Posted by Mark Jones on 01/08/08 00:22

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> No, not specifically. I was literally just talking about all the
> whiz-bang BD-Java coding that too many seem enamored with. All too
> many blockbusters have required firmware upgrades to the standalones
> to load them.

I would prefer a movie that loads real quick and has some decent
features, but nothing so fancy that it can actually ruin the experience
by causing long load times or not even playing at all.

The excessively complex special features that require an update
are a deal breaker for me. There should be a gold standard player
that has a moderate price and that all movies are tested on. If
they do not work properly on this model, they go back and the
disk is worked on until it does work properly.

Set a maximum load time and how long it can take for various
features to activate. The people creating the disks are the ones
who can fix this problem if they quit doing things that do not
really work well. The gold standard player should not be a state
of the art player, but rather one of the older models with a stable
version of Java on it. We can't be expected to chase after a state
of the art player in order to watch a movie.

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