How future-proof is ultraviolet?

[tbdave]

Re: How future-proof is ultraviolet?

I do concur totally that the D2D program where I can bring in a DVD and turn it into an 1080p title is unheard of in the history of the movie industry.

There was no mail back program for VHS to get DVDs. This is the first time we can upgrade a title we own for a nominal fee.

Warner Bros has been running a DVD2Blu upgrade offer for a couple years:

http://www.dvd2blu.com/

[Walter-S_North_Carolina]

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Warner Bros has been running a DVD2Blu upgrade offer for a couple years:

http://www.dvd2blu.com/

kul. thx.

I did not know about that.

[nyunole]

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I used WB's red to blu program to convert HD DVDs. (before friendly WalMart D2D associates were a gleam in anyone's eye )

You made the purchase over the web, then mailed the disc labels off somewhere. It worked, and you wound up with a bluray disc, which is nice.

[echopulse]

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I do believe at some point in the future, that we will be able to upgrade our UV movies from SD to HD to 4K. The CIO of vudu suggested that was a goal in an article a while back.

[MoWeb]

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I do believe at some point in the future, that we will be able to upgrade our UV movies from SD to HD to 4K. The CIO of vudu suggested that was a goal in an article a while back.

This is just my opinion but what's the point of 4K streaming when Internet providers not only have slow but over priced Internet packages and data caps. Not everyone is getting Google fiber.

[echopulse]

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This is just my opinion but what's the point of 4K streaming when Internet providers not only have slow but over priced Internet packages and data caps. Not everyone is getting Google fiber.

According to this Broadband Map 80% of the US population has access to at least 25 Mbps broadband. And it looks like 97% has access to at least 10Mbps internet. Both of those are fast enough to stream HDX, and possibly even 4K. And Internet speeds will keep going up.

[cpr3584]

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It's funny, i originally joined UV/VUDU to make a backup of my discs, but now the discs have become my backup. I basically have no use for them anymore, they just sit around, beside the ones that aren't D2D/UV yet. The difference in PQ between the disc and HDX is minimal, but it's still there...i would say HDX streams at about 950p, whereas the blu is definitely 1080p. The only thing that i dislike about not having a physical copy is that our UV copies require strong internet to stream them. I would say that UV/VUDU is def here to stay. While not growing as fast as they hoped, it's still getting millions of new users every year.

[Walter-S_North_Carolina]

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It's funny, i originally joined UV/VUDU to make a backup of my discs, but now the discs have become my backup. I basically have no use for them anymore, they just sit around, beside the ones that aren't D2D/UV yet. The difference in PQ between the disc and HDX is minimal, but it's still there...i would say HDX streams at about 950p, whereas the blu is definitely 1080p. The only thing that i dislike about not having a physical copy is that our UV copies require strong internet to stream them. I would say that UV/VUDU is def here to stay. While not growing as fast as they hoped, it's still getting millions of new users every year.

I agree. I found quickly after using it that the discs remained in cardboard boxes in the garage.

MP3 as an audio standard is lower then what is played back on a CD, but look what the MP3 did to CD sales.

It is the mobility and convenience which a portable digital copy provides. Plus, the flexibility for digital content to be readily available via a few clicks of a remote.

The slight decrease in PC from bluray disc to Vudu HDX is moot. Have a house full of a brood and had them a remote one time and you will be sold. No need to worry about children messing with the bookshelf full of expensive plastic discs. They just press a remote a few times and BAM! the collection is ready for playback.

Or enjoy a peaceful grocery shopping trip while the children are in the cart seat watching the tablet with the mobile version.

My eye is not trained enough to notice a difference. Nor is my children's. We find the HDX crystalline clear and there is no doubt what so ever that HDX is a massive upscale from DVD quality.

[lujan]

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Sorry but I still use the discs primarily because of the sound. I have a 7.1 audio system and I do notice the difference in the audio which is significant. When the audio is of the same quality as the disc, then I will switch to streaming alone.

[Walter-S_North_Carolina]

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Sorry but I still use the discs primarily because of the sound. I have a 7.1 audio system and I do notice the difference in the audio which is significant. When the audio is of the same quality as the disc, then I will switch to streaming alone.

LINK:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...205624741.html

For high end folk who want to go UV, there is Kaleidescape.

Vudu is priming themselves for the masses.

If you like, I can send you a photo of my family flat screen. I venture to say it is similar to about 80-90 percent of the ones in family rooms in America. 7.1 has no effect.

...but if I won the PowerBall, I would upgrade to Kaleidescape and get a wicked home theatre where I could notice the difference.

[nyunole]

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That would be a neat luxury to add after a Powerball win.

I do primarily use discs in our main room, with the 7.1 system. It's also why I still get bluray discs through Netflix.

But in the rest of the house, it's all UV streaming, through Vudu whenever available.

[lujan]

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LINK:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...205624741.html

For high end folk who want to go UV, there is Kaleidescape.

...

Yes, I've heard of kaleidescape but I'm just hoping that in the future Vudu will have the HD quality audio as well as video. By 2014, I hear that all video streaming sites are supposed to offer closed captioning and that's not too far off.

[Rudymedina1]

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I have a fairly substantial movie collection. About 1500 movies/ TV shows in both DVD and Blu-ray format.

so Far I have about 220 UV/D2D movies on Vudu.

As has been mentioned, the tipping point for me was the ability to convert DVDs to HDX. I'm slowly converting movies.

Blu-rays are easier due the relative inexpensiveness of the conversion, but it's nice to get the HD version of a movie without having to pay 20+ dollars for a new blu-ray.

I also set out to have it as a convenient method of backing up my movies, but now it's become sort of the preferred method.

[Walter-S_North_Carolina]

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I have a fairly substantial movie collection. About 1500 movies/ TV shows in both DVD and Blu-ray format.

so Far I have about 220 UV/D2D movies on Vudu.

As has been mentioned, the tipping point for me was the ability to convert DVDs to HDX. I'm slowly converting movies.

Blu-rays are easier due the relative inexpensiveness of the conversion, but it's nice to get the HD version of a movie without having to pay 20+ dollars for a new blu-ray.

I also set out to have it as a convenient method of backing up my movies, but now it's become sort of the preferred method.

I agree.

The bulk of my collection was DVD. I went slow. I always elected HDX. It took me just under a year at my burn rate.

Looking back, I am glad I did it that way. I have no regrets and am quite proud of my family's library as it stands now. We use it almost daily, in one form or another.

[Rudymedina1]

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I agree.

The bulk of my collection was DVD. I went slow. I always elected HDX. It took me just under a year at my burn rate.

Looking back, I am glad I did it that way. I have no regrets and am quite proud of my family's library as it stands now. We use it almost daily, in one form or another.

I've been using it on a daily basis now to watch TV shows or movies. It's just so convenient. What's great to is the ability to share.

I have five people on my ultraviolet account. Some use cinemanow, others use Flixster and I and one other person use Vudu.

It's a great way of letting people have access to your collection without having to lend out the physical copy (I can't tell you how many times people have held on to something for far too long.)