Hopefully the picture of the iTunes Digital Copy will be as good or better than a HandBrake rip. Otherwise, I'll still be ripping. Booo!

Blue Harvest should be showing up today. I'll be sure to do a Handbrake vs. Digital Copy comparison and post it.

About time something like this came with iTunes integration -- my Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix Special Edition DVD came with a "Digital Copy" which was a painful experience to initiate and download (via the InterActual Player on, you guessed it, Windows Vista).

Maybe this'll be easier. But, as I always say, I wonder if this feature will be available in Canada... for HPOP, it was... but... hmm...

The Brown Truck delivered Blue Harvest this afternoon. On insertion this is what shows up:




Unfortunately, when I double click on the icon, this is what comes up:



Perhaps whatever handshake needs to occur for this copy protection scheme is not yet up and running on the iTunes end of things?

Have you updated iTunes to 7.6? Not sure if you even need to for this, just a guess...

Apparently I am not the only one having this problem.

http://twitter.com/cyclingplatypus

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....42236&tstart=0

I'm curious about the quality of the iTunes Digital Copy (regular DVD or upscaled) and also what happens when somebody tries to load the iTDC on a second Mac.

DVDs have a way of floating out to friends and family and if you don't load the Digital Copy right away, prepare to have it borrowed permanently from you!

I think that this feature is outstanding! Saves me from having to take the time to rip the disk AND I can legally have the movie on my devices without having to repurchase it. Awesome!

So Apple has finally gotten the digital copy thing working. It asks for a serial number that is on the DVD insert:



Then, it seems to download the file from online... kind of weird considering that there is one whole disc dedicated to the digital copy:



Here is a side by side comparison of the two files, on the left is the handbrake generated movie, on the right is the digital copy from the DVD:



Truthfully, I cannot see the difference either on my 24" iMac or on my 50" plasma via ATV set at 720p. Nice work on this particular video. We'll see what other titles get released this way and if the quality keeps up.