New Poll - Are On-Disc Digital Copies Enough Incentive To Purchase A DVD?
As I was writing my post about the Wall-E and Incredible Hulk DVD release dates, and mentioned the fact that each would come with a Digital Copy, I began to wonder if anyone is even using these Digital Copy versions? I would imagine a Digital Copy would be convenient for watching on an iPhone or iPod. But, do you see a Digital Copy as enough of an incentive that you’ll buy the DVD when otherwise you wouldn’t have or is it just convenient bonus material? Take the Poll over in the right hand column and let us know what you think.
Written by Eddie V. on August 28, 2008
Filed Under: Poll, Site Update
Comments (4)
jcrawford
August 28th, 2008 at 9:09 am
No they are not enough. Why would anyone care about a digital copy? It takes me about 20 mins to make a digital copy of a dvd i buy to throw on my apple tv. It’s more of a convenience thing these days.
Most of the time I just buy my movies from iTMS rather than buying the actual DVD which would just get tossed around by people and scratched beyond the ability to play the dvd.
Galley
August 28th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I love the idea of a “digital copy”, but just like audio files, you are limited to whatever bitrate and codec they are using. I believe these are only 1500Kbps, which will look fine on a iPod, but not so great on an HDTV.
ccunning
August 28th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I have not yet purchased a movie with a digital copy so I don’t know what the quality is like. If what Galley said above is true then I don.t see it as much of a value add unless(until?) they make the copy at least close to DVD quality. I don’t use my iPhone to play movies.
That being said I don’t purchase many new movies anymore anyway. Between Netflix and the occasional AppleTV rental my movie watching needs are met.
Keith Foster
August 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I have a few movies with digital copy; Juno, and Family Guy Blue Harvest. First the copy was not the reason I bought the movie it was just an added bonus. Like Galley said they look fine on an iPod, and great on my iPhone, but when I have viewed them on my Atv the quality is well below DVD. I get better results with DVD43 and Handbrake (PC) and some time encoding. The MPAA needs to wake up and see that digital is wave and allow ripping from DVDs. I would love to pop in a new DVD and rip it to iTunes and just put it away. You know the same thing I do with CDs that I buy legally.
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