Like it or not, BD-Live is coming
Recent News:
Sony promises BD Live on all Blu-ray releases
Warner to Release Interactive Blu-ray Movies
BD Live will be priority for Disney
What is BD Live?
The
BD Live functionality is the Internet connected part of the Blu-ray
profile 2.0, which, in addition to an Internet
connection, also requires a player to include two secondary decoders
and 1 GB of local storage for updates and content. BD Live allows a
disc to connect to the Internet to provide all sorts of interactive
behavior from movie previews to multi-player games.
Some discs with BD Live functionality
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
The Sixth Day
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sleeping Beauty
Alien vs. Predator
We're hearing about Profile 2.0 players coming to market, but haven't seen any yet. For right now the
PS3 is still the best option.
There's a great article at
Movieman's Guide to the Movies about
BD Live
and specifically the features on Disney's new Sleeping Beauty disc. He
covers all the features, including the infamous 'Chat' feature, but one
he really liked was the 'Movie Rewards' feature:
"Now this is a great feature that will have everyone going nuts for.
During Sleeping Beauty you will get the opportunity to play games to
win points. You get points for either answering trivia questions or
playing those Blu-ray Java games that are getting more and more popular
on discs. You take those points and can cash them in via the BD-Live
function on the disc to unlock exclusive interviews, trailers,
wallpapers, ring tones etc. Now, the great thing is that you can
combine points from several different films if you really want
something that has a high exchange value. This is an amazing feature
that is sure to bring people back to the disc over and over again.
Kudos, Disney!"
Profile
2.0 features are starting to hit the market, but they don't have a
significant WOW factor yet. What would give it that WOW factor?
Further reading
New Blu-ray 2.0 spec makes PS3 the most future-proof player
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