Avatar 3D Blu-ray Exclusive for Panasonic in December

[Tymian]

3D Blu-ray release of Avatar will be released on December 1, but it will be exclusively available with the purchase of Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players.
The exclusivity period hasn't been specified, but is said to be "unusually long" .

To be honest i m not that hyped about bd 3d as i don't have 3d tv nor 3d bd player. Avatar CE 2d edition all day long <3


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[Helicoradian]

Originally Posted by Tymian

To be honest i m not that hyped about bd 3d as i don't have 3d tv nor 3d bd player. Avatar CE 2d edition all day long <3

Same here, I couldn't justify the cost to get 3d capability But the collectors edition should hold me over just fine

[ISV Venture Star]

Hmm... if the waiting period is more than a year I'll crack and buy a Panasonic.

[Fkeu'itan]

Depends on the price really...

If the price of the thing is semi-reasonable, then it may well be a possibility... but like that's ever going to happen.

[Patrice Maire]

Don't need 3D to enjoy this movie... it's only if the 45 minute extras are only on that disk it's going to be really annoying.
The extra 16-17 minutes is fine by me, which likely will force me to buy a blue-ray player.
I can't justify buying a new tv screen just for one movie. (I'd rather spend the money on a new car!)

[Fighter-of-Wars]

Meh. I'll be happy with the CE on Blu-ray.

[Vauktu]

I saw Avatar on a 3D TV and was very impressed, though I wasn't ready to pay the price for it.

...Okay, maybe I was just a little bit.

I'm curious to know what the exclusive 3D blu-ray will look like. I remember seeing Avatar in 3D on a TV at best buy, but it didn't look like genuine 3D.

[nickl630]

Originally Posted by Vauktu

I saw Avatar on a 3D TV and was very impressive, though I wasn't ready to pay the price for it.

...Okay, maybe I was just a little bit.

I'm curious to know what the exclusive 3D blu-ray will look like. I remember seeing Avatar in 3D on a TV at best buy, but it didn't look like genuine 3D.

Unless the movie is 3D like Monsters vs Aliens, current Blu-Rays are upconverted into 3D by the player. Sometimes its decent, other times it looks god awful.

[Vauktu]

Originally Posted by nickl630

Unless the movie is 3D like Monsters vs Aliens, current Blu-Rays are upconverted into 3D by the player. Sometimes its decent, other times it looks god awful.

Yeah, that's what I figured.

[TxonTirea]

Bluray SE will be fine for me.

[Human No More]

I'm, with Tymian here... no way of playing 3D at the moment...

As for existing 3D TVs, yeah, they do it in real time via postprocessing, a real 3D bluray has separate data that allows the 3D to be properly generated without approximating/creating the data

[X.,.Pandora.,.X]

Sorry, but im not paying $3000+ to buy a 3-D T.V. and 3-D dvd player just to see Avatar...im fine with just the collectors addition with 45 min of xtra footage in 1080p.