Posted by Alpha on 01/15/38 11:44

"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hebee Jeebes wrote:
>
>> DVD had a lot of special features too like multiple angles and such that
>> hardly anyone made use of. I suspect the same thing will happen with
>> HD-DVD
>> and Blue-Ray. The studios want to get stuff out as quickly and as cheaply
>> as
>> possible and creating all of the "special features" that uses the format
>> to
>> the fullest just isn't going to happen.
>
> Actually, blu-ray promises more than just "special menus and features".
>
> As I noted above, Blu-ray (and not HDDVD) will allow people to:
>
> 1. download additional content such as more subtitles or captions at
> any time.

So they can play Big Brother using their intrusive copy protection.

> 2. do chat sessions with their friends or the director while watching a
> movie.

Yeah...right. Like a director is going to chat.

> 3. download games related to the movie and play them on the blu-ray.

Nonsense.

> 4. download current previews and trailers
> 5. shop online, including securely paying for the items.

I want to buy more stuff!

> 6. see different skinned versions of the movie DVD
>
> There are already calls going out to Java developers to work on new
> content for the blu-ray!
>
> http://blueboard.com/smalljava/archives/16
>

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