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Now, I've made some comments in the past for my dislike for Combo packs. Why give us one (or two) BDs, then offset with two DVDs, one of which I'll use once, and the other collects dust in the case. But, now I've found an answer that I'm willing to accept and is also a "green" solution (both in terms of saving the studio money and being good on the environment). And ironically it comes from one of Disney's rivals.

Starting last week, Warner Bros. started making all of of their new release Blu-rays as BD/ DVD combos. Something I objected to - UNTIL I picked up my copies of The Box and Where the Wild Things Are. What they're doing is giving us one BD, and a DVD that also contains the Digital Copy. So, basically their combo sets just mean that it has a Digital Copy that in addition of working on your ipod will work on your standard DVD player. Cool idea, so why doesn't the other studios, namely Disney, jump on the bandwagon of doing this.

Amen sista.


Really though, they should do that. Everyone should do that. Every single movie released should do that. Digital copies wouldn't be such un-useful pieces of alskdjghqalw.

You bought "Where the Wild Things Are?" Sorry to hear it, what a waste of money.

The digital copies are a waste. This is a good idea.

Why does everyone hate on digital copies so much? The other day, I was on a five hour bus ride to Chicago and while eating lunch, wondered if I had any movies to watch on my iPod - my Mac was dead. I had WALL-E and really enjoyed seeing it again, even on the small screen.

The fact that this digital copy was free with my Blu-ray, why should I complain? It was nice having something to watch on the bus, and I'm glad that I had a digital copy of WALL-E to do that!

Neal wrote:Why does everyone hate on digital copies so much? The other day, I was on a five hour bus ride to Chicago and while eating lunch, wondered if I had any movies to watch on my iPod - my Mac was dead. I had WALL-E and really enjoyed seeing it again, even on the small screen.

The fact that this digital copy was free with my Blu-ray, why should I complain? It was nice having something to watch on the bus, and I'm glad that I had a digital copy of WALL-E to do that!

The problem is that Disney puts digital copies on a separate disc by itself which is quite wasteful and takes up additional space.

I like the idea of incorporating the digital copy into one of the discs. It would make the sets a lot less bulky and will feel less like I'm carrying dead weight (like a bonus disc of a film that contains no real extra features.)

toonaspie wrote:

Neal wrote:Why does everyone hate on digital copies so much? The other day, I was on a five hour bus ride to Chicago and while eating lunch, wondered if I had any movies to watch on my iPod - my Mac was dead. I had WALL-E and really enjoyed seeing it again, even on the small screen.

The fact that this digital copy was free with my Blu-ray, why should I complain? It was nice having something to watch on the bus, and I'm glad that I had a digital copy of WALL-E to do that!

The problem is that Disney puts digital copies on a separate disc by itself which is quite wasteful and takes up additional space.

I like the idea of incorporating the digital copy into one of the discs. It would make the sets a lot less bulky and will feel less like I'm carrying dead weight (like a bonus disc of a film that contains no real extra features.)

Exactly. The actual digital copy itself is fantastic. I love having an iTunes library full of Disney movies. (Even when I could just rip them myself... ) But having the ugly plain disc in the case for no purpose annoys me. But the anal Disney collector that I am, liking to keep everything just like new, I don't like to get rid of the digital copy disc. I think if the digital copy came in a separate sleeve or something, it would be better, because I wouldn't have a problem throwing it away afterwards. Or they could just put in on the DVD and fix all issues.

toonaspie wrote:

Neal wrote:Why does everyone hate on digital copies so much? The other day, I was on a five hour bus ride to Chicago and while eating lunch, wondered if I had any movies to watch on my iPod - my Mac was dead. I had WALL-E and really enjoyed seeing it again, even on the small screen.

The fact that this digital copy was free with my Blu-ray, why should I complain? It was nice having something to watch on the bus, and I'm glad that I had a digital copy of WALL-E to do that!

The problem is that Disney puts digital copies on a separate disc by itself which is quite wasteful and takes up additional space.

I like the idea of incorporating the digital copy into one of the discs. It would make the sets a lot less bulky and will feel less like I'm carrying dead weight (like a bonus disc of a film that contains no real extra features.)

Also, whether or not it's free or not is debateable. Look at the going price for the Princess and the Frog BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo. The price is noticably higher than the Snow White BD/DVD combo price.

The most I have made for a combo pack for ANY movie so far has been $23.96 for WALL-E.

Snow White, Angels & Demons, District 9, Up - got all those combo packs for $19.96 - the same as a DVD!

I thought you were all down on the idea of a digital copy itself. I agree, an extra disc is wasteful (I'd like it to also be the soundtrack - I can dream! )

People have complained about dual-sided discs left and right. Also, there's no artwork. I'll support putting the DC with the DVD on the same disc, but if there's no artwork, they can suck it!

The digital copy issue would be so much easier if they just gave everyone a copy for the Itunes version of the movie.

In fact, just the code would be even better.

ajmrowland wrote:In fact, just the code would be even better.

Agreed.

Agreed. Incidentally, I got The Dark Knight (single-disc) DVD recently and inside was a slip of paper with a code where you can download a digital copy of the film. No extra disc, just a website and a code. Much more environmentally friendly and cost-friendly.

My Dark Knight had the disc, I think.

I have been saying this for the past few months, ever since Coraline came out actually in July.

Coraline was the first Bluray, that I know of, to have only two discs (BD+DVD) with the Digital Copy being on the DVD version. I hate that Disney is wasting plastic, and even worse energy, to make the disc that contains the digital copy! Once you retrieve the digital copy, it's useless. I also suggested that they have a service of sorts where you can mail in your used discs and get compensated some how for it.

All the movie companies should just put the digital copy on the DVD disc.