Posted by Matthew L. Martin on 01/15/63 11:44

asj wrote:
> 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

All of which is why the Sony players will cost $1500 and the Toshiba
players will cost $500. Advantage: Toshiba.

Matthew

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