Posted by Larry on 01/15/58 11:44

"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1144392147.631768.184950@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> 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.
> 2. do chat sessions with their friends or the director
> while watching a movie.
> 3. download games related to the movie and play them on the
> blu-ray. 4. download current previews and trailers
> 5. shop online, including securely paying for the items.
> 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
>
None of those "features" have a damn thing to do with blu-ray.
How can you be so naive as to think Internet access (download,
chat and shop) has anything at all to do with the blu-ray
format.

Here's hoping for miserable failure to Sony and their
rootkits.....

Larry

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