Cameron wrote, produced, directed and edited Avatar himself and will continue to earn from the DVD, future 3-D DVD releases of the film and whatever other versions Fox can come up with to continue milking the original film for every penny.

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The history of 3-D movies coming out on DVD is limited and until Avatar, most 3-D movies were aimed at kids and kids movies tend to do better on DVD regardless (as they make great babysitters).

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It handles video, voice, data, DVD and 3-D gaming, a feat that set-top leader General Instrument has yet to pull off.

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