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BD-Live, a real-life demo on my PS3

as most PS3 owners are well aware, the second to last firmware update, v2.20, brought BD-Live to the Playstation3.

what is BD-Live you ask? BD-Live, also known as Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, allows compliant players to go online and retreive info/trailers about the movie.  During the heat of the nextgen format wars, HD-DVD used this feature as a selling point of HD-DVD however the Blu-ray camp later added the functionality w/the release of the 2.0 Bluray Disc Profile.

lets take a look at my Sixth Day Blu-ray disc and BD-Live in action on my Playstation3.

just one quick question before the video to my readers:

does anyone actually care or even view the ’special/additional’ content on dvds and br discs?  if your tv has Picture in Picture, have you ever used it? 

Posted by seamonkey420 on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am.

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Left by BD-Live, a real-life demo on my PS3 on April 22nd, 2008

When I first got PIP, I used it all the time. I would use it mainly to bounce back and forth to watch two shows or sporting events while dodging commercials. Now with my DVR I never use my PIP.

I have never been a “special content” on DVDs kinda guy. Even some of my favorite movies, like the Matrix, I never use the special stuff.

Woah. Those load times are painful.

Woo-hoo… glad you got the tripod!

Left by davak on April 23rd, 2008

I don’t think I’ve ever used PIP, other than to play with it for a minute the first time I got a capable set. Special content on DVDs *rule* though.. unless I lose consciousness watching something, I’ll always thumb through the bonus stuff. It’s rare that we don’t watch the deleted scenes and bloopers. That’s definitely something I miss when downloading video from the iTMS.

I’m not sure, though, who would want to sit through a 30 minute featurette on the making of lunch in preparation for the unloading of trucks during the week before filming. ZZzzzz. But I think it’s cool when they put in things like a full length version of something like the RePet commercial that you only see part of in the movie.

Left by qmchenry on April 23rd, 2008

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