Want to buy: a cheap ~$10 HBO Season (which is redeemable like
www.hboselect.com/gameofthrones)
I'm trying to test out HBO's redemption process in advance of Game of Thrones season 2 release.
So far, I've redeemed two seasons:
Boardwalk Empire, S2: I think I went through the HBOSelect site and selected the UltraViolet through Flixster option, then also redeemed directly in iTunes.
Game of Thrones, S1: I redeemed directly in iTunes and then on Game of Thrones page on Vudu.com.
Both are associated with my iTunes account, so will play on Apple TV, etc.
But Boardwalk is in my UltraViolet account, but NOT playable/marked as purchased on Vudu.com. Game of Thrones is NOT in my UltraViolet account, but playable on Vudu.com.
If you look at the redemption page (
www.hboselect.com/gameofthrones), it clearly says "Your Digital Copy Plus Your UltraViolet Copy", but you can only select one of the three options:
iTunes (Digital Copy): gives you a directions to redeem in iTunes and then a form for Flixster
vudu (Digital Copy): gives you a form field for vudu and shows a vudu logo in the top right
UltraViolet copy via Flixster: gives you a form field for Flixster and shows a Flixster logo in the top right
I've seen both vudu and flixster logos at the same time on the second step on the form process, but I can't replicate...I think it's a website bug.
My experience has been that you can always redeem iTunes separately and in addition to others (if it's offered.) So I'd like to try vudu through the site, redeem in iTunes and see if this will provide a UV version as well since it's presenting vudu as Digital Copy and says you get digital copy PLUS a UV copy.
(Sorry for two posts today so far, I figured this was a separate enough topic and could help others as well. I'll edit this post with my results...if I have any.)
CONCLUSION:
[quote name='CamelGod']My experience with HBO codes, you can redeem on Vudu FIRST and then redeem on Flixster afterward; however, if you redeem on Flixster first, you can no longer redeem it on Vudu.
Also, I typically like to use the "Redeem" buttons on the Vudu pages directly, rather than the ones on "hboselect.com", but that may just be personal preference.[/QUOTE]
Brilliant! I totally figured the code was burnt up after using on vudu.com first, but I never tried it on Flixster directly...I just accepted the message from HBOSelect.
So the proper steps:
- Redeem on show page at vudu.com
- Redeem on show page at flixster.com/ultraviolet/
- Redeem in iTunes (on your computer)
The important thing is to redeem vudu before Flixster.
And you'll have an UltraViolet enabled, vudu playable version of the show with iTunes (and it's cloud) as a bonus. Thanks all.