Features I wish the BDA would mandate on all new players beginning August 1st 2008.

[HDTV1080P]

Features I wish the Blu-ray Disc Association would mandate on all new players beginning August 1st 2008.

1. I would like to see the Blu-ray Disc Association mandate that all Blu-ray players must have an Ethernet connection with the minimum hardware requirement of at least 1GB of storage for BD-LIVE (profile 2.0). The Blu-ray disc association could mandate that all Blu-ray players that do not meet the minimum hardware requirements for BD-LIVE must go out of production by July 31st 2008. Then on August 1st all new BLU-RAY players manufactured would be profile 2.0. Doing a strict mandate like this would strengthen the BLU-RAY format.
2. Also I wish auto firmware update feature would be mandated for August 1st 2008. Since every Blu-ray player would have an Ethernet connection a low cost internal clock feature could be added to every player manufactured so that once every two weeks in the middle of the night the Blu-ray player would automatically come on and check to see if there is an update in the firmware for that model of player. If there is an updated firmware available then the BLU-RAY player would download and install the update automatically in the middle of the night. The auto firmware update feature should be the default setting in the player with the option to disable it for those that want to do it manually. This auto update firmware feature would be very popular. Consumers that are use to DVD players that do not need firmware updates would be happy that they no longer need to burn CD-ROM discs and no longer need to manually update the firmware. Consumers could just sit back and place the latest movie in their player without worrying that they do not have the latest firmware.

** As an optional feature only it would be nice to see two HDMI outputs on high-end Blu-ray players. This feature should be optional only and no mandate. With two HDMI outputs consumers could run one HDMI to the display and one to the audio receiver as long as the timing for audio and video could be in sync. **

[Anthony P]

Features I either don't care about or that I really dont want.

read above.

1) I don't have Ethernet going anywhere near my HT, I don't need my player to have it. If someone does care for it, then there is a simple solution, BUY A PLAYER THAT HAS ETHERNET. Why should it be forced on everyone? All I want to do is watch movies. I don't care about it being connected to the net. If and when I think connected player is worth it, I will buy a player that can be connected and has the connection type of my choice.

2) No machine or manufacturer should dictate anything. I found it disgusting that MS decided some updates were important enough to be forced on all window owners. I paid and bought my machine. After that it should be my decision if, when and what features I want to add. I also don't want my machine to require a connection at all times to check, send information back to the manufacturer to check my version (as well as possibly sending other info), I don't want it to take longer to start up (once in a while or not) because it needs this song and dance routine and I particularly don't want to sit and watch a movie withy a bunch of friends just to find out that my player has decided that a FW is required (for a movie that does not need it) and will take 1/2h.

as for your ** that I agree with, I would like 2 HDMI for 3D, but I don’t think it should be forced on everyone, I see no advantage to have one HDMI for audio and one for video.

[owa]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

1) I don't have Ethernet going anywhere near my HT, I don't need my player to have it. If someone does care for it, then there is a simple solution, BUY A PLAYER THAT HAS ETHERNET.

Or, if they do want to provide ethernet, make it wireless since a lot of people probably don't have internet access at their HT location.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by owa

Or, if they do want to provide ethernet, make it wireless since a lot of people probably don't have internet access at their HT location.

I think wireless options would be better as a secondary solution... With the vagarities of the wireless network standards and routers being what they are.

While you can prolly get away with using a g based network [like the PS3] for most things, Post-N, not sure how many of the routers will be continuing that level of backward support.

[w_tanoto]

I don't really care about ethernet, and I think movie download idea is stupid.
Imagine people who are still on dial-up

[WickyWoo]

** As an optional feature only it would be nice to see two HDMI outputs on high-end Blu-ray players. This feature should be optional only and no mandate. With two HDMI outputs consumers could run one HDMI to the display and one to the audio receiver as long as the timing for audio and video could be in sync. **

There is no point to 2 HDMI outputs. Your TV is what is introducing the delay, not the reciever for its processing time. Your reciever has a delay feature that will compensate for this.