Play Movies

Atomic Pineapple

Thanks, I had to update the Play movies app to see it, I got something from Pixar called Luna instead though, possibly because I'm on an English network at the minute.

WeleaseWoderick

I can access the movies through the Play store but the Play Movie app is telling me that the service isn't available in this country. Odd!

leche solara

WeleaseWoderick wrote: »

I can access the movies through the Play store but the Play Movie app is telling me that the service isn't available in this country. Odd!

The very same for me

Ste-

See above or previous page. It explains how to get it sorted.

Frogurt!

As a user of both Google and Apple devices, how does it compare to ITunes store...drm, prices etc..?

I'm going to invest in one or the other...

Mimikyu

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leche solara

Couldnt get the App to show anything. Tried all suggestions here without any luck either. Switched phone off and back on again, and now the App works. Even got my free Shaun the Sheep.

corkie

Frogurt! wrote: »

As a user of both Google and Apple devices, how does it compare to ITunes store...drm, prices etc..?

I'm going to invest in one or the other...

Compared some prices on 3 films and the playstore was cheaper by 2/3 Euros compared to itunes prices (on the titles i looked at it).


Of course anyone can do this by browsing both itunes and the playstore.

Turtwig

Rented the incredibles last night. Really enjoyed the quality. Wonder do other films have the little extras? The actor, what song the movie was playing. Even stuff about some scenes.

I just wanted some nostalgia but dam I was impressed. I can imagine if you don't have a full play music sub you'd be pissed. As it does really make you want to keep some tunes for later.

Frogurt!

corkie wrote: »

Compared some prices on 3 films and the playstore was cheaper by 2/3 Euros compared to itunes prices (on the titles i looked at it).


Of course anyone can do this by browsing both itunes and the playstore.

Cheers. I was in work and couldn't so that's why I asked.

Frogurt!

Downloaded the app on a 4s there. You can 'manage your library' but you can't rent or buy from the Play store. Same goes for Play music obviously, but was a bit surprised (though I shouldn't be!) that you can't buy from the Kindle app. I'd only ever used the Kindle app on Android.

Nolimits

Frogurt! wrote: »

Downloaded the app on a 4s there. You can 'manage your library' but you can't rent or buy from the Play store. Same goes for Play music obviously, but was a bit surprised (though I shouldn't be!) that you can't buy from the Kindle app. I'd only ever used the Kindle app on Android.

If you mean you're surprised that you can't buy from the Kindle app on iOS that would be because apple wants a cut of any in app purchases, and a quite sizeable cut iirc.

flazio

Can this be played on a chrome browser? Haven't got a Chromecast and might just use the old fashioned method of plugging my laptop into a hdmi cable.

Frogurt!

Yeah you can use it through the browser.

BopNiblets

Not sure why but I've had this since I got my Nexus 5 from the UK store, probably because I used proxy to buy it?
Play store is still in Sterling for me

The only free (short) movie I found on it was Luna.

Banjo String

Jesus google. You're way out with the pricing here. If shows/Movies were like a euro or something to stream, I'd consider.

Back to streaming via another app for me I'm afraid.

corkie

If you've saved a movie or TV show on your device to watch offline, you'll need to remove it from your device before you can watch it on your TV with Chromecast.

Taken from this page


Pity as I'm on limited data mobile broadband with O2, was hoping I would be able to download on a free wifi access point and play the videos later.

Atomic Pineapple

Banjo String wrote: »

Jesus google. You're way out with the pricing here. If shows/Movies were like a euro or something to stream, I'd consider.

Back to streaming via another app for me I'm afraid.

Not really Google's fault, its the powers to be in the movie industry not moving with the times. They demand the price for the rights to sell the content. As you say the sooner they realise that when it's €15 - €20 for a movie people are going to go and get it for free when you can whereas if it was €2-3 people wouldn't. It's crazy how slow industries like this are to change with the times.

28064212

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

As you say the sooner they realise that when it's €15 - €20 for a movie people are going to go and get it for free when you can whereas if it was €2-3 people wouldn't. It's crazy how slow industries like this are to change with the times.

It's actually much, much worse than that. Pirating typically provides a much better service

• No DRM
• can (normally) find whatever quality level you want
• have the option to stream or download
• often faster downloads
• can play on practically any device you like
• only really need one source instead of 10 different services
• virtually everything is available
• you don't have to worry about e.g. Netflix removing a series before you get to the finale

AlanS181824

Comparing the prices with the Sky Box I've noticed that for renting Google Play Movies are cheaper but for actually owning the film Sky is better because you get the DVD in the post as well.

AlanS181824

I have an English Google Account from a few years ago and I was comparing their prices to ours.

I noticed a load of films are reduced from £11.99 to about £6.99 whereas there is no reduction on our PlayStore.

On the TV section each episode regardless of the programme seems to cost £1.89.

Some whole series in HD cost up to £40 which is a crazy price!

Something interesting I noted is that they have the first series of Orange Is The New Black which if you didn't know is a Netflix series.. All 10 or so episodes for £1.89 each...

And a month of Netflix is £6!!

And finally I noticed that they have True Blood too which has just came out over here, I noticed that they have up to date episodes.

Episode 2 aired on FOX on Sky on Monday and it's on Google Play now.

Turtwig

480p seems to be the highest "HD" resolution you get when you download to device. That's kind of pathetic!

AlanS181824

Turtwig wrote: »

480p seems to be the highest "HD" resolution you get when you download to device. That's kind of pathetic!

How can ye tell?

I rented a film just to test and it worked grand with my Chromecast.

Looked great in what I hope was 1080p too!