Twentieth Century Fox unveils 20 titles with Digital Copy feature
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:03pm
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing several best-selling DVDs with Digital Copy on Sept. 23. Digital Copy allows consumers to transfer copies of their favorite classic comedy or action-packed films to their iTunes digital library and then view on a Mac or PC, iPod, iPhone or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.
It also works with Microsoft Windows Media enabled portable video players. All of the 20 releases featuring Digital Copyprovide consumers with the ability to watch the actual DVD or transfer a copy of the movie to a portable device for on the go entertainment.
The first wave of DVDs to debut with Digital Copy include Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, The Girl Next Door, Grandma’s Boy, There’s Something about Mary, Dodgeball, Super Troopers, Behind Enemy Lines, The Day After Tomorrow, Die Hard, Fantastic Four, Hide & Seek, I, Robot, Independence Day, Speed, The Transporter, X-Men 2, X-Men 3: The Last Stand and Reno 911!!! Miami: More Busted Than Ever Unrated Cut.
To further consumer education, every Fox DVD with Digital Copy will feature dedicated packaging with an overview of how Digital Copy works to show just how easy it is to transfer a film to a personal video player. Each title will be available individually for a suggested retail price of US$19.98.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
Greg Says:
I’m still not sure why they need to include a digital copy on the DVD. Surely they could look up a DVD (much as they look up CDs now) and either permit or deny the:
1) conversion of DVD into portable format, or
2) download of portable version
Or is it psychological? ie: They’re providing a “bonus feature”.
Posted on August 28, 2008