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Avatar (1080p HD trailer) opens in German theaters this week, but many were lucky enough to catch a preview screening of it in glorious 3D. That is, if you were fortunate enough to be in a cinema where the DRM system actually worked.
As cinema patrons waited patiently for the 3D spectacular, the DRM system failed to decrypt the 3D version of the movie. The decryption process involves retrieving and verifying certificates, time-sensitive decryption keys and the decoding of other encrypted systems, but at least at one cinema, the whole things failed and the excited cinema goers had to watch the 2D version instead.
The problems have been fixed for the premier, but it has definitely ruined the experience of the few that went to the preview expecting the 3D version, and had to stay and watch the 2D version instead (hopefully most of them walked out and decided to waited for the 3D version, which is the whole point of the movie according to director James Cameron and the way the movie is supposed to be seen).
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As cinema patrons waited patiently for the 3D spectacular, the DRM system failed to decrypt the 3D version of the movie. The decryption process involves retrieving and verifying certificates, time-sensitive decryption keys and the decoding of other encrypted systems, but at least at one cinema, the whole things failed and the excited cinema goers had to watch the 2D version instead.
The problems have been fixed for the premier, but it has definitely ruined the experience of the few that went to the preview expecting the 3D version, and had to stay and watch the 2D version instead (hopefully most of them walked out and decided to waited for the 3D version, which is the whole point of the movie according to director James Cameron and the way the movie is supposed to be seen).
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