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Digital Copy Included With 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray - Is It 4K?

Iori Fuyusaka

Iori Fuyusaka

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Does anyone know if the digital copies that come with UHD blu-rays are, they themselves, 4K?

I'm pre-ordering Frozen 2 and we're getting an LG OLED C9 sometime in the near future, but I have no way to play the physical disc.

I'm assuming the Playstation 5 will eventually play it, and the price difference between Blu-ray/DVD and UHD/Blu-ray is only $5, so I'm going for the upgraded product.
 
Wingfan19

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Avalon said:
Does anyone know if the digital copies that come with a UHD blu-ray are, they themselves, 4K?

I'm pre-ordering Frozen 2 and we're getting an LG OLED C9 sometime in the near future, but I have no way to play the physical disc.

I'm assuming the Playstation 5 will eventually play it, and the price difference between Blu-ray/DVD and UHD/Blu-ray is only $5, so I'm going for the upgraded product.
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Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. It's a guessing game unless you find out beforehand from someone else that did it. From my experience, the newer discs will give you the 4K UHD digital code 95% of the time. But older movies, (like Deadpool 1) only gave me the regular HD.
 
Palette Swap

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AFAIK, they all are. Moviesanywhere tracks the difference between 4K and 1080p, and propagates it to the other platforms.
Yeah, YMMV on older movies, though. There's a moviesanywhere subreddit you can check that usually tracks that.
 

Hound

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Some are. Generally my new Disney releases have redeemed in 4K through MoviesAnywhere if I've bought the UHD.
 

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Avalon said:
Does anyone know if the digital copies that come with UHD blu-rays are, they themselves, 4K?

I'm pre-ordering Frozen 2 and we're getting an LG OLED C9 sometime in the near future, but I have no way to play the physical disc.

I'm assuming the Playstation 5 will eventually play it, and the price difference between Blu-ray/DVD and UHD/Blu-ray is only $5, so I'm going for the upgraded product.
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It varies, usually by studio.

Check in the first few posts here. There's a link to a pretty comprehensive user contributed spreadsheet:

Digital Copies: Where to redeem to keep 4K UHD? - Blu-ray Forum

Digital Copies: Where to redeem to keep 4K UHD? 4K Blu-ray and 4K Movies
forum.blu-ray.com forum.blu-ray.com
 
Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric

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I sell my digital copies on another site to people who collect them and typically codes from 4K discs are both in higher demand and go for more money. Best that I can tell, the format you purchase is reflective of the code you're given.
 
DanteSparda504

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Generally, Yes. However, some studios do not support that. Like I know Fox did not support 4K digital copies. Maybe that's changed post Disney, but I know they were one of the hold outs. Which is why my digital copies of Logan and War of the Planet of the Apes are not in 4K >:^[
 
Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric

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how much do codes for for? I'm sitting on a few and I'll never use them
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I unload mine over at Cheapassgamer.com because I've sold there forever.

As to price, it really depends on what you have.

Older catalog stuff - even in 4K - really depends on the popularity and scarcity of the film.

New releases however go pretty fast and for premium amounts. I got 8.00 bucks for stuff like Joker and Doctor Sleep (both 4K) and I've seen people price them even higher. (I try and be a bit lowball)

Even Blu codes still fetch a decent price. I got six bucks each for The Lighthouse and Parasite respectively.

And Disney/Marvel stuff stays pretty high and in demand.

Hope that helps. Selling the codes is a nice way to offset the price of physical - which I prefer for film.
 
Troll

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Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric said:
I unload mine over at Cheapassgamer.com because I've sold there forever.

As to price, it really depends on what you have.

Older catalog stuff - even in 4K - really depends on the popularity and scarcity of the film.

New releases however go pretty fast and for premium amounts. I got 8.00 bucks for stuff like Joker and Doctor Sleep (both 4K) and I've seen people price them even higher. (I try and be a bit lowball)

Even Blu codes still fetch a decent price. I got six bucks each for The Lighthouse and Parasite respectively.

And Disney/Marvel stuff stays pretty high and in demand.

Hope that helps. Selling the codes is a nice way to offset the price of physical - which I prefer for film.
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Nice. I also prefer to own physical for my movies.
Time to get them together and see what I have
 
digitalrelic

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If anyone decides to sell their 4k codes, PM me! I buy 4K codes regularly.
 
Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric

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Troll said:
Nice. I also prefer to own physical for my movies.
Time to get them together and see what I have
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FYI, even if the codes claim to be expired, they are - more often than not - still good. You can even follow the directions for redemption to see if they are still viable without actually redeeming the film.

Just a Pro-tip. :)
 

Gitaroo

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I think everything now in Canada redeem on google store, and most are not 4k. My Shining code redeemed in SD even when they got the new 4K version up as a separate purchase. Some bull shit....
 
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