CES: 2008 - BD Live Features
Here are some examples of BD Live can do. The PS3 will have this updated in a firmware upgrade. Finally discs will start including a portable copy encoded for play on the PSP! 
The AVP game sounds fun too.
Lionsgate announced today their new MOLOG, or, Movie Blog BD Live feature. This interactive feature allows a viewer to participate in online discussions regarding Lionsgate titles. This online discussion community will be accessable from a BD Live player and blogging can be done while the film is being viewed. Viewers can also access MOLOG from any web browser. Lionsgate’s BD release of Saw 4 will debut this feature next month.
Sony Pictures today showcased upcoming Blu-ray interactive features for their titles. One feature will allow viewers to send a ring tone to their phone from the movie. Additionally, PSP owners will be happy to hear that a portable copy will be available on the disc encoded specifically for the PSP. Also shown was a Men In Black network trivia game. More later.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=828
Don Eklund from Sony Pictures revealed that Sony Pictures will make available for download via BD-Live extra content. The example shown was a video from actor Will Smith regarding his film ‘Hancock’ with a sneak peak of the film specifically for CES. He did mention that he is a fan of Blu-ray.
Fox plans on aggressively jumping into the market with advanved BD Live functionality featuring networked gaming and social networking. Fox is demonstrating a working Alien Vs. Predator networked game that allows players compete for the highest kill numbers. More to come…
(after 3 weeks... but for 23.5€ I cannot remotely complain!)
January 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Loving the idea of a PSP version on a disc already, gonna save me heaps of time encoding
January 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Don’t know why they didn’t mention iPods along with PSP, since they are the same format, plus apple is a member of BDA. It would have had a larger impact
January 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
yay for the psp version! i wonder if it will be DRM’d in some way…
January 8th, 2008 at 2:19 am
PSP copy? wow sweet!
Sporty: if the PSP version is a regular MP4, it should work on iPods too
January 8th, 2008 at 9:19 am
While the idea of having a PSP version of the movie on the BD sounds cool, I think it’s of limited value. There are not that many people who own both a PSP and a BD player capable of copying the content to the PSP. (Which right now I think is only the PS3.) At the very least, they should have an iPod formatted version too, as Sporty suggested.
But frankly, I don’t care about portable movies. If I’m gonna watch a movie, it’ll be at home on my home theater.
And frankly, while the other BD-Live/Java features mentioned above all sound cool, I have no use for those either.
You know what features I want? The ability to get into a movie quickly without having to wait through trailers and warnings.
January 8th, 2008 at 10:47 am
>There are not that many people who own both a PSP and a BD player capable
>of copying the content to the PSP. (Which right now I think is only the PS3.)
I wouldn’t be so sure of that, given that the most sold BD player is by far the PS3
Anyway, if it’s something you get for free and whose storage requirements are minuscule compared to BD capacity, then be happy for it. It’s better than having to buy an UMD, and it’s a step in the right direction ie. allowing you to view the movie you just purchased on as many movie players as possible.
(contrast that to iTunes/iPod vendor-lock-in, DVD copy protection, downloadable pay per view, etc. where the vendors try to restrict you as much as possible)