Avatar Blu-Ray

[Dos_Box]

Just picked mine up this morning (the dual pack with a DVD included), got to work, whacked it in my PC, fired up TotalMedia Theater 3 and....hmmmmm. A hellishly pixellated picture. Apparently the Blu-Ray version uses new encryption which means that even AnyDVD HD has not updated itself yet

This also applies to hardware based players as well. It seems teh studios wanted to keep this release close to their chests, but now many consumers are fuming becasue they can't even play the thing. Bah, looks like I'll just have to wait a few more hours until the patches and updates appear.

[Haptic]

cant you play with VLC player ?

[mattx]

Crap film, should really have asked for my money back at the cinema when I watched it. Over rated 3D tripe.

[Ric_]

My copy landed last Friday

[pscott]

Got mine on Friday, watched through PS3, amazing quality, and a great film! Definitely worth the purchase

[tmcd35]

Now you just need to spend £3000 on a 3D-TV, £1000 on a 3D Blu-Ray player and a couple of hundred on some spare 3D glasses and you can full asleep watching it the way the director intended

[Dos_Box]

I'll bet your Aldi Blu Ray player works just fine too!

[JJonas]

If that new encryption is aimed at copy protection it probably wont work.

[LosOjos]

[!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!]

 

http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/01/pocahontas-avatar.jpg

[StewartKnight]

I've got the DVD version and it is almost unwatchable on my 50" plasma, because it's so pixelated.

The whole film is ruined it looks so bad, the **ahem** version I downloaded looks better!

 

I think this is deliberate so that they can sell blu-ray players and discs!

[Arthur]

If that new encryption is aimed at copy protection it probably wont work.

There were HD versions of the film on various torrent websites over the weekend, so it looks like the copy protection was pointless.

[Dos_Box]

Well, TotalMedia Theater 3 has a publicly available beta patch I finally found (late) last night which works fine, and as regards to the excryption the last line of this article here speaks volumes:

 

Avatar smashes Blu-ray sales records, has some owners ready to smash incompatible players -- Engadget HD

[Dos_Box]

I've got the DVD version and it is almost unwatchable on my 50" plasma, because it's so pixelated.

The whole film is ruined it looks so bad, the **ahem** version I downloaded looks better!

 

I think this is deliberate so that they can sell blu-ray players and discs!

 

I watched the DVD version upscaled to 1080p last night and was quite shocked at how lousy the image quality was. Once I'd patched my media PC and had a quick look on Blu-Ray (it was very late so I couldn't sit through it) I was shocked. The Blu-Ray version is stunningly good as regards to picture\sound quality, but it seem the DVD version seems 'hobbled'. My other DVD's when upscaled look, on the whole, far superior. I wonder if this is going to be for Blu-Ray what The Matrix was for DVD i.e. sell bucket loads of machines just so people can watch the film in a far superior format?

[AyatollahPies]

I'll wait for the VHS release.

[Dos_Box]

I'll wait for the VHS release.

 

You are possibly the most patiant man on the planet!

[sted]

anyone know if it works on powerdvd9 ultra. Not so bothered about this film but i imaging future fox stuff will also use this

 

Does drm stop anyone ever? I know i once got a cd that had drm on it and the only reason i copied it was to see if i could

[LosOjos]

Does drm stop anyone ever? I know i once got a cd that had drm on it and the only reason i copied it was to see if i could

 

I imagine that hackers love it when a new form of protection comes out, it entertains them for a day (at most usually).

 

If studio's stopped investing so many millions of pounds on software based copy protection and accepted the fact that it will always be cracked, they could make the media much cheaper in the first place, meaning more people can afford it or are at least willing to pay for it rather than downloading it

[Dos_Box]

I imagine that hackers love it when a new form of protection comes out, it entertains them for a day (at most usually).

 

If studio's stopped investing so many millions of pounds on software based copy protection and accepted the fact that it will always be cracked, they could make the media much cheaper in the first place, meaning more people can afford it or are at least willing to pay for it rather than downloading it

 

Hey, stop using logic!

[LosOjos]

Hey, stop using logic!

 

I'm sorry, I forgot about the corp rule that research is pointless and the more money you throw at something the better it will be

[Pete10141748]

I'm sorry, I forgot about the corp rule that research is pointless and the more money you throw at something the better it will be

 

And yet on the reverse of that, almost everything is always made/supplied/produced by the lowest bidder!

 

 

 

at least, around here it is anyway........

[AyatollahPies]

I'm tempted to give a crack now to see how bad it will look.

[Arthur]

Does DRM stop anyone ever?

Yes. Ironically the customers who actually pay!!!

 

If you are one of the lucky ones who own a Pioneer BDP-51FD or BDP-05FD player and you want to watch Avatar there will be a nice surprise for you when you put the disc in.

 

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ephox/StaticFiles/PUSA/Images/bdp_update_02.jpg

 

However, there's a slight problem...

 

Unfortunately, the service update cannot be downloaded via the Internet or performed using a disc. Rather, affected players must be sent to Pioneer so that we can directly perform the service update.

 

How ridiculous is that! I bet you have to pay for shipping out of your own pocket too.

 

Sadly, DRM isn't about stopping piracy. It's about control and the ability to keep selling you the same things over and over again.

[Arthur]

I imagine that hackers love it when a new form of protection comes out, it entertains them for a day (at most usually).

I imagine SlySoft are loving this too. They must be selling tons of copies of AnyDVD HD.

 

I'm so glad I bought a copy back when lifetime updates were free.

[mattx]

Yes. Ironically the customers who actually pay!!!

 

If you are one of the lucky ones who own a Pioneer BDP-51FD or BDP-05FD player and you want to watch Avatar there will be a nice surprise for you when you put the disc in.

 

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ephox/StaticFiles/PUSA/Images/bdp_update_02.jpg

 

However, there's a slight problem...

 

 

 

How ridiculous is that! I bet you have to pay for shipping out of your own pocket too.

 

Sadly, DRM isn't about stopping piracy. It's about control and the ability to keep selling you the same things over and over again.

 

And that is why god invented Bittorrent.

[Arthur]

And that is why god invented Bittorrent.

Exactly. If I wanted to, I could have downloaded a copy of Avatar in various formats (inc. full 1080p!) before the shops even opened on Monday morning. The movie studios didn't really achieve anything by updating the BD+ encryption keys. They only caused extra hassle for legitimate customers.