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    Hollywood's UltraViolet to make its way to TVs

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's online movie system, UltraViolet, is finally coming to the TV.

    Flixster, a unit of Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros., said Monday that its app will be available later this year on Panasonic Corp. televisions and Blu-ray players that use its Viera Connect system of connecting to the Internet.

    Flixster allows registered users to access movies they have bought using the new UltraViolet standard.

    Starting last October, studios such as Warner Bros., Sony Corp. and Comcast Corp.'s Universal have been selling DVDs and Blu-ray discs on the standard that enable users to record their purchases online and play the movies back over multiple devices.

    Monday's announcement represents the first time UltraViolet movie files will be playable on regular televisions without needing to put a disc in a physical player.

     

    12 comments

    • ToddM  •  4 mths ago
      So, I buy a Blu-ray of a new movie so that I can stream the movie with a lower quality picture on my TV and/or Blu-ray player instead of just using the Blu-ray disc that I purchased? I understand streaming to portable devices, but to the devices that are already set up to play these movies? What a boneheaded waste of time and money.
    • Milton Stapler  •  4 mths ago
      So the gimmick is, you can watch movies you've already bought and seen? Sounds like a real winner or wiener.
    • bartron_53  •  Rochester, New York  •  4 mths ago
      UltraViolet digital copies SUCK! They take hours to download and tie up your broadband bandwidth. AND you can not use iTunes to watch the content. Let's stick to the digital copies that are on the DVD disc with the WMP or iTunes viewing options.
    • Evan  •  4 mths ago
      Ultraviolet does not work for most people. Just read the comments section in Amazon for any Ultraviolet disc. They need a better idea than this one.
    • AY  •  4 mths ago
      They named it after that crappy Milla Jovovich 2006 movie?, Will it fail like DIVX 1999?
      F w-bros on the 60 day delay on discs, I think they are still mad about the failure of HD-DVD
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Pleasanton, California  •  4 mths ago
      I view blu-ray once like any other movie, whether it be in 480p or 1080p. Of course, I prefer 1080p over 480p anyday of the week. The point is, why spend $20 on a blu-ray disc and view only once and sell for $5 at a $10 loss, when you can rent for $4.99 at no loss.
    • O.G. - Oscar the Grouch  •  4 mths ago
      you #$%$ had a chance to get my money. i pirate everything now so forget the money i use to spend on your crap. you had your chance but you messed it up.
    • Wzrdrcr  •  Syracuse, New York  •  4 mths ago
      i wont buy ny dvd or blury without itunes copy
    • Cory Morr  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Holograms will replace 3D blu-ray in the 2020s.
    • Stevie Ware  •  McClellan, California  •  4 mths ago
      Will that hot chick from the Ultraviolet movie jump through my screen and service me while I whatch one of these things?
    • Voooten Von Voogensthein  •  Hong Kong, Hong Kong  •  4 mths ago
      why would anyone buy a movie. how many times will you watch it? you turds have nothing better to spend money on. you all should be thrown into :: german accent:: ZEEEE MEEEEEEET GRINNNNNDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
      • BOO BOO The FOOL 4 mths ago
        bought batman begins, dark knight, xmen first class watched them multiple times
      • Gambling man 4 mths ago
        Just steal it then sale it. Honk Kong way.
      • Robert 4 mths ago
        I buy movies because eventually the distributor loses the rights. How can you watch a streamed movie if the rights are expired? Oh, by the way.....if I like something, I will watch it many times! Who's the turd now?
    • US UN PEACEKEEPER  •  Redlands, California  •  4 mths ago
      the 6th day of the 6th month is the Nazi Doctors from Hell's mutant doctor clones worst nightmare,little Violet Boregaurd grew up in Big Bird were doctors that like to experiment on high intel get used to kill their own-Medical,Dental Twilite journal stuff.
      • Mary 4 mths ago
        What? Did you take your meds this morning?
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