Blu-ray is coming our way

Varik

If you own a smartphone, tablet device, e-reader or anything else with Android technology then you might be interested to know that it won’t be long until you can watch your Blu-ray titles on it.

20th Century Fox’s upcoming Blu-ray Disc release of blockbuster Unstoppable is the first to come with functionality that will let consumers watch the movie on the go using their Android device. The studio plans to include the technology in all its major releases this year.

Users can copy the movie to their Android devices using BD Live and the PocketBlu Android application, which is available as a free download from the Android Market app store. To enjoy the benefits they will need their Blu-ray Disc, a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player(PS3) and an Android device running version 1.6 or higher. They will also be able to copy extras like interviews and the Director’s commentary along with the full movie.

Tea_Bag

5gb+ per movie doesnt sound worthwhile for something limited to 800x400 or whatever res your screen is running at.

killbillvol2

Varik wrote: »

If you own a smartphone, tablet device, e-reader or anything else with Android technology then you might be interested to know that it won’t be long until you can watch your Blu-ray titles on it.

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Why?

srsly78

Or you could just play movies that don't have DRM? Pointless feature, **** sony.

Guy:Incognito

Tea_Bag wrote: »

5gb+ per movie doesnt sound worthwhile for something limited to 800x400 or whatever res your screen is running at.

You could wander over to your mates house and play it on his nice 50" tv though.

Tea_Bag

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You could wander over to your mates house and play it on his nice 50" tv though.

or you could wander over to your mates house, who has a 50" tv and most likely coupled with a blu ray player/PS3 and slot in the bluray disk..

Varik

How would any of that help you watch it on a train, bus or plane.

srsly78

Varik wrote: »

How would any of that help you watch it on a train, bus or plane.

" a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player".... and this makes it easier?

Here's a much better idea: Download a 720p xvid/whatever version of the movie. If you own a Blueray copy you are perfectly entitled to own other encodings.

I watched Wall Street on my archos 101 on flight to London recently.

kenyard

the fact this hasnt been there before surely just lead to piracy anyway..
the way they make people have to go out and buy loads of addons etc really just crushes their own industries...

If you own a Blueray copy you are perfectly entitled to own other encodings.

not too sure where the laws are on all that stuff actually..
i think you are allowed 1 digital copy is all and then the original. although ireland probably doesnt even have legislation with regard to this at the moment..im just going on what i read somewhere randomly...

srsly78

I was talking morally not legally God only knows what the law is, we probably have no statutory rights at all and are only getting a limited licence to view the content or something.

Tea_Bag

srsly78 wrote: »

I was talking morally not legally God only knows what the law is, we probably have no statutory rights at all and are only getting a limited licence to view the content or something.

i dont think you're far off the mark there. sure you're not allowed to show a DVD in a public place, and definately not allowed to make a profit from owning it (ie charging people to come over and watch said dvd/bluray, or renting it out)

its like in every book, it says in the front pages that you may not rent or lend the book to friends/family without authors explicit permision. bull**** and hardly going to stand up in court, but there anyway.

Varik

Despite most DVDs having copyright warnings in Ireland claiming that performance in schools/others is prohibited, Irish copyright law has a provision for it as long as it's not for a profit in any way. you can lend as well but can't rent without a proper version of the licence for the movie.

It is illegal to make a backup from the original or download a movie that is copyrighted and gained without the creators permission.

Random

i feel companys are making it far too difficult to put these special versions of films and even some music files onto our devices. people end up reverting to downloads because it's just easier.

it's the same with all the ****e they put on dvds these days - you watch less copyright adverts on the thing you downloaded for free than on the thing you paid 20 euro of hard earned cash for.

Varik

Random wrote: »

you watch less copyright adverts on the thing you downloaded for free than on the thing you paid 20 euro of hard earned cash for.

The intro credits take up more time than any copyright ad, i spend more time watching someone hammer metal on a anvil than be told about piracy.

Technophobe

......and he's not the prettiest sight either...:D

hardCopy

srsly78 wrote: »

" a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player".... and this makes it easier?

Here's a much better idea: Download a 720p xvid/whatever version of the movie. If you own a Blueray copy you are perfectly entitled to own other encodings.

I watched Wall Street on my archos 101 on flight to London recently.

Why would anyone install this? If I'm in my house, connected to wifi, I would watch on my TV screen. What's the use-case here, people who want to stream movies on the jacks?

How do people get jobs marketing this sh*te?