Avatar Blu-ray Highlights DRM Troubles

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The Unobtanium hording N’avi from James Cameron’s Avatar have defeated the Dark Knight in Blu-ray sales. Avatar sold 1.5 million copies, more than doubling the first-day tally of Chris Nolan’s second Batman flick on Blu-ray. But the record sales of Avatar opened a veritable Pandora’s box as a record number of consumers get a bitter taste of digital media’s dark side – Digital Rights Management (DRM).


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[just-some-guy]

link doesn't work

what are those goofy fonts ?

[indulger]

Holy Chit Batman, DRM has taken over Audioholics!! Can't access the article!!

[MapleSyrup]

Big brother solutions causing problems for those who obey the rules? Come on, that never happens.

/sarc off

[MapleSyrup]

Guess those big corporate evil doers aren't really at war with harmless giant Smurfs. Their at war with their own consumers. Why can't they simply embrace technology and make their product more convenient instead of more of a hassle?

[MapleSyrup]

I was just being sarcastic in my #5. The following just isn't right.

[PhilCohen]

I bought an Oppo BDP-83 primarily for its' ability to play SACD & DVD-Audio via digital connection, and the Blu-Ray ability is just a bonus. I just bought my first Blu-Ray disc(a music concert title), and fortunately it plays(and looks great), but the conduct of Blu-Ray's big brotherish backers has me questioning to what extent I should support the Blu-Ray format.
Reported Blu-Ray disc compatability issues(due to frequent changes to Blu-Ray's encryption system), and the Blu-Ray patent holders' plan to ban or downrez component video outputs on future Blu-Ray players(though I use HDMI connection, and won't be affected), leads me to this conclusion: The entertainment and electronics moguls aren't going to stop professional counterfeiters. They're only victimising the people who merely want to play the discs. The people who get their new disc home and find that it is unplayable are unlikely to buy more discs, so the moguls are doing themselves no favors. All this anti-copy technology is largely to stop copying to a type of recorder(stand-alone Blu-Ray disc recorder) that North American & European consumers will probably never be permitted to purchase.
The actions of the Blu-Ray software & hardware backers need to be regulated by Congress.

[jinjuku]

Wait till the screw up a Firmware release that bricks the players. It will happen.

[gliz]

I am the only person I know tht has no intrest in this movie anyway but i am sure that it will get me sooner or later. and that one fella is right, one of these updats will brick a player then you are out the player and the blu-ray

[MapleSyrup]

I am the only person I know tht has no intrest in this movie anyway but i am sure that it will get me sooner or later. and that one fella is right, one of these updats will brick a player then you are out the player and the blu-ray

Can I join your club. I'm not interested neither. My wife is a different story; but as for me, I could care less to see Cameron's Avatar. Now Shamyalan's Avatar: The Last airbender I'm looking foward to see.

I've got expectations. Don't disappoint me M. Night.