Spreadsheet - Known VUDU UV Issues That Need Addressing

[Bizzy]

The good news is that Scott Blanksteen of VUDU says they are aware of these issues outlined in our spreadsheet

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Thank you for getting at them on Twitter.

[quackman]

Thanks for sharing that feedback. That helps.

[rdawg]

Rex..thanks for posting the tweet to the thread for the forum members to view. (**Knuckle-Bump**)

Hats off to Scott Blanksteen for stepping to the forefront and reassuring us that VUDU is aware of the issues and are working on them. Greatly appreciated!!! Oh, and...looking forward to updates.

[Wasteland]

So, American Made was fixed to UHD... nice to see something was fixed.

[Bizzy]

So, American Made was fixed to UHD... nice to see something was fixed.

Happy Death Day UHD was added also, but that UHD title was not UV anyways. We need just UV titles fixed right now.

[Bizzy]

3 titles were just added as UHD - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy (1999). These can be removed from the list. Thank you Vudu for getting these.

[Bizzy]

Ride Along UHD is UHD UV at FN. It needs to be added to the list.

[mike8o8]

Considering that UV is shutting down, this should be priority. I invested a good amount of money on my movies and I dont want my movies stuck in my UV locker. Please fix soon.

[Joltarin]

Yes, please fix Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society.

Also what about getting HDX for La Femme Nikita?

[DirkViggler]

Thanks to Vudu for fixing a few of these UHD licenses. Keep up the good work! We need our UV licenses to live on somewhere!

[digitalfreaknyc]

I'm confused. Why not just use MA for the titles that aren't Paramount, LG or MGM?

[Kallore]

I'm confused. Why not just use MA for the titles that aren't Paramount, LG or MGM?

Because that doesn't take care of everything. I have many 4K movies I bought/redeemed in Sony to watch on my Sony TV Ultra app. Those are UV titles, so they only port into MA as HD. with Sony's site closed now and the future of the Ultra app unsure, then unless Vudu fixes the UV UHD rights for these movies then they will be trapped and I will be left having to watch movies in HD that I paid 4K prices for.

[Rex Strother]

For everyone to better understand - why MA alone isn't good enough and why these need fixing.

If movies are already sitting in a UV locker that aren't honored/recognized by VUDU (either the title entirely, or the resolution), then that movie doesn't port correctly into VUDU ... which is the gateway for a lot of UV titles into MA. If I own a UV UHD license via Sony or Paramount ... I need Vudu to recognize that UV UHD license, so that it (1) shows up in VUDU correctly and (2) then ports from VUDU into MA and to other providers.

Many UV HD and UHD licenses came through direct retail websites (Sony, Universal, Paramount) or through no-longer-around services (Target Ticket, CinemaNow) - so VUDU needs to see these films, and not just see them, but also have them in the highest possible resolution.

VUDU is one of the last remaining "paths" from UV to MA. So we need VUDU to fix as many of these titles as they can. To this end, much of this information is not "new" - we've asked for many of these fixes for a long time. It was the shut down of UV as a working/breathing system that made it an important new push to get them fixed.

We can deal with using MA ... going forward. But UV and VUDU insist we "won't lose content" just because UV is shutting down. Truth is - we will. If VUDU doesn't see a UHD ... I lose that content. Maybe I get HD, but I own UHD. And I want that UHD to show up in VUDU and I want it to then port from VUDU into MA.

[PlanetMC]

I would really appreciate if someone from Vudu's support would comment on this post and provide updates. Looking at the spreadsheet only 4/450+ issues have been resolved. Thats alot of issues to get through before UV Locker closes for good & not dealing with issues timely will result in most of these not being looked at or resolved before the end.

[digitalfreaknyc]

For everyone to better understand - why MA alone isn't good enough and why these need fixing.

If movies are already sitting in a UV locker that aren't honored/recognized by VUDU (either the title entirely, or the resolution), then that movie doesn't port correctly into VUDU ... which is the gateway for a lot of UV titles into MA. If I own a UV UHD license via Sony or Paramount ... I need Vudu to recognize that UV UHD license, so that it (1) shows up in VUDU correctly and (2) then ports from VUDU into MA and to other providers.

Many UV HD and UHD licenses came through direct retail websites (Sony, Universal, Paramount) or through no-longer-around services (Target Ticket, CinemaNow) - so VUDU needs to see these films, and not just see them, but also have them in the highest possible resolution.

VUDU is one of the last remaining "paths" from UV to MA. So we need VUDU to fix as many of these titles as they can. To this end, much of this information is not "new" - we've asked for many of these fixes for a long time. It was the shut down of UV as a working/breathing system that made it an important new push to get them fixed.

We can deal with using MA ... going forward. But UV and VUDU insist we "won't lose content" just because UV is shutting down. Truth is - we will. If VUDU doesn't see a UHD ... I lose that content. Maybe I get HD, but I own UHD. And I want that UHD to show up in VUDU and I want it to then port from VUDU into MA.

As I said elsewhere, take the movie The Power of One - it's in HD on FandangoNow and iTunes. If I purchased it elsewhere in HD and I'm signed up for MA, it won't matter. You'll still get the HD rights and you'll be able to watch it wherever you want (including Vudu, if they ever add it).

However, if there are movies that ARE UV but AREN'T MA, then I'd agree that those should be the priority to be fixed.

But if you think that Vudu is going to be able to get new encodes of 450 movies (and growing), you're...crazy. Be smart about this and prioritize the ones that are the most vitally important.