It never ceases to amaze me how uterly retarded, stupid, and incompetent the movie studios and “the old Hollywood” in general really are.
Todays fluster cluck of DRM spotlight features Avatar and the unplayable disc. I’m seeing reports all over the web (Consumerist in particular) of new Avatar customers unwrapping their new gift only to find it unplayable in their Blu-ray players. Effective DRM, huh?
From what I’ve gathered both in articles and consumer comments, it’s only the actual Blu-ray (B-DVD) variant that is causing headaches. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) It’s yet another disappointing highlight of how DRM is useless in “fighting piracy”. All DRM does and ever will do is hamper legitimate users’ ability to consumer the digital poisoned product.
But just in case you were wondering, there is a mighty nice Blu-ray crack of Avatar floating around in 720p form. If you must have 1080p, I’m sure it won’t be too long. Criticize me if you will. It’s only a matter of time before consumers are pushed to illegal downloading due to overly restrictive DRM and bullshit policies.
Congrats Fox, real winner on your hands.
