Some movie studios have stopped using the BD-LIVE feature completely (Sony and others

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Some movie studios have stopped using the BD-LIVE feature completely

BD-LIVE is a minor feature of the Blu-ray format that is used by many movie studios like Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and many other studios. Some Blu-ray titles with the BD-LIVE feature allow consumers to download or stream bonus features and/or movie trailers over the Internet.

I have noticed that some of the latest Sony and Warner Bros Blu-ray titles do not offer the BD-LIVE feature at all. Not offering the BD-LIVE feature greatly reduces disc loading problems.

The Sony BD-LIVE server has been completely disabled for playing back movie trailers and bonus features

I ran into a New Line Blu-ray title that no longer had a working BD-LIVE feature. Today I tested 5 or more Sony Blu-ray titles and the BD-LIVE server is no longer offering Sony Blu-ray movie trailers or any other bonus features. Instead when one tries to use the BD-LIVE feature on any Sony Blu-ray title they get the following message from the Sony BD-LIVE server:

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“For information about current and upcoming titles from Sony Pictures, visit www.sonypictures.com/bluray “

Perhaps as a cost cutting budget decision Sony might have decided to stop using the BD-LIVE feature. Sony and other studios can always discontinue or reactivate the BD-LIVE feature when every they want as long as the Blu-ray title supports the BD-LIVE feature. For now, Sony is not doing anything with BD-LIVE.