How do most of you feel about the inclusion of a Digital Copy disc or key code when you buy blu-rays.  Personally I never use them and would not miss them if not included.  Its hard here in Australia to not buy a title without this being included.  I wonder how much it adds to the price to have it included.  What do you all think?

I thought I would get some use out of them when I was traveling to take my daughter to college. But turned out I was much happier popping the actual disc into my laptop. I wouldn't miss them in the least if they stopped including them.

Wouldn't have expected such a clear result.
Always thought I was about the only one not to use this.

Funny thing is, if they would include a random other movie I would probably make use of it.

Just another announce you get today when you buy something.

Even though I've worked on computers my whole life, I guess I'm just old fashioned, I like the hard copy.

Although not the same thing: I do down load some of The Great Courses' lectures from the Teaching Company when I buy one just to check it out. Like: The Origin and Evolution of Earth: From Big Bang to Future it was so interesting I watched about 6 of the 48 lectures right after I bought it.

And have bought some the music sets that I can play from the cloud as well as on my computer.
For a dollar or two they are not bad, example: Amazon's 100 Must-Have Movie Classics.

I guess in the future everything will be stored in a cloud. It seems, the older I get the more time I spend in a cloud all the time.

Some day we all will be just a digital copy.

Quoting Lewis_Prothero:

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Wouldn't have expected such a clear result.
Always thought I was about the only one not to use this.

Really?? At a site were people collect physical media? 


Missing an option, Use them Occasionally

I still prefer the disc.  Ultraviolet was terrible at first, but I do like having both UV & ITunes.  I can watch my UV through CinemaNow on my PS3 wherever I am.  I have a bunch of of movies on my iPhone (rarely watch them) but it's nice to have.

I personally don't really care about them. I know in some cases we spend more but others it seems to be a wash on it. :/ I do know people who use them frequently. They have 'net connection to their tv and watch them that way. I also belong to a UV group with several other people and have, the few times I've been able to access the movies (another issue with dc's that I seem to have-being able to actually view them!) that someone else has redeemed which can be nice.

I'm not going to go out of my way to look for something with a dc, but it doesn't bother me too much when they are included.

Some of the comments here really humorous. It seems that some people forget that the items they collect are carriers of digitally encoded material. Yes Virginia, even a Blu-Ray disc is a digital copy that you have purchased a license to use. If I am not mistaken, the mp4 compression method was originally designed as a more powerful and effective way to encode HD content on BD and HDDVD. I think the codec typically used with mp4 can create both lossy and lossless encoding. Maybe this is how you can get different qualty levels from the same source ... Anybody knows more about this ... pls feel free to clarify this.

I have recently become a fan of Ultraviolet. The quality can be quite good. The HD versions are downscaled (same HD resolution, but lower data rate, fewer audio formats, no menus or extras, etc.).

The way I look at it, the profit model for BD prices includes providing downloadable digital copy and other services. If I am paying for it, I might as well use it and get more value for my money.

Ultraviolet is NOT tied to a machine. You can watch and/or download to virtually any device. And you can share your library with several family members - I think 5.

So I emplore you to not let your misconceptions prevent you from appreciating the facts, and the true power and versatilty of these new media.

I use the digital copy on my tablet when waiting to see a Doctor, and other such appointments.
I also use the tablet to view movies long car trips, since she always drives since my M.S. acts up when I sit for a long time.)
I also sometimes make digital copies of other DVD's I own for the same reason. The only problem with doing such is the size it takes up on my Tablets SD card.

I just noticed almost all sentences start with "I", seems to show a lack of humility.
Actually when it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!
     

Bobb