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

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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. **