Fandango at Home - The Cheapest Way to Watch 4K Movies Legally

The point of owning a 4K TV is to enjoy the sharpness and depth of high definition, but Blu-ray and UHD come at a higher price. There's now a cheaper way to watch 4K movies legally, and it involves Fandango at Home.

Welcome to Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu)

Those who regularly buy DVDs and Blu-rays are probably familiar with Vudu — an online hybrid of Redbox and Netflix . You can rent digital movies and also stream free content, including TV series. The service itself is still available, but it has been rebranded as Fandango at Home. If you also regularly buy DVDs, you may have come across Vudu and Fandango at Home.

When you open a DVD or Blu-ray, you'll often see ads, and one of them lists one of two businesses as an option for a digital code. In fact, that same ad is actually a guide to getting a free digital code for the movie you just bought. It's those digital codes that make Fandango at Home especially useful for 4K movies.

Fandango at Home has 4K movies for purchase

In addition to being an online store, Fandango at Home is also a completely legal service that sells legal movies. After all, it is a joint venture between NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery. The bottom line is that any movie you buy on the site, whether 4K or not, is linked to the service itself. There is also the option to download movies for offline viewing.

Looking at the prices of digital 4K movies, you can often get them for less than physical copies. For example, the digital 4K UHD Minecraft Movie is $5 cheaper than the physical 4K UHD copy at Walmart. Be careful about focusing solely on digital purchases, as they are tied to service. If things don't work out, say goodbye to those copies. On the other hand, keeping the physical copies in better condition will lessen the damage.

You can also rent 4K movies

More people are renting movies than streaming them these days, so when you want to watch something, many people are willing to pay a premium. You don't have to pay more to rent a new movie than you would if you bought it on the Google Play Store or Amazon Prime. 4K UHD rentals are typically $6 on Fandango at Home.

The cost of renting movies goes down over time, so if you're patient (or want to gradually reduce your list of movies over time), they can be as cheap as $4 each. Evil Dead 2 and Evil Dead Rise, two movies more than four decades apart, are about the same price. You'll find classics as well as new releases, and the library is as diverse as any other popular online movie store.

There are also free 4K TV shows and movies to watch.

In addition to renting and buying movies, Fandango at Home also has free movies and TV shows to watch. If you regularly buy DVDs but occasionally opt for digital, this platform is likely your primary source of entertainment. You may not have a library as large as Netflix, but your personal Plex server is packed with convenient entertainment.

Of course, with free streaming, there's a price: Ads. Want to watch a movie? There's no way to skip a few ads. It's a fair trade-off for not having to pay a subscription fee, so get over it. You have to create an account, which is a little annoying, but not the worst of it. You should use a Burner account for all those annoying sites that always ask you to sign up!

This feature sets Fandango at Home apart from other options.

The article briefly touched on the digital codes inside DVDs (including Blu-ray and UHD), and really understood why it makes Fandango at Home especially useful for 4K movies. Some of those codes, most commonly found on newer UHD DVDs, may have 4K digital codes that you can redeem on the platform.

That means you're growing your digital library at the same time your physical library is growing. And since Fandango at Home is reliable, has its own app, and is free to sign up, you've already made a backup of your initial purchase. You'd do better to then rip your DVDs and create a Plex server, then add another backup of your library. Multiple backups are helpful.

With its combination of free digital services and codes, Fandango at Home is incredibly easy to use. Since your library grows at the same rate as you buy physical DVDs, it's an easy way to browse your personal library without having to search through shelves.

Lesley Montoya

Update 31 July 2025