Users of Sony’s ULTRA 4K movie service were notified by e-mail today that effective July 26, 2019 the service would be shut down permanently. ULTRA was Sony’s own 4K movie storefront available on most Sony 4K UHD displays. New account and movie redemptions were disabled back on April 1, 2019. This was after the online Sony Pictures Store was shuttered in January. Much of this is likely due to the closing of UltraViolet effective July 31, 2019, as many studios and retailers are striving to make the transition as seamless as possible. Sony is offering a one-time redemption code of all Sony titles in a users account to be redeemed in 4K UHD on Movies Anywhere, which can then be viewed on Movies Anywhere retail partners such as iTunes, Vudu, FandangoNow, Amazon Prime Video, etc.
Todd Erwin has been a reviewer at Home Theater Forum since 2008. His love of movies began as a young child, first showing Super 8 movies in his backyard during the summer to friends and neighbors at age 10. He also received his first movie camera that year, a hand-crank Wollensak 8mm with three fixed lenses. In 1980, he graduated to "talkies" with his award-winning short The Ape-Man, followed by the cult favorite The Adventures of Terrific Man two years later. Other films include Myth or Fact: The Talbert Terror and Warren's Revenge (which is currently being restored). In addition to movie reviews, Todd has written many articles for Home Theater Forum centering mostly on streaming as well as an occasional hardware review, is the host of his own video podcast Streaming News & Views on YouTube and is a frequent guest on the Home Theater United podcast.
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