Digital Downloads

[Brockon21]

Does anyone know if the episodes will be available individually for purchase through iTunes in HD? In seasons? I hope so!

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Legend of Korra and Spongebob appear to be on iTunes; I 'd be surprised if TMNT wasn't.

Also, I bet Netflix streaming will have them once the season is finished.

[Brockon21]

Are they available right when the episode actually airs on TV? How long does it take?

[Master Splinter]

Are they available right when the episode actually airs on TV? How long does it take?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/id556872673

For $29.99 (HD) $24.99 (SD) you basically get a season 1 pass that will allow you to get all of the episodes from season one right as they are released.

-ms

[Zulithe]

well since I do not have cable I decided to buy the HD season pass!!! this is awesome :D

That is only $1.15 per 1080P episode!!! do it guys :D (26 episodes + freebies like trailers and behind the scenes stuff)

*edit* okay, i bought it and the quality is REALLY good for the 'free' episodes currently available. This is the first time i've bought a season pass on iTunes, hope I don't end up regretting it!

I hope this will include EVERY season 1 episode. It says it is "volume 1" and doesn't directly specify how many episodes it will contain. If they split season 1 into multiple volumes i will not be happy :(

[TheSkeletonMan939]

*edit* okay, i bought it and the quality is REALLY good for the 'free' episodes currently available. This is the first time i've bought a season pass on iTunes, hope I don't end up regretting it!

I hope this will include EVERY season 1 episode. It says it is "volume 1" and doesn't directly specify how many episodes it will contain. If they split season 1 into multiple volumes i will not be happy :(

Generally that kind of crap isn't pulled with iTunes releases; you generally release the entire season under one title. It's probably just a typo.

If I had a Blu-Ray burner I'd consider buying the eps and burning them to Blu (since there probably isn't much chance of an official release). Maybe I'll shell out a hundred bucks or so and buy one sometime soon.

[Master Splinter]

I've never bought any videos from iTunes, so my question is for those that have, can you burn these to DVD? Also can you play them on other media players besides iTunes? Any DRM on them?

-ms

[Drose18]

I've never bought any videos from iTunes, so my question is for those that have, can you burn these to DVD? Also can you play them on other media players besides iTunes? Any DRM on them?

-ms

Sadly there is a drm on them and it is hard to burn them to dvd. Trust me ive tried.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Sadly there is a drm on them and it is hard to burn them to dvd. Trust me ive tried.

There's a way to remove DRM. In my eyes it's perfectly legal to remove the DRM for the purpose of burning them to DVD for your personal use. DRM is only there so you can't upload it to file hosting sites for other people to download.

[Zulithe]

There are ways to burn them... it involves removing the DRM though, but most people agree that you are within your rights to do so even if it is not a supported avenue. Just don't share the files.

also, you do know that itunes purchases are 'in the cloud' right, so you can stream them and redownload them anytime, backing them up is not really needed unless you have concerns about bandwidth caps or transfer times being a problem

[Moonlight1102]

Awesome. I need to save up for a 30 dollar iTunes giftcard so I can buy the whole season pass in HD. :tgrin:

[Kendamu]

I have the season pass for Amazon Instant Video. You get a discount on each episode and you're automatically billed per episode as it's released rather than pying one lump sum.

I'm considering double-dipping on the iTunes season, though, as Amazon Instant Video isn't available on iPhone and I'd like to have them on there so I can watch episodes when taking a break from training or during my lunch break or something.

[Brockon21]

Is there any way of knowing for sure if this will be the whole season in volume 1? If it can be confirmed, I'm totally getting the season pass without delay!

[Brockon21]

http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/id556872673

For $29.99 (HD) $24.99 (SD) you basically get a season 1 pass that will allow you to get all of the episodes from season one right as they are released.

-ms
Awesome find! Thank you!

[Brockon21]

I bought the season pass and got a confirmation email. At the bottom of the email it reads:

Note: Reruns, episodes that have previously been aired and made available for download, will not be resent

That makes me feel like they mean from older seasons of the Turtles, not the new turtles. What do you think?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I bought the season pass and got a confirmation email. At the bottom of the email it reads:

Note: Reruns, episodes that have previously been aired and made available for download, will not be resent

That makes me feel like they mean from older seasons of the Turtles, not the new turtles. What do you think?

That means that if episode 1 airs again, it won't be downloaded to your iTunes again and you won't be charged.

[Brockon21]

Ok. So we do own the episode permanently, then...and the whole season..? And we can download he video from our iTunes account as many times as we want?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Ok. So we do own the episode permanently, then...and the whole season..? And we can download he video from our iTunes account as many times as we want?

Yep. You buy it, you keep it forever. You can download it to other devices if they're not already on there.

[Brockon21]

Yep. You buy it, you keep it forever. You can download it to other devices if they're not already on there.
Awesome! Thanks SkeletonMan!

[Brandatello]

I have looked into the itunes media folder and the episodes are in a folder labeled "season 1" so im guessing what they mean by volume 1 is season 1.. also in the list of videos in the store the bonus content numbers start at 101. so im thinking there will be bonus content for all the season's episodes. plus why would the season pass be so much if it was only going to be 13 episodes?

[demonsweat]

http://i.imgur.com/9Zqxntl.png

Bad news, guys. Looks like they're making us pony up another $25 -$30 for the rest of the season after all.

I am not happy about it. I like to get them in HD myself, so I'm out sixty bucks for a single season? For a digital download that I can't even burn to disc? Yikes. That's more expensive than DVDs are. Like many, I thought I was purchasing the entire season the first time. Other than the little "vol. 1" tacked on, there was nothing the really indicate that that wasn't the case. And how many "volumes" can a season be? A "season pass" doesn't tell you how many episodes you're purchasing at all. One would assume you were getting... I dunno... the whole season?

And they wonder why people turn to piracy. :trolleye:

[Drose18]

http://i.imgur.com/9Zqxntl.png

Bad news, guys. Looks like they're making us pony up another $25 -$30 for the rest of the season after all.

I am not happy about it. I like to get them in HD myself, so I'm out sixty bucks for a single season? For a digital download that I can't even burn to disc? Yikes. That's more expensive than DVDs are. Like many, I thought I was purchasing the entire season the first time. Other than the little "vol. 1" tacked on, there was nothing the really indicate that that wasn't the case. And how many "volumes" can a season be? A "season pass" doesn't tell you how many episodes you're purchasing at all. One would assume you were getting... I dunno... the whole season?

And they wonder why people turn to piracy. :trolleye:

Nick u suck!!!

[Brandatello]

Nick u suck!!!
Yeah i was pretty pissed too.. and this vol 2 is considered season 2 when its downloaded. I just reorganized it. also what happened to the mutation of a scene for episodes 7 to 12?

[Zulithe]

Not happy about this... I bought season 1 but i don't think the first 12 episodes should be worth $60... when they can be gotten for free Soooooo easily both on tv and by alternative means.

I've bought how much TMNT merch in the last year? Many hundreds of dollars. And they still want to squeeze you for the show... thanks, Nick and Apple

[prophecy718]

:x

now i'm definitely waiting for a blu ray release

[zodiac brave]

wow...i dont buy anything digitally for just this reason. its never as reliable as going into a store and knowing (ie. seeing/touching) what you're buying.

this is kinda effed up... :(

zulithe, i noticed your presence somewhere else online earlier. you and i have the same idea about where to get our eps...

[Zulithe]

I have no idea what you are talking about! :tanime:

Anyway I own "Season 1" (aka eps 1 - 12) on itunes, BUT, supposedly there are 26 episodes, right? So that means the second part has 14 episodes... in theory. So it's not that most terrible thing that's ever happened to me... it's just, like, the third most terrible :o

[zodiac brave]

No matter how you slice it, $60 bucks for 26 episodes with no supplemental materials and drm that makes it nearly impossible to transfer the media itself freely is a rip. and i dont count the little clips and music videos they apparently include as worthy extras.

[Desslok]

This is an unfortuante turn of events. I'm just glad I hadn't used the Itunes card I got for Christmas yet. :ohwell:

[TheSkeletonMan939]

What a cheap way to make money. 26 episodes of a sub-par TV series is not worth $60.

[MrTMNT2012]

What a cheap way to make money. 26 episodes of a sub-par TV series is not worth $60.

It's Not Sub-par! Maybe to you, but not for 90% of people in this forum. But for the 100%, yes this method of gaining more money is BS!

[The Stryker]

What a cheap way to make money. 26 episodes of a sub-par TV series is not worth $60.

Oh snap, they put the 2k3 series on itunes?

I'm just playing. You're alright.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I wonder if there's a chance they'll make a "Volume Three", just to spite us.

[pannoni1]

Since there are free behind the scenes featurettes plus the fact that ever since the days of tape recording on video, there's really no point in shelling out any money for this. I rather have the physical copy since its a much more valid proof of ownership (will there be a collector's market for digital copy antiques in the year 2063? I don't think so!)

[The Stryker]

Oh no! No antique stores for digital media?

Wait...who cares. The point of digital media is to eliminate that useless clutter yo. The pricing practices of some companies have nothing to do with that.

I'll take it over garbage dvds with 3 or 4 episodes on it going for 20 bucks each.

[Brockon21]

Well, I'm very disappointed, but I'd very much like to have the digital content stored on the cloud for download whenever I want. When I'm done watching, I can get rid of it, then download it the next time I want to see it. Saves on hardrive space on my tablet. Unfortunately, $60 is tough to pay...even when I love the new series! I do not have time to see the episode when it is on Nick. So...I'm weighing my options right now. I wish they'd be upfront with buyers for digital content's number of episodes in a volume.

[Zulithe]

Since there are free behind the scenes featurettes plus the fact that ever since the days of tape recording on video, there's really no point in shelling out any money for this. I rather have the physical copy since its a much more valid proof of ownership (will there be a collector's market for digital copy antiques in the year 2063? I don't think so!)
The only part of this equation that i'm bothered about is we can be pretty certain they will all come on dvd, but what about those of us that want blu-ray for the superior quality?

From what I have seen Nick has not released any of their cartoons on blu-ray. I sure can't find any on amazon. You'll be hard pressed to find ANY cartoons that are not feature films on blu-ray... kinda saddens me. I understand the effort it would take to restore older stuff to 1080p, but TMNT should be an easy transfer. Yet I doubt we will get it.

So if you do want HD copies you have to go through itunes, amazon or some similar digital storefront... or piracy. Or keep them on your DVR but that is not a long term solution.

[BabyTurtles]

I might buy it anyway :3

it's fun just going on my I-tunes at free will and looking at an episode and seeing a scene I liked XD

plus I have a HDMI adaptor so I can watch it on my TV screen :3

my sis and I are just gonna split the money and we both get it on our Itunes XD

[CyberCubed]

LOL, terrible. You can watch the whole show online anyway on various websites.

I'll wait for the bluray.

[Zulithe]

I might buy it anyway :3

it's fun just going on my I-tunes at free will and looking at an episode and seeing a scene I liked XD

plus I have a HDMI adaptor so I can watch it on my TV screen :3

my sis and I are just gonna split the money and we both get it on our Itunes XD
Cool. owning them digitally has great advantages, i've enjoyed having it too. i'm going to just pay the money and get the second half... i realize some won't and I don't blame them.

Usually once or twice a year (usually around the holidays) you can get $100 itunes gift cards for $80 at Best Buy or somewhere... the past couple years I've found that deal and taken advantage. As much as I complain it could be worse :)

[BabyTurtles]

Cool. owning them digitally has great advantages, i've enjoyed having it too. i'm going to just pay the money and get the second half... i realize some won't and I don't blame them.

ya I don't blame them either :3

but I have been using it nonstop on my computer XD.....so I really want the second part now :3

and it's nice that it downloads after the episodes airs :D

[Zulithe]

ya I don't blame them either :3

but I have been using it nonstop on my computer XD.....so I really want the second part now :3

and it's nice that it downloads after the episodes airs :D
Yes :) Usually a few minutes after midnight (early Sunday morning). Wish it were Saturday but can't have it all ^__^

[BabyTurtles]

Yes :) Usually a few minutes after midnight (early Sunday morning). Wish it were Saturday but can't have it all ^__^

I remember missing "It came from the depths" and freaking out XD

the episode came right around 12:10 :3

[Megatron]

knew they would pull something like this! glad i didn't buy vol 1..

im just going to buy the Blu Ray when its out.

[Zulithe]

Well I just sealed the deal and bought Season 1 part 2 (HD ver, of course) -- it stings but I will support this show however I can since I do not have a cable/sat subscription.

[The Stryker]

knew they would pull something like this! glad i didn't buy vol 1..

im just going to buy the Blu Ray when its out.

Guy.....It's not going to happen.

Nickelodeon is not going to sink money into making a blu-ray set that will lose money for them.

[BabyTurtles]

Well I just sealed the deal and bought Season 1 part 2 (HD ver, of course) -- it stings but I will support this show however I can since I do not have a cable/sat subscription.

ya I just bought it also ^_^

[Megatron]

Guy.....It's not going to happen.

Nickelodeon is not going to sink money into making a blu-ray set that will lose money for them.

And why would they loose money on a blu ray release? They are putting out some dvd soon wit like 5-6 episodes on it, i dont see why they would not put the episodes out on blu ray.. Not every country can buy the episodes from itunes.

[The Stryker]

And why would they loose money on a blu ray release? They are putting out some dvd soon wit like 5-6 episodes on it, i dont see why they would not put the episodes out on blu ray.. Not every country can buy the episodes from itunes.

Blu-rays cost more money to produce. Much less an entire season blu-ray set. They probably won't even do a dvd set unless the show has a crazy burst in popularity.

It's essentially high risk and very very very low reward.