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NEWS: New Download Feature at the K Store

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You can now download (in BR quality) any UV movie you purchased from an online retailer (Vudu, Flixster, Target, etc.) directly to your K system. See your store library account for details. (There is no charge for this feature.)





Jim
 
The feature is even better. Codes from movies purchased in disc form entered into UV give you access to the store download content, if available. I had some movies with codes entered that let me remove Blu-ray Disc from M700.

Basically tighter UV integration.
 
I dont understand this 'new' feature. How is it different from the current program?

Peter
 
I see UV supports

Universal, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, BBC.

So this seems like a back door method of adding other media?
 
The announcement language is:

"Do you own digital movies that you purchased from an online retailer like Flixster, Vudu or Target Ticket? If so you can now dowlonad them at no additional charge to your Kaleidescape System and enjoy them in pristine, un-compressed, Blu-ray quality at home.

Simply visit Your Library on the Kaleidescape Store to see a list of all the movies that are available to you to download and expand your collection."


So, I assume this feature is limited to "online retailers"........



Jim
 
nineball said:
I dont understand this 'new' feature. How is it different from the current program?

Peter
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Before this announcement, could you download UV content from online retailers (not purchased thru the K Store) to your K Server (at no charge)???




Jim
 
cinelife said:
Before this announcement, could you download UV content from online retailers (not purchased thru the K Store) to your K Server (at no charge)???




Jim
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No, and it was annoying. UV recognized K, but not vice versa.

So now you can link your vudu content to K.
 
I checked my library and I now have 5 movies that I can download at no charge that were in my Flixster account but previously would have had to purchase again from K to have on my system.

This is a nice addition!

John
 
For those who are still confused, here's a breakdown of how it works:

If you have a rights token in your UV Library for a movie that is also available on the Kaleidescape store (and is UV-enabled), you can download it in the same resolution as your UV rights token on up to 2 systems. The rights token does not have to have come from another online retailer. It can be from a DVD/Blu-ray disc that included an UltraViolet copy in the package.
 
Croptop said:
For those who are still confused, here's a breakdown of how it works:

If you have a rights token in your UV Library for a movie that is also available on the Kaleidescape store (and is UV-enabled), you can download it in the same resolution as your UV rights token on up to 2 systems. The rights token does not have to have come from another online retailer. It can be from a DVD/Blu-ray disc that included an UltraViolet copy in the package.
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Store actually says you can download these to up to 5 systems.

https://store.kaleidescape.com/offers

John
 
I just want to know if this suggests there are other studios added to the K? Is seems to me that there are more on UV than K, doesn't this make us half pregnant?
 
Croptop said:
For those who are still confused, here's a breakdown of how it works:

If you have a rights token in your UV Library for a movie that is also available on the Kaleidescape store (and is UV-enabled), you can download it in the same resolution as your UV rights token on up to 2 systems. The rights token does not have to have come from another online retailer. It can be from a DVD/Blu-ray disc that included an UltraViolet copy in the package.
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So this offer simply saves a few dollars letting you download a movie that is available at the store. It does not allow the downloading of studios or movies not available in the Kaleidescape Store even though you may have UV Tokens for them?

I'm not getting excited about this. I don't understand what the downside would be for Kaleidescape to allow the downloading of legally owned UV content to the KServer.

Peter
 
It only applies to studios currently available through the store. However, I assume as new studios are added we will be able to download any titles we already have the uv rights for free.

John
 
Thanks for the clarification croptop.




Jim
 
And now for the fun of going through the library to figure out which have UV codes that I've never given two-shakes about in the past. Hooray. Saves the slot-fee though, so there's that, and so far the only ones expired were just WMC copies. My guess is UV hasn't been dominant (let alone around) long enough for too many to be dead.
 
I cannot get over the fact as K users who use UV only get the studios that are supported by K, but if I use any other UV service you get Sony, 20th C Fox, Paramount, Universal, BBC, etc plus these? Looking at all the marketing on the UV site which now includes K, this is certainly not clear.

https://www.uvvu.com/en/us/where-to-get
 
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