42 replies to this topic

[tonyjg]

DR.ZOIDBERG, on Nov 24 2010, 04:57 PM, said:

the JB one is in a steel case?
Anyone getting the $48 version from big w?

STEEL CASE ???  

Even Target has an advert in today's paper :  Limited Edition Blu-ray with a FRAMED MOVIE CELL and BLUE PERSPEX BOX !!

Call me CYNCIAL (wont be the first time in here !!)  - but wasn't Cameron harping on about 'saving the planet' and how Avatar was a 'greenies wetdream' ?? So much for that with a steel case (did Australia provide the iron ore to China for that ?? LOL) - or the huge amount of 'plastic' in the perspex case ??

http://www.terrapass...mindless-bauble
http://www.deadline....ron-green-fund/
http://www.grist.org...or-of-all-time/

Edited by tonyjg, 25 November 2010 - 09:37 AM.

[Sabor]

You're Cynical.    

[MLXXX]

hd-abc123, on Nov 24 2010, 11:03 PM, said:

i guess because animation has everything in focus all the time its something i havent seen in 3D before.

In Avatar the 3D animation uses a lot of out of focus rendering of objects that are not at the "distance of interest" the director expects the audience to concentrate on.  However this is done skillfully and "naturally".  Unless you look for the out of focus effect, you may not notice it.

Edited by MLXXX, 27 November 2010 - 05:48 PM.

[hazzad]

tonyjg, on Nov 25 2010, 09:56 AM, said:

STEEL CASE ???  

Even Target has an advert in today's paper :  Limited Edition Blu-ray with a FRAMED MOVIE CELL and BLUE PERSPEX BOX !!

Call me CYNCIAL (wont be the first time in here !!)  - but wasn't Cameron harping on about 'saving the planet' and how Avatar was a 'greenies wetdream' ?? So much for that with a steel case (did Australia provide the iron ore to China for that ?? LOL) - or the huge amount of 'plastic' in the perspex case ??

http://www.terrapass...mindless-bauble
http://www.deadline....ron-green-fund/
http://www.grist.org...or-of-all-time/

Do you honestly think Cameron has any control over what packaging Fox in any territory chose to use? I think you assume he has to much control over the process.

[3DBound]

hazzad, on Nov 27 2010, 07:23 PM, said:

Do you honestly think Cameron has any control over what packaging Fox in any territory chose to use? I think you assume he has to much control over the process.

If you have the Avatar 3D blu ray and your in sydney PM me please!

[Chesty]

My brother has a copy of this and put it on Ebay and its already up to over $130.

[Chesty]

pasadena, on Nov 24 2010, 11:28 AM, said:

Where did you get your copy from?

Only way to get it is buy a Panasonic TV or wait until 2012 when their hold on the rights for this edition ends.

[AndrewW]

Chesty, on Nov 30 2010, 06:40 PM, said:

Only way to get it is buy a Panasonic TV or wait until 2012 when their hold on the rights for this edition ends.

Well not quite the only way

[kopthat]

2 on eBay $167 and $192 supply and demand in full swing.

Guess we will just have to wait

[petetherock]

Best bargain on this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...0#ht_500wt_1156

Not.....

[IanD]

hd-abc123, on Nov 24 2010, 09:03 PM, said:

Quality is excellent, probably the best 3D i have seen yet, it looks every bit as detailed as it 2d counterpart.

Is it just the Theatrical version?

Quite an achievement to pack probably 1.5x as much data as the Theatrical 2D into the same 50GB disc:  I wonder if defocusing items not of interest, helps with the compressability.

[skinXBWAU]

Avatar 3D exclusive to Panasonic until...Feb 2012!!!

http://www.gizmodo.c...ic/#more-430827

[Neon Kitten]

skinXBWAU, on Dec 15 2010, 10:23 PM, said:

Avatar 3D exclusive to Panasonic until...Feb 2012!!!

Ohhh, they're milking the golden cow with this one, they really are.

Meanwhile, the new 3-disc "Collector's Edition" version does not play properly in Sony's S370 BD player; takes ten years to load (not normal for this player), and the Java menus do not work properly; you can't select from the three versions of the movie, for one thing.

Works fine on the PS3, but then, that's apparently what the 3.55 firmware update the other week was all about.

Fox's BD authoring is dreadful. Always has been. But it's getting worse.

[Anden]

Neon Kitten, on Dec 16 2010, 10:27 AM, said:

Ohhh, they're milking the golden cow with this one, they really are.

Meanwhile, the new 3-disc "Collector's Edition" version does not play properly in Sony's S370 BD player; takes ten years to load (not normal for this player), and the Java menus do not work properly; you can't select from the three versions of the movie, for one thing.

Works fine on the PS3, but then, that's apparently what the 3.55 firmware update the other week was all about.

Fox's BD authoring is dreadful. Always has been. But it's getting worse.

An no wonder the BD Consortium wonders why take up of the format isn't faster, constant updates  unfinished format an now 3D 1.4, now where are my old scratch and sniff t shirts.

[AndrewW]

skinXBWAU, on Dec 15 2010, 09:23 PM, said:

Avatar 3D exclusive to Panasonic until...Feb 2012!!!

I feel completely vindicated in my decision to acquire it elsewhere then.  Once it is available at retail, I will purchase it.

[graham johnson]

Does anyone know if the freebee 3D Bluray from Panasonic is region coded?

I have region A only and was expecting to be able to play the local disk that I get with my new TV redemtion in my US PS3.

Edited by graham johnson, 07 January 2011 - 10:15 PM.

[Pfeff]

graham johnson, on Jan 7 2011, 10:14 PM, said:

Does anyone know if the freebee 3D Bluray from Panasonic is region coded?

I have region A only and was expecting to be able to play the local disk that I get with my new TV redemtion in my US PS3.

Graham, my case states regions A B & C...

[graham johnson]

Pfeff, on Jan 8 2011, 02:34 AM, said:

Graham, my case states regions A B & C...

Woohoo

Thanks