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Should I pull the trigger on HD D2D offers?

kob

kob

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I have a bunch of D2D offers for movies in HD quality for $3.14. It's extremely unlikely I will ever watch these movies in HD on my Kscape when I can watch them in UHD/HDR using my 4k bluray player. So is it worth it for me to buy them in HD now and then possibly pay to upgrade them to UHD/HDR in the future when these movies are out in UHD/HDR? Or is it more cost effective to wait?
 
I've been burned too many times converting to HD, only to have the 4K released to the store shortly after. I stopped converting to HD a while ago and will almost only ever convert straight to 4K.

Unless it's something I really want on K and really don't think a 4K is coming anytime soon (famous last words), such as The Red Violin.
 
David23 said:
I've been burned too many times converting to HD, only to have the 4K released to the store shortly after. I stopped converting to HD a while ago and will almost only ever convert straight to 4K.

Unless it's something I really want on K and really don't think a 4K is coming anytime soon (famous last words), such as The Red Violin.
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Do you know the cost for converting to HD and then upgrading the 4k vs the cost of just converting to 4k?
 
kob said:
Do you know the cost for converting to HD and then upgrading the 4k vs the cost of just converting to 4k?
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It's the same cost to get 4K whether you've already converted to HD or not.

Prices varies by studio, but for the ones that are worth converting it's typically $3.14 to convert to HD and $4.92 to convert to 4K. If you pay $3.14 to convert to HD and then the 4K is released, you'll still have to pay another $4.92. So in my opinion it's best to wait until the 4K is available and only pay the $4.92.
 
I buy them because I don’t want to risk it. In the past I had let a few titles sit in my digital offers for months then K lost the licensing of those. Now, I have to stuff back the Blu-ray disc versions into my Premiere system or give up on those titles.
 
Substance said:
I buy them because I don’t want to risk it. In the past I had let a few titles sit in my digital offers for months then K lost the licensing of those. Now, I have to stuff back the Blu-ray disc versions into my Premiere system or give up on those titles.
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That's a great point. I don't think I've had that happen to me yet with my offers but definitely something to consider when trying to decide to bite the bullet or wait.
 
Well, I have an example now. Match Point is no longer available on the store. It had been sitting in my Digital Offers but was only available in HD, so I held off. Now I'm kicking myself that I didn't just buy it.
 
Going out on a limb and say pay the $3.14. You’ve already paid $7,000-10,000 for the K system to get the best in class. Additional $3.14 to get the ‘best’ doesn’t seem like much.
Thank you!
 
David23 said:
Well, I have an example now. Match Point is no longer available on the store. It had been sitting in my Digital Offers but was only available in HD, so I held off. Now I'm kicking myself that I didn't just buy it.
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it is annoying, isn't it? I hate it when that happens to TV series. I am missing the second season of Continuum because I didn't buy it when it was available.
 
Substance said:
it is annoying, isn't it? I hate it when that happens to TV series. I am missing the second season of Continuum because I didn't buy it when it was available.
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I do wish K would announce they're losing rights to a title. Can't imagine why they don't.
 
Would make a good upward trend graph in purchases (for that title, just delete the title from the legend) for the next QBR, 😂
 
Interesting idea. I'm not sure what our agreements say about this. I know that there are cases where we are prohibited from announcing when something is coming to the store. Don't know if there's any restriction on when it might be leaving. I also don't know how much advance notice we get. And of course, it's not too uncommon for a movie to leave the store because it's moving to another distributor, and we end up getting it back again after a short delay. So I wouldn't want people to feel like we're playing games by saying "it's leaving" only to have it return after a month or two.
 
MikeKobb said:
Interesting idea. I'm not sure what our agreements say about this. I know that there are cases where we are prohibited from announcing when something is coming to the store. Don't know if there's any restriction on when it might be leaving. I also don't know how much advance notice we get. And of course, it's not too uncommon for a movie to leave the store because it's moving to another distributor, and we end up getting it back again after a short delay. So I wouldn't want people to feel like we're playing games by saying "it's leaving" only to have it return after a month or two.
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I suggested this last year. I don’t recall who it was but the reply was negative.
 
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