Thanks. I missed that. Just added 5 movies to my Watchlist and it gave me Matchstick Men (SD) for free. Somehow I also got The Perfect Storm (SD) for free.

And if you download their Disc To Digital software, they give you free credits for 5 DVD conversions. Ended up doing a couple old Marx Brothers movies that look fine in SD.

I wish they'd allow you to upgrade these SD movies and pay the difference. Unfortunately, the only way to get these HD is to pay full price.

Has anyone had any luck with using the Jurassic Park 3D BD UV code and it redeeming in 3D on Vudu?

I tried to finally redeem some of the UV codes this weekend and ran into a number of headaches. With Pitch Perfect, Flixster kept telling me my account was already linked and I needed to create a new one. Heck if I'm going to have two accounts with different movies in them! So I selected VUDU instead. For Wrath of the Titans, same thing but there was no VUDU option so I used their online chat. They told me that having FB open in another tab causes sign-in problems, so I logged out of that and was able to get Wrath of the Titans OK. I then saw I also had Pitch Perfect in my account despite the log-in troubles.

Prometheus worked OK for UV, but Apple rejected my redemption code (which had worked for UV). I sent a message to foxconnect, and they sent what looks like an extremely canned reply about basic Digital Copy redemption, but I'll try the steps when I'm at my computer and see what happens.

OK, I tried their steps, and it's not enough to just enter the insert's redemption code into itunes (my bad: I had typed only 15 of the 16 numerals). I had to use Fox Digital Copy Manager software to plug in the redemption code in order to generate a new random code that I then plugged into itunes. What a PITA.

But at least it looks like it's working.

Yes, the studios have made redeeming codes a huge hassle because they all want their own selected provider to be the main choice. You'll quickly learn that VUDU is the way to go, unless there are specific reasons to redeem on Flixster.

Lately, I've been redeeming codes at Flixster instead of Vudu. I've found Vudu's customer service to be lackluster. I think their cs reps don't have the power to do anything. On the other hand, Flixster's live-chat support corrects all problems instantly without any questions asked.

Vudu screwed me with Hansel & Gretel. They gave me the Rated-R version. I contacted Vudu customer service. They made me jump through hoops and gave me the typical run-around without ever fixing the problem. In the end, I contacted the studio, they gave me a new code, and I got the Unrated version through Flixtser.

FWIW, I got good results from my VUDU chat, but I agree that all these split services are a major hassle, and I never did get Flixster to work on my phone. I should try it again someday.

I still have never actually watched anything on these services. My hope is that Xbox has some kind of useful app that would allow me to watch on my TV.

Xbox360 is probably the most complete UV streamer. It has apps for Vudu, Flixtser and CinemaNow.

We have Ultraviolet Codes available at FamilyVideo.com!

Check out our Ultraviolet selection here: http://www.familyvideo.com/catalog/b...?browse_id=255

Codes are emailed in about 1 business day! (Shipping is charged when order is placed, but is refunded when order is fulfilled)

New titles are added all the time! Most codes are HD (Titles that do not say HD may be SD or HD)

Here are some recently added codes:

Incredible Burt Wonderstone HD

Jack the Giant Slayer HD

Oz the Great and Powerful HD

A Good Day to Die Hard HD

Check 'em out: http://www.familyvideo.com/catalog/b...?browse_id=255

I'll vouch for Family Video.

I ordered two codes and got the valid codes in an email the next day. Pretty good deal if you only want a digital copy.

Love Family Video.

They buy the Combo pack and piece everything out. Smart business move.

hardly a good deal at all looking at the prices
you can buy these on boards such as the ones here from forum members for far more reasonable prices

We has one thread here that has a few sellers on it. That's it.

$5 is pretty damn reasonable.

Read an article on Home Media Magazine that mentions there are now about 15 million UV accounts. That seems to be pretty good growth considering how low key the launch was. Target Ticket has just been launched as a competitor to Vudu.

Does that mean there are fifteen million individual UV accounts?

Or does that mean there are fifteen million accounts spread across the companies that utilize UV like Best Buy, Flixster, Vudu, etc?

If so, then that'd be like a million people with 15 different UV-attached accounts. I'm only partially kidding, as I've had to create many with Flixster, Vudu, Universal, etc. It's the most annoying aspect of UV.

Here's the article: http://www.homemediamagazine.com/war...ght-path-31372

I hope MGM will finally allow their movies to be added to Vudu sometime in the near future.

It would be interesting to see how they are counting UV accounts, like most of you, I've had to sign up with 2 or 3 groups to redeem. (Fortunately between Flixster and VUDU, I don't have too many files that are not covered.)

The bigger question is... How many people are actually buying UV films/files at full pop?

Of those 15 million accounts, how many are buying new product instead of redeeming free UV copies? How many are buying discounted UV files using the Disc to digital system?

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Only reason I even HAVE a UV account is to access the free copies I've gotten with discs ever since they became accessible through Vudu and later CinemaNow, which my equipment supports. While I'd still rather watch the discs, they've been useful for testing out my internet service, and seeing how crappy the CinemaNow interface continues to be without having to spend money for rentals on it. I'll admit it's sometimes convenient to be able to watch them online too- yesterday during a long break between classes at school, I started "Top Gun" on my laptop in the library and took a nap. I should probably try selling or trading the codes at least for movies I don't have already, but I've been worried about selling on Ebay then having someone claim the code didn't work when they really just didn't know what they were doing.

I've had to attach my UV account with:

• Best Buy CinemaNow
• Flixster
• Paramount
• Sony
• Target Ticket
• Universal
• Vudu

I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting, but it really is a pain in the ass.

On the plus side, I've able to connect my parents and best friend to UV so they're able to watch all 200+ movies I have in UV from doing the Vudu disc-to-digital program... and all of the free movies I've collected during the initial sign-ups.

I guess I've been fortunate... I've only had to register with Flixster, Paramount, Universal and Vudu.

Somehow, by the time I started redeeming my codes, Sony was already integrated into Flixster... And I'm not opening any more UV accounts that are redundant. (Cinema Now and Target Ticket)

Yes, but all those separate accounts are associated with an UltraViolet account. You have a UV login that you established the first time you signed up for UV that works at www.uvvu.com. That, presumably, is the only "UV" accounts that they're counting when they say 15 million.

Your Vudu account is not a UV account. Your Flixter account is not a UV account. Your CinemaNow account is not a UV account. They are all LINKED to your UV account.

Knowing how stuff is counted in the business (Hollywood post-production), I wouldn't assume that...

I've seen BD-Live stats from the early days, and a company was boasting about over 100,000,000 hits, and turns out 95% of it came from internal testing...

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I still don't really understand why there are so many different UV retailers. I do get that you could (I suppose) buy your UV digital movie from one of a number of different online retailers like you would buy your Blu Ray from Best Buy, Target, Amazon or Wal Mart. But what I don't get is why I should have to choose where my UV code from a Blu Ray package is redeemed, and if it's at all significant -- if it makes any difference to me if I redeem my code at Flixster or VUDU for example. Can I still watch it on any UV site or not?
I do know there have been a few codes that I thought were UV, but can only be played on Cinema Now (as well as one TV series that will only play on Flixster). It's all very confusing to me -- and I'm a big consumer of HD media. What the hell is the average consumer supposed to make of this?

One thing I discovered... If you buy Fruitvale Station at Target, the code is only redeemable at Targetticket.com, so as far as I'm concerned it's useless. If I'm going to used Vudu, I shouldn't have to use a specific retailer to access my UV file, which is supposed to be universal.

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