Comments on: Iron Man release brings down BD-Live service

By: David

David — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:29:28 +0000

i would like to know how can i download the new firmware so i can get the bd live and watch inside the ironman blu ray disc.

By: Wacky Geeks #49 - Will it Bender, HDs vs. DVDs, Blu-Ray blues, xbox & Netfix get married by Wacky Geeks

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:09:22 +0000

[...] Paramount’s Blu-Ray servers go down – Prevents users from watching Iron Man Blu-Ray disc on release day [...]

By: The Bigger Impact of Blu-Ray Active Content | Gallop Services Blog

The Bigger Impact of Blu-Ray Active Content | Gallop Services Blog — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:06:57 +0000

[...] remains unknown, the onslaught was far too much for Paramount to handle. Fans were subjected to download times of up to an hour before they could even play the movie. Making matters worse, most players are pre-configured to [...]

By: Me

Me — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Definitely sorry Blu-Ray won now. The damn things take to long to start up as it is, much less having to timeout on a net connection I don’t want in the first place.

By: Dest

Dest — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:19 +0000

So for a disk that holds so much content, why does it have to download even more?

By: The Inquirer ES : Iron Man tumba al servicio BD-Live

The Inquirer ES : Iron Man tumba al servicio BD-Live — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:30:45 +0000

[...] Security and the Net [...]

By: weaselfeet

weaselfeet — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:48:59 +0000

There will not be any issues if the service is discontinued.

Paramount will always have a web presence and that presence can include a service that responds to any download request with a “nothing to download” reply.
Simple, effective, has essentially zero cost to both develop and maintain.

Think more …. panic less.

By: MMN-o » Blog Archive » Paramount sells too many discs

MMN-o » Blog Archive » Paramount sells too many discs — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:37:16 +0000

[...] the sales of Iron Man Blu-ray discs are too high. Paramount can’t handle the server loads generated by users downloading [...]

By: mike

mike — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:24:36 +0000

“Were you trying to be sarcastic? Downloading content is what caused the problem in the first place” …. Talking about matroska torrents (Smacks Forehead).

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:34:13 +0000

Just FYI for anyone who is interested, the following statement as quoted from the article is incorrect.

“…but as far as I’m currently aware, there is no option to not download the content at all when inserting the disc for the first time.”

If this were true I would not have been able to watch my Iron Man BR disc. So far as I know the exact opposite is true. I went to the settings on my BR player (PS3) and toggled the auto-download feature to OFF. Following this change the disc menu loaded immediately. Prior to that I had been waiting for about 20 minutes with no sign of progress.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:18:40 +0000

Now this is why I don’t buy movies in blue ray. Old fashion VHS or DVD will work just fine.

By: Clouds ready to chuck training wheels ? A view from Users, Vendors and VCs « My missives

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:17:52 +0000

[...] have this challenge – Iron Man DVD release brought down Paramount’s servers completely (here and here) because the discs download content as soon as they are inserted into the player, which [...]

By: LiQiuD’s Blog » BD Live + Iron Man = Bad Day for Paramount

LiQiuD’s Blog » BD Live + Iron Man = Bad Day for Paramount — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:56:59 +0000

[...] watch his movie, you’re probably pretty pissed off at this point. Rather than re-write an article that I think Martin wrote wonderfully…I’ll just link to it and quote the good [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:22:32 +0000

“Wow, just another reaosn to never spend any money on these damn shiny silver platters.
Download will win in the end I think.”

Were you trying to be sarcastic? Downloading content is what caused the problem in the first place.

By: Lançamento do Iron Man em Blu-ray causa falha nos servidores da Paramount | E-balaio

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:33:03 +0000

[...] Fonte: Slashdot e Security and the Net. [...]

By: Slashdot troll

Slashdot troll — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:44:25 +0000

Isn’t this already out on bluray?

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:50:57 +0000

The disc DOES give you the option of not downloading the content – if you bypass the download, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:24:23 +0000

“Will the disc itself still work?”

Sure it will. What you failed to report is that if the player can’t access the net, it will just not bring in the additional content and instead go straight to the main menu, at which point you can watch the movie you paid for.

“Will you be forced to wait while your player tries to connect to the BD-Live servers every time you want to watch a movie?”

Not if you have a good player (eg. the PS3) which provides the option to disable access to the net when such a net-enabled disc is played, at which point the main menu comes up immediately without a timeout period.

God I HATE sensationalist articles.

By: grat

grat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:32:56 +0000

The disc will still play fine. You’ll be missing the extra features from the BD-Live portion of the disc, that’s all.

When you start the disc (on a PS3), you’re prompted if you want to download the BD-Live stuff. On the PS3 at least, it implies that the material will be downloaded and stored on the HD. I say implied, because the download doesn’t seem to work right now.

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:09:33 +0000

Wow, just another reaosn to never spend any money on these damn shiny silver platters.
Download will win in the end I think.