Sign up
Search
Advanced search settings

Search only in certain items:

Search results
All (2679)
Content
People
Apps
Books
Orbs
Movies
Music
Podcasts
Shows
Tabletop Games
Tech
TV
Video Games
YouTube Channels
Videos
40x40

Lee (2222 KP) created a post

Jun 24, 2018  
I was wondering how everyone feels about digital copies of movies, in particular the digital redeem code that you get when buying a Blu-ray. Personally, I find the whole system very frustrating.

Over the years, I've built up a nice little collection of these backup copies online using flixster video. I have the app on my iPhone and iPad, and although I've never really made much use of them, it's nice to know they're there if I ever do want to access them. I also used to have the flixster app on my NowTV streaming stick (a Roku based system, produced in conjunction with Sky TV), enabling me to fire up a movie quickly without having to hunt for the Blu-ray and load that up. Nice, I liked where this was all heading.

But then NowTV disallowed the flixster app from their boxes, presumably in favour of their own Sky store system. And then I bought a few Blu-ray's and tried to redeem the digital code, only to find that flixster wasn't supported, only Google Play. Luckily, I have a Google Play account, so I was able to still use it, but the point is I now have my digital movies in multiple locations.

Recently, my daughter wanted to own Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The Blu-ray wasn't out yet, but it was available to buy and download, and Amazon we're offering it at a reduced price. So, now we also have another location where a purchased movie lives.

All of these companies seem to be so interested in restricting us to using their service, and only their service. To me, that makes life more difficult, when it should be getting easier. Instead, I now find it easier to just pickup a Blu-ray from the shelf, instead of trying to remember where My digital copy is located. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, maybe I'm using the wrong service altogether. Maybe there's a simpler way out there that I don't know about. Or maybe I'm just getting too old for technology these days! I don't know but I'm interested to hear what others think.
      
40x40

Andy K (10826 KP) Jun 24, 2018

Very much agree. If you own the movie, you can do what you want with it, when you want. If you own digital, you are entirely at the whim of the studios which is what they want, but not good for you. What if Disney decides they don't want you to own the digital Beauty and the Beast any more? They can just yank it from you. Now stores like Best Buy are not even carrying DVDs at all their locations. It's a conspiracy!
40x40

Meg Dean (138 KP) Jun 25, 2018

I like them for the same reason I like ebooks...they are easy to store. We live in a small apt. so my massive library needs to have as small a footprint as possible.
    Schedule Planner Pro

    Schedule Planner Pro

    Productivity and Utilities

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    App

    Schedule Planner Pro is a daily planning aide that helps users to organize their tasks by category...

    Projects adlib

    Projects adlib

    Business and Productivity

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    App

    THE BEST VIEWER FOR MICROSOFT PROJECT. Reads MPP files without conversion or exporting, no...

    VIP Access for iPad

    VIP Access for iPad

    Business and Utilities

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    App

    Symantec VIP Access helps protect your online accounts and transactions by using a strong...

40x40

Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Yoga | Down Dog in Apps

Apr 4, 2020 (Updated Apr 4, 2020)  
Yoga | Down Dog
Yoga | Down Dog
Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Sports
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
App Rating
Good for all levels (3 more)
Variety of instructors
Variety of music
Syncs with Google Fit
Music rating system (0 more)
I started using Down Dog as a suggestion from my yoga instructor after the Covid-19 lock down. I absolutely love it! You can select what level you're at, what you want to focus on in regards to your body, how long you want your session to be and what style of yoga. I like the options of background music and that you can choose a voice to instruct you. The video is really good showing the different poses and you can select a level of description for the poses. My only critism is that although you can thumbs up or down certain tracks of music, you have to do this during the practice which is difficult if you are in a pose. You can view all the tracks played at the end but can't rate them, I was under the impression the point of rating them was so you didn't get msuic that distracted you or you didn't like again.