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Sony's Ultra 4K Streaming Service Launching On April 4; Titles Priced At $30 (variety.com)

Posted by msmash on from the can-never-have-enough-streaming-services dept.

Janko Roettgers reports for Variety: Sony is launching its 4K movie streaming service called Ultra next month: Consumers will be able to buy movies from the service, and stream to supported Sony 4K TV sets, starting April 4. The new service will offer 4K HDR movies to stream, including extras that have previously been able only on physical discs. Ultra ties into UltraViolet, the cloud locker service backed by Sony. Consumers will be able to upgrade SD and HD quality movies from their UltraViolet cloud locker for $12 to $15, respectively.

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  1. I like owning things... by SuluSulu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I for one prefer to "own" the copies that I buy. If I'm to buy a digital only copy that I will never actually "own" why should I pay the same price, or even more, as a physical copy? No thank you Sony.

  2. Re:Seems expensive by EvilSS · · Score: 4, Informative

    30 bucks per movie and I don't even get a copy to store?

    So what happens when the service goes out of business? I lose everything I've bought?

    Thank you, no.

    For the same price you can buy the UHD Blu-ray which will also include a digital UV copy (probably only HD but still) and the regular HD Blu-ray copy as well.

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  3. Re:No thank you by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And you're complaining about $30?

    Yep.

    I remeber those days. My reaction was along the lines of "oh hell no". So, we went to blockbuster instead. Then came DVD players and they wanted 45 quid for a movie and 150 quid for a box set. My reacion was basically "nope nope nope" and go to blockbuster or the "Video Rental Emporium" (local place, more diverse choice, knowledgable staff, now gone forever).

    Then they decided that they should actually start selling videos for a price people were perpared to pay, like 30 quid for a new box set and a tenner for a movie while recent, going down to 2 quid for an older film. My reaction was to buy lots. Then I found the big second hand shop which sells them for as low as 10p. If you even think you might want to see it, it's worth it for that price! Actually the only one I got for 10p was Crank and it's wicked.

    So 20 quid for a movie? Nah, no thanks. Plus it's Sony so you're going to be paying 20 quid for getting abused somehow too.

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