iTunes Download Disappointment

[sterling shoote]

Thinking it would be nice to have a movie for my granddaughter to watch on her next visit to my home, I purchased 101 Dalmatians from the iTunes Store for $19.99. It took almost an hour to download, after which I discovered that I can not get this movie to show on my HT even with HDMI (no sound). Of course I could buy an AppleTV @ $149.99; but still, it appears, taking that route I would not have better than Stereo sound. At any rate, today, I purchase a Blu-Ray of the movie at Best Buy's for $19.99. It comes with a DVD; plus, an HD Digital download. Makes me think buying the physical disc is the still the way to go for movie purchases.

 

[KenM10759]

No question that's still the way to go. You can rip it if you have the right stuff and have it archived digitally, while always having a (nearly) non-volatile backup.

 

[djreef]

Plus, you actually own it.

DJ

 

[markw]

When it comes to owning a movie, I'll always go for a physical copy over something downloaded from the net. ...every time.

 

[djreef]

Yes, but "by law" you don't actually own a download. Only physical media.


DJ

 

[sterling shoote]

My incident made me rethink I might as well reconsider buying CD's instead of downloading music.

 

[Dreko]

I have dowloaded movie from I tunes before. And yes you will need a apple tv to watch it on your main screen. But movies are dowloading in dolby digital. Now if I really like a movie like the new star wars I'll buy it on blue ray to make sure that i have the best sound and picture quality.

 

[Steve81]

I generally go for the physical disc, and if it has an HD download attached with it, so much the better.

For my sob story, I purchase season passes for the Star Wars: Rebels cartoons since I watch that with the family regularly. Season 1 was as expected, so I purchased Season 2 early on. However, recently Disney decided to split Season 2 into two parts. Some of that is understandable, with Season 1 having 13 episodes and Season 2 now being projected to have ~20 episodes. At the same time, there was no mention of the split until January of this year, which ticked a lot of fans off. Given that the more recent episodes suck anyway, I'm not in a big rush to purchase the second half of the season.