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Disc to Digital

Disc to Digital

If you are movie collector, you have several old DVD or Blu-ray movies on a shelf and a few digital movies that were included with your newer movies. Would you be surprised to know that you can convert many of these older movies to a digital format legally? 

In the past there were several options like CinemaNow, Flixster, and Vudu. Today, Vudu is the remaining retailer with disc to digital. Conversions currently cost $2 per disc for DVD to SD or Blu-ray to HDX format. There is also a $5 per disc option to convert DVD to HDX format. There is no UHD option at this time. Vudu will use Walmart gift cards if you prefer to not use a credit card. I recommend this since removing your credit card from the site requires contacting their support directly by phone. Movies that are Movies Anywhere compatible will convert and go into your digital locker (see previous post https://digitalmoviecollector.blogspot.com/p/digital-lockers-making-most-out-of-your.html).

Disney Not Supported

I wanted to update this page to mention that disc to digital is not supported by Disney owned movies. While this does include Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars franchises, it should be noted that with Disney's purchase of 20th Century Fox that all titles under Fox have been removed from the Vudu disc to digital listings.

Options

Vudu started offering the service through your local Walmart photo center but have moved exclusively to in home disc conversions. There are two in home options for converting your old DVD or Blu-ray movies into digital. The Vudu To Go app is available for you computer (support will end for this option December 31, 2019). This option has no limit on conversions but requires you to have a Blu-ray drive if you want to convert. If there is interest in this option, I will update this page to include those instructions.

Mobile Conversion

This will show the mobile conversion through a web browser. Please note that Android users can convert directly from the Vudu app while iOS users will need to use the mobile web option shown below. It is also important to note that mobile conversions must be done from a cell phone with location allowed. The location is used to validate you are converting from your Vudu billing address.
  • Go to www.vudu.com/disc and select the Convert Disc option. Going to this link from a computer browser will allow you to a search for movies that are available for conversion.

  • Select OK on allowing the mobile browser to access your Current Location.
  • Select Convert Disc to being the process.
  • The page will access your phone's camera to take a picture of the movie's bar code. Once you have taken a clear picture, select the Use Photo.
  • If a DVD is used, you will be prompted to select the quality ($2 for SD or $5 for HDX). Blu-ray conversions will only show HDX - $2 option.
  • Once you have selected your quality, you can either Convert More discs repeating the camera and quality steps or Go to Checkout. You can see you still have the option on this page to change the digital quality from a DVD conversion.

  • The Go to Checkout should prompt for you to sign in to verify what account you are adding the digital copy to. You may notice that Vudu can be an independent account or a Walmart account even if the email and passwords are the same. You will want to make sure you are signing into the correct account.
  • Once signed into your account, you will have a final cart page that will include tax for your area. Select the Checkout to complete your conversion.
  • Select the Convert Now on this page to finalized your purchase.
  • This final page shows your Order Confirmation.

Cost Savings

There is several cost savings to converting your old movies to the cloud. First, you will not pay more than $5 for converting an older movie you own to digital. I have found many of my old movies were close to $20 for the digital copy but I was able to convert it for $2. Second, you will have the digital copy in the cloud vs having physical discs that could be lost due to flooding, fire, or theft. Third, you can sell your old disc in a garage sale or at retailers like Replay who buy old movies for cash or credit to recoup some or all of your conversion costs.

What are your thoughts? Will you convert your collection to digital? Let me know.

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