Originally Posted by Cylon_xD
Well, if you catch any of the online interviews with James Cameron about the BD and DVD release, he explains why they are doing it this way - not because of being greedy...
There is so much demand for the movie, they were rushing to release it now, just 6 weeks after the movie basically left the 3D theaters. The release is in conjuction with Earth Day. To make this movie as presentable on BD as it was seen in IMAX theaters, the Bluray version in this first release is a very ultra-res format - there are no extras whatsoever on the disk, just the movie and the start menu. They have jacked up the video framrate from the normal 20-22 fps to a reference-quality 35-40 fps, and the audio at a bitrate of 3.6-5.2 Mbps, so that the movie is at the maximum quality that fills the bluray disk completely. Also, anyone who buys the first release gets a discount coupon to purchase the second release when it is available, something that has not been done before...
The second release in December of this year will have the extras included, and was supposed to have the 3D version as well, but that could have changed. The second release won't be until December because the extras have not even been created yet; they have not had any time to produce them, and Cameron wants to take his time so the extras are done the way he wants them.
And the delay with the 3D realease is mainly because no one yet has the 3D capabilities to view the movie in the 3D format it will be in; 3D TVs are just starting to come out, and there are no 3D players out on the market yet. The 3D version will NOT be in the analglyph format that uses the red/green or red/blue cellophane 3D glasses, but will be made for digital 3D shutter glasses.
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you mean like the 3d TV i saw at bestbuy, using the 3D LCD glasses?
Those things are cool. The movie was "UP" and it was playing on a PS3 hooked into a 3D TV.
Total cost of everything was $2000 (TV, PS3, LCD glasses, and Movie)