I have been pleased that Apple has been upgrading movies I have purchased first in iTunes and now in Apple TV to 4K HDR. However, with the release of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 4K HDR today, I was surprised to find that only the theatrical versions are now in 4K HDR - not the extended versions (which I own). Is this likely to change?
I am in the same position. But try this. On your Apple TV go to the TV app, goto Movies and scroll down to find the Middle Earth collection. I opened that and my extended versions for LOTR and Hobbit are all in 4K. Weird.
My guess is there is a glitch in rolling out the updates.
My AUE just updated on my Mac, not yet on my phone but at least it's moving...
@amtest Have your trilogy movies from VUDU upgraded to 4K on Apple TV yet? Mine show 4K on VUDU but not on Apple TV yet.
Thanks
The itunes store in the US now shows the movies are in 4K but in the TV app on my iphone and apple TV don’t say 4K.
When did you buy on VUDU?
About 20 minutes ago.
How do you watch the extras?
they are not showing up on the fire stick Apple TV app?!
I don’t think there is a way to view them via the Firestick but on iPhone or iPad the option only pops up when you’re watching the film in landscape orientation.
Thats precisely what i said to Apple Support by phone but Apple doesn’t listen to its customers anymore. Seems that Apple has become too big to care.
The extended versions of the first two Lord of the Rings movies, Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, are in 4k now. But, The Return of the King is still not in 4k. With these highly anticipated movies coming out in 4k today on 12/1, why are these glitches happening? I started a ticket this morning with Apple because I wanted to buy the extended edition bundle but only two out of the three movies in the bundle were showing 4k. At the time I called and started a ticket, the bundle was priced at $39.99, and now it's $49.99. Because I've been waiting on Return of the King to switch over, I lost $10. I hope this gets resolved today. It's crazy that I can get all three in 4k on Vudu and Movies Anywhere but not on iTunes. Coming to America came out in 4k today and iTunes didn't switch it over until around 2:00 PM!
I have the Hobbit movies and LOTR movies all in extended editions, and its weird, because in my Hobbit Extended Trilogy, that Hobbit 2-3 have been 4K for a couple of months now (even though it was supposedly only just released) but the first Hobbit movie is only HD.
In the extended LOTR movies, 1-2 are 4K HDR, but the 3rd is only in HD. So right now, I have the 1 movie in each trilogy that is only HD. Really weird.
I have purchased 2 years ago all extended versions of the Hobbit and LOTR. Now with the free upgrade to 4K HDR Dolby Vision, on my DV LG TV and on my iPad i can play all in DV apart the Two Towers and an Unexpected Journey still in HD version. Reported to Apple in live chat, utterly disappointed because Apple Support is useless. I work in IT industry and their upgrade to 4K HDR DV doesn’t work properly for existing owners of the HD extended version. I have left 2 out of 6 in HD version still. Apple used to boast that they have the best customer experience but long are the days since that was the case. Pity that Apple going down since Steve Jobs left our world. Also when Apple upgrades movies usually i loose choice of language, in my case French. When will we have a worldwide solution where in Apple can have any movie for any language you want, Netflix does, Apple trailing here innovation, so frustrating in the 21st century...
Very curious about this as well. I already own all 6 films EE in HD. I see Vudu has the 6-film bundle on sale for $50, and I’d like to buy it there and have it sync to iTunes. But it seems like this is a gamble at the moment.
I have found a weird workaround. On my Mac all six EE films are listed in 4K but on my phone, iPad and Apple TV only 3 of them are.
However, if I start watching one on my Mac so it appears in ‘Up Next’ area of ‘Watch Now’ on my Apple TV, it will show it as 4K when continuing and then pressing the menu button on the TV . But starting the film on the Apple TV it shows HD.
Something has gone wrong with the upgrades of these films
I bit the bullet and bought the 6-film extended edition collection on Vudu for $50 and it looks like all six films immediately synced via Movies Anywhere and shows up as 4K on all my devices in iTunes/Apple TV apps. 👍
That would be up to the studio. Apple does not own those.
I haven't seen anything about the extended editions being released in 4K HDR yet.
Lord of the Rings extended editions NOT in 4K HDR
