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Windows Media 9 in Digital Theaters

Posted by michael on from the popup-ads-for-popcorn dept.

SpamJunkie writes "Feel like watching new releases in 7.1 surround sound with full digital video? It's coming, not with MPEG 4 but with Windows Media 9. Microsoft announced it is bringing Windows Media 9 to 177 screens in Landmark Theaters."

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  1. blue screen? by net_bh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow.....blue screens that huge will be awesome to look at!!!!

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    1. Re:blue screen? by ArthurDent · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah, except the screen wouldn't be blue anymore after everybody throws all their food at it!

    2. Re:blue screen? by Gleng · · Score: 5, Funny

      This movie has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down

      If the problem persists please contact the theatre manager

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    3. Re:blue screen? by Mr.+Mai · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah I can see it clearly. System reboot at the middle of the film so you can go and refill your soda and popcorn =)

  2. One more thing... by Geekenstein · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to DRM restrictions, your eyes must be gouged out after the showing for reprocessing. That is all.

    -Staff

    1. Re:One more thing... by Negatyfus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Do you agree to the above terms? Click Next to continue or Cancel to leave the theater. No refund will be given for already paid-for tickets.

  3. Great quote... by shroudedmoon · · Score: 5, Funny

    The newly outfitted theaters will be able to screen films encoded digitally in Windows Media 9 Series, which enables high-resolution,theater-quality experiences with up to 7.1 channel surround sound. The network rollout is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

    Umm... shouldn't it go without saying that it's theatre quality if they're rolling it out?

  4. please excuse us while we reboot the theater... by avi33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    [overheard from the booth] ...dammit, where the hell is that installation cd-rom?

    1. Re:please excuse us while we reboot the theater... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "And just as Captain Picard ordered self destruct, the movie paused. A gray box appeared on the screen with the words 'A Windows Media Update is now available, would you like to download it now?"

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  5. if the theater is running windows for movies by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wonder if theyll start renting them out for lan parties? Imagine playing UT or halflife on a 40 foot screen.

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  6. Woo. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    I wonder if people will notice the subliminal "OBEY", "CONSUME" and "REPRODUCE" messages from MS..

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    1. Re:Woo. by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Truly, "They Live" would be such a fitting movie to show.

      If it was an GPL'd codec, I'd suggest the Communist subversion speech form Dr. Strangelove.

    2. Re:Woo. by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      "One Soylent Green, extra butter."

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    3. Re:Woo. by cjpez · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you run X, you could reproduce this effect at home with xsublim! So the next time you grab some movie from a p2p, be sure to activate it so you'll be getting the Real Theatre Experience. :)

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  7. Did they hype it? by neurostar · · Score: 1, Funny

    Blue Screen of Death in widescreen...

    Is that why they took it out of XP? So they could hype it up for a bigscreen release? :)

  8. The guys in the back? by Mattygfunk1 · · Score: 1, Funny
    How will the copyright protection of Windows Media Player 9 effect the guys with the camcorders sitting at the back?

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  9. Oh sure, editors by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 0, Funny

    Now you find the April Fools material.

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  10. Other potential hazards... by gilesjuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Screensaver kicks in
    2. Projectionist plays an MP3 and it blasts out of the speaker.
    3. Projectionist forgets to turn off Windows desktop sounds

    and so on...... :)

    1. Re:Other potential hazards... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Linux has no screensavers except a DPMS power-off mode. It has no desktop. It play MP3s only if you install a player, like MPEG123.

      Maybe you were referring to KDE or GNOME?

      By the way... You can configure MPlayer to run in a Linux console to play in Framebuffer mode, without any of the stuff that you mention.

    2. Re:Other potential hazards... by ParnBR · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can already see the projectionist bumping into the mouse and the Media Player controls popping up in the movie screen! I hate that Media Player gimmick...

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    3. Re:Other potential hazards... by j-pimp · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well Linux doesnt have much of anything but a bunch of device drivers and a system call to init which loads up the rest of a GNU system.

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    4. Re:Other potential hazards... by mickwd · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Am I missing something?"

      A sense of humour, perhaps ?

    5. Re:Other potential hazards... by shepd · · Score: 5, Funny

      >WMP is much less buggy than most linux players such as XMMS or Xine.

      Yes, because WMP can actually figure out how long a VBR MP3 is.

      Oh wait, it can't. Darn. Maybe next decade!

      Movie theater owner: How long is that movie?
      Projectionist: WMP says it is 30 minutes long.
      Movie theater owner: Really? That's great.

      Next day, big sign outside: Now playing every hour "Lawrence of Arabia"!

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  11. Attack of the Killer Virus! by TheWanderingHermit · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can just see it now -- watching a movie like Outbreak or Andromeda Strain, about a killer virus and it is suddenly changed to XXX porn by the latest M$ TheaterO$ virus....

    1. Re:Attack of the Killer Virus! by G.I.+Suck · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually that XXX porn already happened in Canada. Famous Players does video feeds of WWE Pay-Per-View events, and lets just say they selected the wrong channel one day. We were watching nice hot action for a good 30mins before they realized what was going on. Of course the company made a public apology, and gave everyone free viewings for the next PPV event! How cool is that?

  12. moron hearing the same tome.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    everIEwhere you go?

    lookout bullow. the daze of the Godless ill eagle payper liesense hostage ransom stockmarkup bullshipping industrIE are #ed.

    in another landmark(tm) case, the oil for babies(tm) program continues to meet resistance from the greed/fear/death mongers upon capitollist hill (of beancouNTers).

    lookout bullow.

  13. Re:everthing old is new again by General+Cluster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Projectionist must be present at all times to jiggle the mouse every ten minutes during the feature.

  14. Re:This happened to me on a flight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You obviously haven't seen how flight crews operate the video player in airplanes yet.