14 DAY TRIAL // Looks like there is another ally in the Blu-ray camp, an important one as a matter of fact - the old champ 20th Century-Fox that has been waiting for the conflict to calm down (between Blu-ray and HD DVD I mean) and is now showcasing its brand new movies which come in 'a Blu format' and will be retailed on November 14.
The Fox announced in a recent press release that you will soon be able to enjoy former box-office films such as: Kingdom of Heaven, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Behind Enemy Lines, Fantastic Four, Kiss of the Dragon, The Omen (666), The Transporter, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
"A 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment spokesperson also confirmed to TG Daily that it will also serve as distributor for Blu-ray movies from MGM, even though Sony is that company's new parent. Forthcoming releases on 28 November include The Usual Suspects and Windtalkers, followed on 5 December by the original Rocky and the martial arts film Bulletproof Monk," reports TG Daily.
Everyone expected 20th verdict in favor of the Blu-ray Alliance, but no one thought that the Fox is so clever and it will prefer to wait a while until Samsung's compliant player is out on the market. Moreover, when the movies will hit the market, Sony and Pioneer branded players will be already there.
Universal Home Entertainment, on the other hand, released its Blu-ray cinematographic dues a few months ago: "Serenity", "Million Dollar Baby", "The Last Samurai", "Phantom of the Opera", "Doom" and "Apollo 13","Cinderella Man", "Jarhead", "Assault on Precinct 13", "The Chronicles of Riddick", "Van Helsing", "U-571" and "The Bourne Supremacy" at a price of $35.
And, one month later, came also the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) Blu-ray titles: "50 First Dates", "The Fifth Element", "Hitch", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Terminator", "Underworld Evolution", and "XXX". Then came the already acclaimed "Ultraviolet".
However, the German editors from the well-known CT magazine found a surprising and enormous hole in the copyright protection of Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.
The editors discovered that anyone can make several copies of each frame within the movie and that the illegal procedure is just a piece of cake, as it is necessary just to enable the print screen on a computer. The CT editors said that they used the renowned Blu-ray Sony Vaio VGC-RC 204 and Toshiba's HD DVD Qosmio G30 notebooks.