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Beware of Digital Movies from Paramount -- they don't work and they are corrupted
Beware of Paramount Digital movie copies. They do not properly download. The system they use is so complicated because they are so worried you might make a copy that they make it IMPOSSIBLE to download the digital copy you purchased.
DO NOT PURCHASE Blu-Ray, DVD Digital Copy DVDs from Paramount Pictures. They do not work. You will end up spending $25 and the digital copy will not download.
I wanted to download a high resolution copy to my laptop so I can install it on my iPad. But their system refuses to download a high resolution copy to a laptop that is not High HD quality. So they will download a low resolution copy, even though I want it on my iPad.
What?
Are these people idiots? I purchased the Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and it was mission really impossible to download and use the digital copy.
So, I decided to go out and purchase a copy software program to convert the DVD into a file that can play on my iPad. The Paramount people are assholes and unhelpful.
Worse, Paramount insist that log in to download the stupid digital copy and then they insist that you link it to a system called UltraViolet. You have to have two usernames and two passwords and then link the two. It only takes 30 minutes of your valuable time to go through the process.
Paramount intentionally designed the system to discourage people from downloading the digital copies. They want you to spend more money on the 3-version movie set (Blu-Ray, DVD and digital copy) so they can make $6 more on the sale. The Blue Ray by itself is $19 and the DVD is $14, at Wal-Mart (which sells movies, Blue-Rays and DVDs the cheapest of any store, by the way.)
So I can't download the digital copy because of their greed. Mission fucking impossible! Paramount sucks. UltraViolet redemption is a stupid system not worth your time.
Please tell others not to purchase the Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol combo pack Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital copy, unless they want to spend 3 hours trying to figure out how the hell to make their stupid, useless system work.
Such a disappointment.
POSTSCRIPT. It took about 3 hours to download the 2.04 Gigabyte "digital" file. And guess what? It's not really digital. It's linked to a player that Paramount downloads on your computer and you can't watch the movie except using that "player."
If Paramount put as much effort into making better movies, they would have had a better record. But they suck! Tom Cruise sucks -- I'm taking it on him and blaming him for associating himself with Hollywood morons. Seriously. DO NOT BUY PARAMOUNT MOVIES that offer digital movies. THEY DON'T WORK!
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I got a digital copy (no money extra) when I bought Green Lantern on DVD(It's not paramount but it uses UltraViolet). I had to make and UltraViolet account and register for Flixster, a company made by Warner Bros. If you have a movie on UltraViolet, you can just make a Flixster account and link them. You can then download the Flixster app and you have the movie. It is streaming, but you can download it for offline use. I hope this was helpful, I know how frustrating things like that can be!
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It really isn't that hard to download through iTunes and not the hunk of crap Paramount put together. I literally went to iTunes on my iPad and typed in the code on the piece of paper inside the Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy case in the "Redeem" area of iTunes. Just scroll to the bottom of the first screen when you open iTunes on your iPad, tap "Redeem", and type in the code on that piece of paper. It's that easy. I realize this basically disintegrates the relevance of this article but I thought I should share this since you don't NEED to use paramount and UltraViolet's awful system of downloading and watching movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I (fortunately) read your post and went strait to iTunes. No problems at all!
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DeleteI much prefer the new Ultraviolet format over iTunes!!
DeleteI purchased Star Trek Blu Ray and Digital copy from new, tried to install digital copy and failed saying my code is invalid. Contacted Paramount and they advised that this offer has discontinued. It's because of things like this that people still download or copy movies illegally.
ReplyDeleteSame they replied as invalid. Last one I ever buy.
ReplyDeleteSame, bought Star Trek, tried to get digital copy activated, denied, I like the digital copies but why are they making it so difficult for people to legitimately own them and then whining when people use pirate copies etc.......MAKE IT EASY, GIVE US WHAT WE PAY FOR and the world would be a little bit quiter!
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