Why are digital movies more expensive?

It does not cost studios as much to make a digital movie available since there is no packaging or disc to create. When you have a surplus of an item you will lower the price to encourage sales. If you wait to purchase then the physical media version is almost always cheaper because of the need to sell stock surplus.

Do digital movies have special features?

Some movies include bonus features* like deleted and extended scenes, commentary and much more. *Bonus features are available in streaming form only and are not available to save for offline viewing.

Why are CDS cheaper than downloads?

Because of the royalty costs; 99% of the cost of the CD is royalties and with digital music it is 100%. When CD’s are manufactured in bulk with billions for a single pressing the costs are ridiculously low, I would wager less than 10p for a finished unit.

What is Digital Copy mean?

A digital copy is a commercially distributed computer file containing a media product such as a film or music album. The term contrasts this computer file with the physical copy (typically a DVD, Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray disc) with which the digital copy is usually offered as part of a bundle.

Do you own digital movies?

Most of us don’t like to think about it, but we rarely “own” a movie when we buy it, no matter the source. When you buy a disc from the store, legally, you’re purchasing a license to watch the movie in your home. This is a license that’s controlled by digital rights management tools.

Do all DVDs come with a digital copy?

Though your DVD or Blu-ray may not have come with a digital download code, you can still turn some of those discs into digital to watch on any device! I still have a huge collection of DVDs, however, just sitting there, un-digitized. Sure, I can rip my DVD collection, but that takes time and effort.