HD Discount for Movies Purchased in SD.

"Is there any way to get a discount if buying the HD version of a movie purchased in SD because it was the only format offered at the time?"

No.

" I understand the "if you buy a dvd, you don't get a discount on the Blu-Ray" argument, but this is different because the HD version is available at the time of release from other sources."

If you buy an SD DVD from Wal-Mart and Best Buy is carrying the Blu-Ray version, will Wal-mart give you a discount on the Blu-Ray when they finally get it? Of course not.

Itunes could ONLY offer this if the movie industry/distributors allowed it.

Obviously the movie studios would have to be on board, but the music industry agreed when upgrading song quality, so I'm only hoping the same logic would apply to movies and television.

Unfortunately it doesn't and they are not on board. There is no discount for upgrading from SD to HD in the iTunes Store.

And for the record, Disney has offered a discount in the past on an upgrade to Blu-Rays, provided you have proof that you've purchased the DVD (i.e. the one found on the actual dvd cover). The studio doesn't care where you bought it so much as that you bought it, and offer a discount since they realize you've already paid for it once.

Just on that note, have you priced those "upgrades"? In almost all cases, the "upgrade" costs more, sometimes significantly more, than just going out and buying a new copy of the movie. So in many cases, at least, such offers are little more than window dressing.

Anyway, it matters not. There is no upgrade discount for the iTunes Store at present. Whether there ever will be is something none of us here can say.

Regards.

I disagree that this is at all like buying physical media.

For a start, if you buy one song from an album, or episodes from a series, iTunes lets you complete the album. But you try taking in a cd single, or DVD of half a series to walmart and they won't discount the album, or series.

These are just bits on a hard drive. There's no physical medium to pay for, with distribution and shipping costs. Different rules manifestly do apply. You should be able to swap SD to HD for the price difference.

Regardless of what you believe should be possible, the fact remains that you still cannot upgrade an SD copy to HD. Whether the iTunes Store, or any download movie store, will ever be able to offer such a service is something no one here can say. The movie studios would need to agree to allow it and they have zero incentive to agree.

And you replied to a post that was made a year and a half ago, just FYI.

Regards.

The age doesn't necessarily make it less pertinent. It was the first or second result on searching on this topic.

There is precedent. There may not be permission, but then iTunes redefined a few things over the years.

You replied to a specific comment by roaminggnome that he made a long time ago. And I can't see that your coments added anything to the discussion, just opinions about what "should" be the case. So I don't agree that your comments are pertinent enough to warranty reactivating a 18-month-old thread.

As to a "precedent", if you are referring to "Complete My Album", that was made available only after a long negotiation and, as part of the agreement that they could drop copy protection, major pricing concessions by Apple. Again, the movie studios have no incentive to negotiate on such matters.

In any case, if you want to express your opinions, the best way if via Apple's feedback pages:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

These forums are for technical support, not discusisons about Apple's policies.

Regards.