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'Avatar' Blu-ray Consumers Can't Watch DVD
by Mike Ryan · April 30, 2010
An unusual glitch has angered some "Avatar" Blu-ray owners. For these unlucky people, since the disc won't play on their Blu-ray players, their new "Avatar" DVD serves no real purpose other than to sit idly on the coffee table.
"When 3 out of 3 players in my house (Denon, Samsung and PC) won't play it, then 20th Century Fox should be slapped with losses on this one," said one irritated customer.
In reality, the disc works fine; the problem stems from the Blu-ray players themselves. In order to run optimally, the firmware for these fancy DVD machines needs to be updated regularly via a download from the Web. ("Firmware" is the program that controls the performance of an electronic device, which would be, in this case, the playback of a Blu-ray disc.) If a Blu-ray player owner doesn't have a home Internet connection, the chances are good the player's firmware will be out of date. Thus making "Avatar" -- a movie that prides itself on being presented with only the most cutting edge of technology -- unplayable with the older firmware.
Unfortunately, people without an Internet connection probably aren't reading this particular story -- or the hundreds of other pieces instructing new Blu-ray player owners on how to upgrade. So they're not aware of the root of a problem. But while they may not have home access to the Internet, they likely do have a telephone. And they've been using their phone to flood retailers with angry calls.
Still, that only seems to be part of the problem for "Avatar" owners.
It appears the main culprit concerning playback issues with "Avatar" is, ironically, the disc's DRM (digital rights management). DRM, which is the very technology meant to prevent bootleggers from illegally copying the film, is the very technology preventing people who actually paid for the disc from watching the film. Even with updated firmware, a lot of Blu-ray players weren't prepared for these security measures.
Despite the security problems, bootleggers are having a field day. Pirated copies of "Avatar," according to Los Angeles Times, were available as early as January. [/quote]
[b]Source[/b]: [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-avatar-blu-ray-consumers-cant-watch-DVD.html[/url]
Remind me again. DRM is suppose to be...good?
:doh:
Avatar had a crap plot
We all know what too do. :jihad:
Why the fuck do they need DRM for this? They've already made fucking billions, greedy shit heads.
[QUOTE=Sodisna;21652252][b]Source[/b]: [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-avatar-blu-ray-consumers-cant-watch-DVD.html[/url]
Remind me again. DRM is suppose to be...good?[/QUOTE]
No, it's supposed to ring you out and let you dry. It's funny because Fox is behind this.
Piracy, but that article a few pages back proof DRM is just a waste.
[QUOTE=Citrus.;21652278]Avatar had a crap plot[/QUOTE]
Well duh...
Funny thing is, this isn't a big problem as people are making it out to be. My player had the same problem, so i went online got the firmware update, burned it to a disk and it took me 5 minute to update my player. Then it worked and for the people who have no internet the company (For example sony) will send you a free firmware disk if you call them.
Sure it sucks, the whole DRM is bullshit, like always the paying customer gets fucked again, but it isn't as big as they make it out to be.
DRM is the biggest failure and worst idea ever imagined.
Who has a bluray player and no internet?
[QUOTE=Colonel_Veer;21652446]Who has a bluray player and no internet?[/QUOTE]
Your mom.
Your grandmother.
Your uncle.
Your aunt.
Your illiterate neighbor next door.
I just used it on my PS3
yay
[QUOTE=Colonel_Veer;21652446]Who has a bluray player and no internet?[/QUOTE]
I don't have a blueray player at all :buddy:
[QUOTE=Ori Child;21652746]I don't have a blueray player at all :buddy:[/QUOTE]
(but i still don't see why everything nowadays has to be connected to the internet for some pointless reason, i don't see why they need to be upgraded or why they have to add crap to films/discs etc...)
... broke mah automerge >.>
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;21652698]Your mom.
Your grandmother.
Your uncle.
Your aunt.
Your illiterate neighbor next door.[/QUOTE]
All those people have internet...at least the ones I know do, even the idiot down the street has internet.
whats really good about DRM, when you buy something, you're forced to go get the pirated copy just so you can play/watch/listen without conflict.
Not everyone who has internet hooks up their players to the internet. It's not like MegaMan Battle Network where everything including the Toaster is hooked up to the internet.
Suprise suprise, the pirates get better service than the paying customers, again.
Steam is the only good DRM I've ever heard of.
Well, besides maybe the Arkham Asylum thing.
DRM, a good idea that will never be good.
I'm all for preventing piracy, though DRM can't work. Ever. They should just stop.
[QUOTE=Generic Monk;21653862]Suprise suprise, the pirates get better service than the paying customers, again.[/QUOTE]
And it's free! :eng101:
But can't people just use a recording program to record the entire avatar movie? then just burn that on to a dvd?
Why couldn't they put the update on the disc or something?
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Also, more proof that DRM does nothing but fuck over the consumer.
[QUOTE=GhostSonic;21654213]Why couldn't they put the update on the disc or something[/QUOTE]
There are many different blu-ray players from many different companies, and there's probably different drivers from model to model, so it would be impossible to have both the movie and the drivers on the disk :v:
[QUOTE=the_KMM;21654018]Steam is the only good DRM I've ever heard of.
Well, besides maybe the Arkham Asylum thing.[/QUOTE]
GTA IV had a good DRM scheme, perpetual drunkenness.
ARMA II, with that "FADE" system, that shit was hilarious.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;21652303]Why the fuck do they need DRM for this? They've already made fucking billions, greedy shit heads.[/QUOTE]
Because more is always better, duh. Even at the cost of paying customers
Wow. What a :downs: for them.
The avatard makers.
DRM is fucking retarded. My World History AP teacher has prostate cancer and let us watch movies before he went on a medical leave of absence and he just went online and torrented avatar for us to watch. He isn't very technologically minded either.
Now they put DRM on the legitimate copies which makes it so those who buy it have problems.
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