Comments on: New Poll – Are On-Disc Digital Copies Enough Incentive To Purchase A DVD? http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/08/28/new-poll-are-on-disc-digital-copies-enough-incentive-to-purchase-a-dvd/ Apple Movie Junkie is the official blog of Cinemira.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Foster http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/08/28/new-poll-are-on-disc-digital-copies-enough-incentive-to-purchase-a-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Keith Foster Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:21:59 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=501#comment-839 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. 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.

]]> By: ccunning http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/08/28/new-poll-are-on-disc-digital-copies-enough-incentive-to-purchase-a-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-838 ccunning Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:01:09 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=501#comment-838 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. 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.

]]> By: Galley http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/08/28/new-poll-are-on-disc-digital-copies-enough-incentive-to-purchase-a-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Galley Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:32 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=501#comment-837 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. 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.

]]> By: jcrawford http://www.applemoviejunkie.com/2008/08/28/new-poll-are-on-disc-digital-copies-enough-incentive-to-purchase-a-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-836 jcrawford Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:09:37 +0000 http://www.appletvjunkie.com/?p=501#comment-836 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. 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.

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