
Originally Posted by
CDN Viewer
Hey Bigoranget, nice to see you back on the forums!
I am old school and prefer my dvd's to digital downloads. I like to have a physical copy of a show, knowing its mine and I can watch it whenever I want. Do you 'own' these digital copies of the shows you purchased- how does that process work. I have read about how in some instances the digital download expires after a certain period of time and after that you are no longer able to access it (presumably have to pay again?!).
Yeah, I prefer physical media as well but sometimes price wise, it doesn't make sense. The best way to describe digital media is you are buying a permanent rental or license. It is possible that if your purchase is no longer available in the store, you will not be able to download a new copy of the item. If you have a copy of the item on your own physical media, you can authorize the file again in the future. Digital licenses are typically not transferable so you can't resell the licenses if you no longer want the items. This also applies if the license owner passes away. They license essentially dies with the owner (unless of course someone has the account details). It's possible over time some of this might change.
With all that being said, I typically use a third party program to strip the DRM from all my purchases so that I have a non DRM copy that I can playback on any device. Below is a list of shows that I've purchase on digital media. In many cases you actually can't get some or all seasons on physical media and in some cases I even had to purchase from the US iTunes store. Also digital stores like iTunes will typically sell HD copies of the show while in many cases on physical media, it's only available in DVD format (SD).
Full House (Seasons 1-8, purchase in US iTunes store)
Family Matters (Seasons 1-8, purchase in US iTunes store
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Growing Pains (Seasons 1-7)
Step by Step (Seasons 1-7, only available in US iTunes store)
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (Seasons 1-5, only available in US iTunes Store)
Perfect Strangers (Seasons 1-7, purchase in US iTunes store)
Welcome Back Kotter (Seasons 1-4)
According to Jim (Seasons 1-8)
Girl Meets World (Seasons 1-3)
Younger (Seasons 1-5, only available in US iTunes store)
Hollywood Darlings (Seasons 1-2, only available in US iTunes store)
Young Sheldon (Season 1)
Mom (Seasons 1-5)