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In response to "Is there a summary of all this stuff you guys are talking about with this Vudu / Walmart / Flixter / Ultraviolet / Bluray / Tradein thing?" by JaxSean

Basically, Walmart lets you buy digital versions of DVDs or blurays your have. Since Vudu is UV compliant,

Posted by oblique (aka Kkuphal) May 1 '12, 20:20

If you link your Vudu and UV accounts, you can view those digital copies in any UV app which includes Flixster. Since selection varies not 100% will work across all services. But since Flixster's iPad and Android app allows for offline downloading, it is a great set of features (streaming, TV, console, iPad, android, and offline as well) for either $2 or $5. The HD streaming is up to 9mbps which is very high quality as I witnessed on my TV. Also ended up with $11 in credit for rentals/buy after registering all my devices

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So...you're paying to get your movies you own in digital form? -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 20:29 47
- 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 44
  - 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 42
    - 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 31
      - 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 29
        
        It's the lack of physical media. - David May 1, 20:44 18
        
        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 14
        
        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 13
        
        We should form a club. - Iron Spawn May 1, 20:53 12
        
        STONECUTTERS. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 20:58 11
        
        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 10
        
        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 7
        
        Then what am I missing? - Iron Spawn May 1, 21:10 6
        
        Ender's post is a good start. - David May 1, 21:14 5
        
        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 4
        
        Didn't you just watch Cars 2? - David May 1, 21:19 3
        
        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 2
        
        Baldrick, you have almost counted the beans! - David May 1, 21:30 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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