A curious thing happened with the latest Disney Blu-rays. The Jungle Book, Frozen and Planes all included a digital copy of the film. The digital copy used to come at a $15 premium. No more. Now you get the DVD/Blu-ray combo and a digital copy packaged together for around $20 (through national sellers like Target and Amazon).
The BD comes loaded with extras that were not included on a streaming purchase of the film. At least not until the Disney Movies Anywhere app came out for iOS. When you register a digital copy or purchase the film through iTunes you'll now get all the extras from the BD. As long as you view the film through the Disney app.
It's refreshing that the bonus content is now included with the streaming purchase or included with the BD digital copy. But unless you have Apple TV you'll have to find a way to convert your
iPhone or iPad signal into HDMI to watch the streaming on your TV. If you buy the identically priced BD then you'll have both options without hunting down cables. And to my eye the BD still offers higher quality HD than the stream.
The digital stream should still be priced below the physical BD because it costs so much less to package and sell it. Otherwise, it's less green to buy the BD but the BD offers higher value. And I really don't get why Disney has locked the app down to iOS. To be a true game changer it needs to be available on all major platforms like Android and Roku.
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