I don’t know about you, but I always enjoy a good movie. Only problem is that it more than $20 in tickets to go to the movies for 2 people and that is without the delicious popcorn. If you are like me, you can resist going to the theater and wait for all the movies to come to blu-ray or DVD (except Batman or Lone Survivor) to save a little money. You buy the movie when it comes out for $20 and worry about storing all of the discs or you can rent the movies for $3 or $4 from redbox, your cable company, or Amazon etc. What if I told you that you could get your own copy of new releases movies for the price of a rental?
The key is the ultraviolet program, which for some reason seems to be relatively unknown at least among my friends and family. Ultraviolet is a consortium of companies that allows you to store your digital copies of tv shows and movies in the cloud so you can access them anywhere using different services and devices. I am able to watch them using my computer, XBOX 360, PS3, Apple TV, iPad, smart tv, and blu-ray player. I have a way to access them on every tv and even when I am traveling. I am particularly fond of storing them on my iPad for long flights so I don’t need internet or crappy inflight entertainment. The service gets even better in that you can share your movies/account with up to 5 other people to either increase your buying power or a good friend and just share. The best part is if they add a movie to their own account then it gets added to your library as well so it is a win-win.
Here is a snapshot of my library and all of the movies you see cost me less than $4, which I think is pretty good and sure beats the theater or buying and storing discs.
The best part of these codes is that people buy, sell, and trade them for less than half of what the blu-ray would cost! I have spent the last year building a library of my favorite movies and new releases I want to see. I have been able to purchase more movies cheaply than I have been able to watch. I have an example of an ultraviolet code below for those who don’t know what they look like. They come in most new movies and it is usually indicated on the packaging. The only movies I have seen without them are studios that don’t participate like MGM or some of the $5 movies from Wal-Mart or Best Buy. There is a way around the no code, but I will get into that in another post about VUDU.
There are several sites where you can go to buy these codes to start building your own library up.
Through shopping around, I have been able to build a pretty sizable library and provided myself with hours of entertainment for pretty cheap. This is also one of my strategies to help with getting rid of cable, which I will share more about later! Does anyone else use the ultraviolet service? Do you have any tips and tricks for me?
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