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scott1256ca · 03-21-2008, 03:17 PM

The BD-Live features were supposed to be mandatory sometime this year. I think that has been relaxed.

I think David's concern doesn't revolve around features he personally wants or even features he thinks enthusiasts might want. I think his concern is that he wants BD to become widely accepted, and one way to derail that is to advertise on the cover, features that a movie includes, but where it is not readily apparent that the feature will be supported by all players.

So, Bob walks into a store, sees the new Sleeping Beauty BD, has a look at the cover and sees that during the movie, his daughter can pause, bring up a menu, and quickly go to the web to read about apples, or sleep apnia, or famous wicked step-mothers. All of which would be context sensitive to the movie, and maybe to the scene in the movie, which makes it more difficult to just run to your PC and browse there.

Anyway, so Bob then goes and buys a player, gets it home and finds out the player isn't capable of that interactivity, gets PO'd goes to work and tells everyone what a lousy experience he had with BD. So maybe they get turned off as well.

Maybe that happens and maybe not. I know BD Live requires more memory and the ethernet port, not sure about anything else. The memory could be provided by a usb stick.

Still, when Bob thinks about these features, he should realize that he'll need internet access, and when he thinks about that, he should think about how he gets it to the player, then start checking the box of the player before he buys, and maybe goes and asks questions. Most people aren't likely to have an ethernet connection next to the TV. So hopefully Bob will check to find out what he needs before he buys.

Unless there are wireless options to the players, I don't know how big a deal the ethernet connection will be. I've got a ps3 with wifi, so I'm covered, but unless that becomes the norm, I'll bet the vast majority of owners will not do any interactive stuff, except maybe running a cable to the thing long enough to do a firmware upgrade.

Time will tell, I guess.

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03-21-2008, 03:17 PM	#11
scott1256ca Active Member Member since:Oct 2006	The BD-Live features were supposed to be mandatory sometime this year. I think that has been relaxed. I think David's concern doesn't revolve around features he personally wants or even features he thinks enthusiasts might want. I think his concern is that he wants BD to become widely accepted, and one way to derail that is to advertise on the cover, features that a movie includes, but where it is not readily apparent that the feature will be supported by all players. So, Bob walks into a store, sees the new Sleeping Beauty BD, has a look at the cover and sees that during the movie, his daughter can pause, bring up a menu, and quickly go to the web to read about apples, or sleep apnia, or famous wicked step-mothers. All of which would be context sensitive to the movie, and maybe to the scene in the movie, which makes it more difficult to just run to your PC and browse there. Anyway, so Bob then goes and buys a player, gets it home and finds out the player isn't capable of that interactivity, gets PO'd goes to work and tells everyone what a lousy experience he had with BD. So maybe they get turned off as well. Maybe that happens and maybe not. I know BD Live requires more memory and the ethernet port, not sure about anything else. The memory could be provided by a usb stick. Still, when Bob thinks about these features, he should realize that he'll need internet access, and when he thinks about that, he should think about how he gets it to the player, then start checking the box of the player before he buys, and maybe goes and asks questions. Most people aren't likely to have an ethernet connection next to the TV. So hopefully Bob will check to find out what he needs before he buys. Unless there are wireless options to the players, I don't know how big a deal the ethernet connection will be. I've got a ps3 with wifi, so I'm covered, but unless that becomes the norm, I'll bet the vast majority of owners will not do any interactive stuff, except maybe running a cable to the thing long enough to do a firmware upgrade. Time will tell, I guess.

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