The Dresden Files > DF TV Series
The SPOILERIFIC Ask Robert Wolfe Thread-The Series, in General
Mickey Finn:
The 530 is for the eps only, and does not include the extras....of which the 2hr pilot is considered.
RinA:
No, I didn't mean either of the new compression formats. I mean the DRM (digital rights management) that Sony has been putting on all the disks they make. It won't play on our DVD player at all. Liongate is the studio, I don't know if they press their own disks or not. Quite a few studios use Sony to make their DVD's and those are the ones that I can't view. So, I have to wait for Dresden Files to come out and read the back label... which means I can't preorder. I'm not sure how much preorders of Season 1 are weighting the decision on Season 2. I hope not much.
-Rina
seiscat:
Wow, I thought it just meant that you couldn't copy the DVD. That would sure put a crimp in my viewing plans.
John T. Folden:
--- Quote from: RinA on June 23, 2007, 02:11:33 PM ---No, I didn't mean either of the new compression formats. I mean the DRM (digital rights management) that Sony has been putting on all the disks they make. It won't play on our DVD player at all. Liongate is the studio, I don't know if they press their own disks or not. Quite a few studios use Sony to make their DVD's and those are the ones that I can't view. So, I have to wait for Dresden Files to come out and read the back label... which means I can't preorder. I'm not sure how much preorders of Season 1 are weighting the decision on Season 2. I hope not much.
-Rina
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If that's the case then Sony worked to fix that issue back in April. There may be old stock of certain movies that still have the problem though (and Sony was offering replacements) but new discs should be unaffected. I haven't heard anyone complaining of late, anyway.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070418-sony-to-replace-incompatible-dvds.html
Also, as far as we know, SFC makes absolutely no money off the DVD sets so they probably aren't concerned with them at all.
Mickey Finn:
--- Quote from: seiscat on June 23, 2007, 04:12:41 PM ---Wow, I thought it just meant that you couldn't copy the DVD. That would sure put a crimp in my viewing plans.
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It was intended to simply block copying. DRM, however...and especially Sony and Macrovision....are a little overzealous and tend to fubar some disks on some players.
Big, big stink, lots of bad PR...which sucks, because Sony normally makes fantastic products. They just keep shooting themselves in the feet.
S2 decision has nada to do with pre-orders.
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