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Originally Posted by Geoff D
Nope. Doesn’t work, not even on a Pannysonic. The disc is authored to not permit user-selectable 2D playback. The only workaround is if you actually have a 3D TV, as once the disc detects there’s a 3D display in the chain then it’ll play and then I can go into the settings menus on my OPPO and turn the 3D off on the fly, thus showing the 2D left eye stream. But the disc itself will not boot in a 2D-only display environment, you get this:
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Never tried to "force" one of these 3D discs on a 2D display before, so I just assumed a 3D capable player would be able to bypass this lock, but I guess not.
Locking a 3D disc this way feels just as exploitative as region locking UHDs. Granted, there are very few 3D discs that offer any benefits over the existing 2D (Top Gun was another one, prior to Paramount doing the 4K), but I don't understand why you wouldn't let someone watch it in 2D when the files are already there.