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  • morfiend
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by danglin709 View Post
    If i understand the Mgm/UV issues its deeper than just emailing vudu or MGM all of the Uv enabled MGM titles are actually distributed by either 20th century fox or Sony.
    i emailed mgm, but i understand what you are saying too. the mgm distribution deal is a muddled mess. a mess that almost seems created by their competitors to keep the mgm back catalog out of the market place.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Home_Entertainment

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  • quackman
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by RicksCafe View Post
    I find MGM's baffling digital strategy as frustrating as many here. I cannot understand why we are unable to purchase so few MGM titles here or on other digital storefronts, when obviously they have no problem furnishing HD masters for rentals. MGM titles likewise for me comprise the majority of my wish list at this point, and I can only hope they change course in the near future and accept money for their incredible library of films.

    I also tried sending an email to comments@mgm.com. I wish I could think of a more effective way to let MGM know how much we would like to be able to purchase their titles.
    Thanks for sending them an email. Yes, I wish we had a direct way to contact them. Who knows if our emails will ever be read or forwarded to the right person. It would be nice to get a reply back so that we know.

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  • RicksCafe
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    I find MGM's baffling digital strategy as frustrating as many here. I cannot understand why we are unable to purchase so few MGM titles here or on other digital storefronts, when obviously they have no problem furnishing HD masters for rentals. MGM titles likewise for me comprise the majority of my wish list at this point, and I can only hope they change course in the near future and accept money for their incredible library of films.

    I also tried sending an email to comments@mgm.com. I wish I could think of a more effective way to let MGM know how much we would like to be able to purchase their titles.

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  • quackman
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    My long list of desired rent only MGM movies, with our without UV, are the following:

    Dead Man Walking
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
    Mr. Mom
    Return to Me
    A Fistful of Dollars
    For a Few Dollars More
    At Close Range
    Colors
    Cutter's Way
    Falcon and the Snowman
    French Lieutenant's Woman
    Get Shorty
    The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
    Gorky Park
    Hang'em High
    Mystic Pizza
    Of Mice and Men (1992)
    Radio Days
    Robocop
    Running Scared
    State of Grace
    Thieves Like Us

    I have another list of MGM movies I want that are available to purchase, but many of them I will probably wait to purchase WHEN they are UV-enabled and, of course, when I have the money.

    The strange thing to me is that MGM has such a huge percentage that are rent only, whereas the other studios do not. Why? Different business strategy? Different licensing agreements compared to the other studios (seems unlikely it would be that much different)? This has probably already been discussed exhaustively somewhere in this forum.

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  • qazzaq
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Rental only MGM titles that I'd like to purchase, with or without UV rights:

    Once Upon a Crime
    Hackers
    Night of the Comet

    I'd also like to get all of the Pink Panther movies, some are available for purchase but others are rental only.

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  • danglin709
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by quackman View Post
    I sent an email to comments@mgm.com making two requests: 1) Make all their movies UV-enabled, and 2) make their rent only movies available to purchase, if possible. I included the same data I provided in this thread regarding the percentage of rent only movies for each major studio on Vudu.

    I addressed the email to Roma Khanna, President of Television Group and Digital. Who knows if the email will ever be actually forwarded to her, but it's worth a try.

    If some of you would also send an email with the same requests, this may help. Probably won't, but the more of us that make some noise, the better.
    If i understand the Mgm/UV issues its deeper than just emailing vudu or MGM all of the Uv enabled MGM titles are actually distributed by either 20th century fox or Sony.

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  • quackman
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    I sent an email to comments@mgm.com making two requests: 1) Make all their movies UV-enabled, and 2) make their rent only movies available to purchase, if possible. I included the same data I provided in this thread regarding the percentage of rent only movies for each major studio on Vudu.

    I addressed the email to Roma Khanna, President of Television Group and Digital. Who knows if the email will ever be actually forwarded to her, but it's worth a try.

    If some of you would also send an email with the same requests, this may help. Probably won't, but the more of us that make some noise, the better.

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  • echopulse
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by PFloyd View Post
    As is Dances with Wolves . . .
    There are several MGM titles with UV rights, but none of them are Disc 2 Digital. That is really what I want.

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  • PFloyd
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by danglin709 View Post
    princess bride and when harry met sally are both UV enabled as well
    As is Dances with Wolves . . .

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  • quackman
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    In fact, here are the actual percentages of rent only movies for each major studio on Vudu (the % of rent only movies out of the total available for that studio):

    MGM: 46.0%
    20th Century Fox: 2.0%
    Lionsgate: 2.7%
    Paramount: 2.3%
    Sony: 0.02%
    Universal: 1.5%
    Walt Disney: 2.2%
    Warner Brothers: 0.06%

    I think I will email this data to MGM. What's up with them? Why wouldn't they want to generate more sales and thus profits?!

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  • danglin709
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by echopulse View Post
    Most of the titles on my wishlist are MGM titles, and I will not purchase them until they are made available with UV rights. Here are 22 out of the 34 titles on my wishlist. If they had UV I would buy most of them. Please do it vudu!

    Agent Cody Banks
    The Birdcage
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    City Slickers
    Clifford
    Dances with Wolves
    The Greatest Story Ever Told
    Hackers
    Hoosiers
    Legally Blonde
    Of Mice and Men
    Nicholas Nickleby
    Pink Panther
    Princess Bride
    Rocky
    Silence of the Lambs
    Spaceballs
    The Terminator
    The Thomas Crown Affair
    Weekend at Bernies
    West Side Story
    When Harry Met Sally
    princess bride and when harry met sally are both UV enabled as well

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  • quackman
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Originally posted by PFloyd View Post
    I just noticed a bunch of MGM titles on my Wishlist are now on sale, including Benny & Joon, The Birdcage, When Harry Met Sally, and Annie Hall!

    A couple Lionsgate titles too including Basic Instinct (Unrated cut is also available, but not on sale) and Beautiful Girls.
    Well, that's encouraging. But on the discouraging side, out of 489 MGM movies available on Vudu, 225 are available for rent only, which is nearly 50%!! No other studio has even close to that high of a percentage of rent only movies. In fact, I think all the other major studios have less than 5% as rent only, or something close to that.

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  • PFloyd
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    I just noticed a bunch of MGM titles on my Wishlist are now on sale, including Benny & Joon, The Birdcage, When Harry Met Sally, and Annie Hall!

    A couple Lionsgate titles too including Basic Instinct (Unrated cut is also available, but not on sale) and Beautiful Girls.

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  • Cranston37
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Dances with Wolves is UV but the only way to buy it is to get the Blu-ray and redeem the code. I got it for $8.99 and can confirm it works.

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  • echopulse
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    Re: MGM catalog movies for rent only need to change!

    Most of the titles on my wishlist are MGM titles, and I will not purchase them until they are made available with UV rights. Here are 22 out of the 34 titles on my wishlist. If they had UV I would buy most of them. Please do it vudu!

    Agent Cody Banks
    The Birdcage
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    City Slickers
    Clifford
    Dances with Wolves
    The Greatest Story Ever Told
    Hackers
    Hoosiers
    Legally Blonde
    Of Mice and Men
    Nicholas Nickleby
    Pink Panther
    Princess Bride
    Rocky
    Silence of the Lambs
    Spaceballs
    The Terminator
    The Thomas Crown Affair
    Weekend at Bernies
    West Side Story
    When Harry Met Sally

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