I'm talking of at home. There has been quite a few films released in the past few years that have been in 3D and had no problem being released in 3D for DVD and Blu-Ray release for your HDTV.
Some include:
The Final Destination, one being of the recent bunch.
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
My Bloody Valentine
Polar Express
But if your in hopes of seeing Avatar in 3D at your own home theater standards, think again. Cameron has embedded that to see Avatar in 3D in all it's gloriest technology, you need a new 3D Blu-Ray player, not just your regular Blu-Ray player. If that wasn't enough!
Quote:
At a News Corp. earnings call, CEO Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that James Cameron's sci-fi megablockbuster Avatar will be released on Blu-ray during the company's fiscal year, which ends June 30. However, the studio is in no hurry to put the movie on store shelves just yet. “We're not going to yank it out of theaters if it is doing $30 million a weekend,” News Corp. president Chase Carey said.
Carey also confirmed what James Cameron had said when Avatar opened in theaters (see blu-ray.com, December 18): the first BD edition will not include a 3-D version, and there will be a 3-D release "down the road" when the technology is ready.
And here is the article, or one of the articles, about the new 3D Blu-Ray player...
Quote:
Panasonic unveiled its "fully operational" Blu-ray 3D Advanced Authoring Center located at Panasonic's R&D facility, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory. The Advanced Authoring Center was recently upgraded and equipped with the latest 3-D technological innovations, based on standards developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). It now offers studios and filmmakers image processing, interactive programming, authoring and disc certification services, which are capable of making Blu-ray 3D Discs commercially available as early as Spring 2010.
Long before the Blu-ray 3D specifications were finalized within the BDA, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory collaborated with studios and the creative community in Hollywood to conduct 3-D encoding as well as menu and subtitle authoring trials. This type of early collaboration and research has given the Advanced Authoring Center expertise in guiding and advising companies during the key early planning stages of a 3-D title.
"Given Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory's vast experience with HD image processing, we are confident that we lead the industry with MPEG-4 MVC (Multiview Video Coding) 3-D image compression technology," said Jeannine Patton, Vice President & General Manager of the Advanced Authoring Center. "This laboratory, located as we are in the world's entertainment capital, is proud to offer the filmmaking community the industry's first complete, end-to-end Blu-ray 3D™ encoding and authoring facility. Blu-ray 3D is an exciting new space for the home entertainment industry and our early research and collaboration was extremely helpful in determining what will provide the most compelling experience and optimum performance when designing for Blu-ray 3D."
In that connection, it is worth noting that British home theater site AV Forums recently visited Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory and reported on the whole Blu-ray compression and authoring process, also touching briefly on the 3-D component at the end (although it's not the main area covered - for instance, the film being compressed is Ponyo, a 2-D animated movie). See video below.
Thoughts? Cameron a movie genius? A step into the future?
Meh, idk what the big deal about 3D is. It usually is not as impressive as they make it seem, i went to see Avatar in 3D at the theaters but it really was not that amazing, i could have saved some extra bucks and still have enjoyed the movie AND now you have to buy a special Blue-Ray Player :-/ . When it comes out in the distant future, i may try it out on my PS3.
Yeah, I'm shocked by this, Avatar is really changing and starting a new decade. The next years are gonna be amazing. It's changing everything we thought....
