day, and it looked like the only special feature on it was a "digital copy," though the one I just bought at Best Buy for $6.99 had a bunch of stuff on it. Something else to watch out for...
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