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In response to "spamlet, 15 of the 18 movies I registered at Walmart with Vudu are available to stream or download in Flixster on my iPad and Kindle Fire -- nm" by oblique

Is there a summary of all this stuff you guys are talking about with this Vudu / Walmart / Flixter / Ultraviolet / Bluray / Tradein thing?

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) May 1 '12, 20:14

I've been busy, mostly have read backboards but not in depth.

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Basically, Walmart lets you buy digital versions of DVDs or blurays your have. Since Vudu is UV compliant, - oblique May 1, 20:20 47
- So...you're paying to get your movies you own in digital form? -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 20:29 46
  - Yes but if you don't do it this way, you will have to buy them for full price someday soon. -- nm - David May 1, 20:31 43
    - No doubt it's convenient, but you could ask just rip them all and get 100% lossless and universal playback. -- nm - Mop May 1, 22:28
    - Wait...wha? - JaxSean May 1, 20:33 41
      - As in if the next wave is cloud/streaming, just like people rebought bluray, the same goes for streaming. - oblique May 1, 20:37 6
        
        By the time we got HD TVs, we stopped buying movies. I don't know that I'll even buy a Bluray ever. - JaxSean May 1, 20:40 5
        
        I am strongly considering buying TNG:Season 1 on bluray - Beryllium May 1, 20:59
        
        You would be programming the JaxSean Channel. It is different. -- nm - David May 1, 20:45
        
        So for the cost of the rental, you can have your existing collection streaming also -- nm - oblique May 1, 20:41 2
        
        Yeah, I do get it. Thanks for the recap/clarification. - JaxSean May 1, 20:45 1
        
        Lastly, I got 4 free movies as part of the Flixster registration/Facebook integration (not great but still free) - oblique May 1, 20:49
      - It's just like mp3s. They will always work but there are more convenient solutions available cheap right now. - David May 1, 20:36 30
        
        But it really isn't. Adding slightly more portability to music makes sense as music on the go has always been a plus. But movies are not like that. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:41 28
        
        It's the lack of physical media. - David May 1, 20:44 17
        
        Well, I guess as someone that has less than thirty DVDs, I guess we see it differently. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:46 2
        
        Ironically, three fourths of those are David's Backyard Adventure DVDs -- nm - Qale May 1, 20:47 1
        
        Those were digital years before anyone knew how to play them. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:49
        
        My issue is that I've never been much of a media owner. I never even bought that many DVDs. -- nm - Dano May 1, 20:46 13
        
        I also don't think I own any way to watch a digital version other than my laptop and I won't watch movies on my laptop. -- nm - Dano May 1, 20:52 12
        
        We should form a club. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:53 11
        
        STONECUTTERS. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 20:58 10
        
        heh. David, the last point I will make is this. When I watch a movie, I *watch* the movie. - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:02 9
        
        The out-and-about part is probably the least important part of it. - Ender May 1, 21:08 1
        
        Hmm. Irrelevant, true, irrelevant. But I can see where some people might like those. Thanks. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:15
        
        I am not joking when I say that you clearly have a minimal understanding of this. -- nm - David May 1, 21:05 6
        
        Then what am I missing? - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:10 5
        
        Ender's post is a good start. - David May 1, 21:14 4
        
        And that is the difference. What I have already seen has little value to me. What I have yet to see is much more important. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:17 3
        
        Didn't you just watch Cars 2? - David May 1, 21:19 2
        
        To Bub, yes. He has 4 movies that are important. They sit on a shelf. If he wants to watch one we put it in. - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:22 1
        
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        My kids would argue with you on that. -- nm - oblique May 1, 20:42 9
        
        But here is the deal, something most seem to have forgotten. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:45 8
        
        Keep carving those walls, Caveman. -- nm - David May 1, 20:46 7
        
        If that means I want Logan to enjoy being out of the house, I will gladly take it.. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:48 6
        
        The cloud exists outside your house, befuddled Caveman. - David May 1, 20:49 5
        
        That is my point, as in videos are to be viewed indoors. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:51 4
        
        You lack vision. - David May 1, 20:54 3
        
        No, I see what you are taking about. I simply disagree, and reject it. Like Dano said, I can already watch anything on my computer, but I do not. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:57 2
        
        THIS -- nm - Beaker May 2, 05:03
        
        This post is your Hunger Games. -- nm - David May 1, 21:03
        
        Because I can watch it on DVD for free? (If I ever choose to watch it at all...) -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 20:38
      - As in David is obsessed with digital media. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:36 2
        
        Ie the sound of inevitability -- nm - David May 1, 20:36 1
        
        "The immaterial has become... immaterial." -- nm - Qale May 1, 20:39
  - sounds like you can opt to get them in higher quality, and you don't have to spend hours or days transcoding them to work on your devices -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 20:30 1
    - this -- nm - oblique May 1, 20:35

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