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Select VUDU Digital HDX/SD Blue Planet II or Planet Earth II Owners: 4K Upgrade

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VUDU is offering Digital 4K UHD Blue Planet II or Planet Earth II Season 1 Upgrade for Free for Select Accounts that purchased Digital HDX/SD Blue Planet II or Planet Earth II Season 1 individually for $9.99.

Thanks to community member KayOttik for finding this deal.

Note: If you purchased these HDX/SD series individually for less than the current sale of $9.99, you would have to pay the difference for the 4K UHD upgrade.

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Blue Planet II: Season 1 4K is currently $9.99

https://www.vudu.com/content/brow...n-1/922520

Planet Earth II: Season 1 is too.

https://www.vudu.com/content/brow...n-1/838440

It may be possible to "purchase" a free upgrade

A - if you've already purchased the series from Vudu in a lower res

- - AND - -

B - if it was originally purchased individually (vs in a bundle).

Going through the checkout process should result in $0.00 due if you are eligible for the free upgrade to 4K/UHD.

It's also possible to get a discount for the original purchase price if you originally purchased your series individually, but for less than the current sale of $9.99. ymmv


To be kind, Vudu's webpage is glitchy. The app's no better & subject to the Google Pay thing. So it might help to share info. Thanks

DID IT OR DIDN'T IT WORK FOR YOU USING THE WEBSITE (w/which browser) OR THE APP?
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No. You buy the series again like it was any normal purchase. But it should show $0.00 due at checkout if the upgrade is going to kick in.

It's also possible to be charged for the difference if you originally paid less than the current price.

It's supposed to be a standardly available perk when a better resolution gets offered for certain TV series. But Vudu doesn't broadcast it much & isn't very great about applying it because, well ...Vudu.




I basically wanted to let people know about these upgrades because I don't know of any new release list & these were too good to miss.

But given the feedback, the upgrade policy isn't necessarily common knowledge. And like everything Vudu, isn't necessarily getting applied correctly. So it looks like it was worth posting for a few reasons.
Mine showed up as 9.99 but when at checkout it was 0.

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10-14-2023 at 01:31 PM.
10-14-2023 at 01:31 PM.
Worked for me
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10-14-2023 at 02:16 PM.
10-14-2023 at 02:16 PM.
I bought mine as a bundle so it shows up as $10 for each. Oh well.
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Henry2006
10-14-2023 at 02:19 PM.
10-14-2023 at 02:19 PM.
How does it work? I have physical disc of both in 4k uhd + bluray. But never get digitial copies (no vudu account)
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10-14-2023 at 02:40 PM.
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Blue Planet II worked for me but not Planet Earth II.
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10-14-2023 at 03:55 PM.
10-14-2023 at 03:55 PM.
Worked for me… No charge at checkout. Wow! Thank you OP!
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10-14-2023 at 04:43 PM.
10-14-2023 at 04:43 PM.
When tv seasons get an upgrade in resolution, Vudu always discounts it by the $ u already paid for the lower resolution.

This is old news on how Vudu offers their upgrades on TV seasons. This works on any TV show season when a higher resolution is available for something u bought, doesn't have to be bbc. This was way more noticable back when older TV shows were available only in SD and then later was available in HDX leading to all free upgrades.

So it's a "free" upgrade if u bought it for the same price as it is now. If u got it on sale in the past then u would have to wait for it to be on sale again to get the free upgrade or pay the difference if u don't wanna wait.

The "season complete" feature is pretty interesting too though it's hardly advertised anymore by vudu either
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10-14-2023 at 05:56 PM.
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Does the free upgrade promo appear on the My Offers [vudu.com] page on your account if you are eligible?
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10-14-2023 at 06:21 PM.
10-14-2023 at 06:21 PM.
Quote from xlnc :
Does the free upgrade promo appear on the My Offers [vudu.com] page on your account if you are eligible?
No. You buy the series again like it was any normal purchase. But it should show $0.00 due at checkout if the upgrade is going to kick in.

It's also possible to be charged for the difference if you originally paid less than the current price.

It's supposed to be a standardly available perk when a better resolution gets offered for certain TV series. But Vudu doesn't broadcast it much & isn't very great about applying it because, well ...Vudu.

Quote from Stars09 :
When tv seasons get an upgrade in resolution, Vudu always discounts it by the $ u already paid for the lower resolution.

This is old news on how Vudu offers their upgrades on TV seasons.

I basically wanted to let people know about these upgrades because I don't know of any new release list & these were too good to miss.

But given the feedback, the upgrade policy isn't necessarily common knowledge. And like everything Vudu, isn't necessarily getting applied correctly. So it looks like it was worth posting for a few reasons.
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10-14-2023 at 06:47 PM.
10-14-2023 at 06:47 PM.
If I don't have these already is it worth $10 for the 4k digital? 4k ultra bluray or whatever would be great but at this point I'm not ponying up for a 4k player.
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If I don't have these already is it worth $10 for the 4k digital? 4k ultra bluray or whatever would be great but at this point I'm not ponying up for a 4k player.
4K streaming is basically physical blu-ray quality. 4K UHD discs can be 100GB. It you stream a 4K movie, it is under 20GB. Although compression standards are quite good, compressing that far, you are going go lose quality. The audio is the first to get butchered.
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10-14-2023 at 07:06 PM.
Quote from Supersaver100 :
I bought mine as a bundle so it shows up as $10 for each. Oh well.

Mine showed up as 9.99 but when at checkout it was 0.
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10-14-2023 at 08:51 PM.
10-14-2023 at 08:51 PM.
Don't remember what I paid for it but I'm getting no discount. Glad it works for some people though so repped
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Quote from JohhnyApple :
Don't remember what I paid for it but I'm getting no discount. Glad it works for some people though so repped
Quote from tvoice :
Blue Planet II worked for me but not Planet Earth II.


The upgrade isn't a glitch or even a deal. As far as I know, it's supposed to be SOP. It might be worth complaining to Vudu.
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