looking to buy a blu-ray player in the next 6 months or so and looking around i see the $300 models have pandora, netflix, vudu and other services. does anyone use them other than netflix and pandora? are they any good?
JimRochester
11-03-09, 04:27 PM
I'm guessing that with 51 views and no answers the vast majority don't use it. I don't know of anyone on the board that uses the BD Live features (at least not regularly). I don't even have mine hooked up.
Groucho
11-03-09, 04:28 PM
I tried the BD Live feature on some disc I had. I had to create an account, log in and register before it would show me some low-res crappy "featurette" about the film that could just have easily been put on the disc from the beginning.
12thmonkey
11-03-09, 04:37 PM
I access the BD-Live content, but I have yet to find anything worthwhile.
It's usually slow to load and ultimately rather pointless.
clckworang
11-03-09, 05:15 PM
I think the only time I've accessed any BD-Live content was for The Dark Knight chat with Christopher Nolan.
mrcaddy01
11-03-09, 05:54 PM
My kids loved seeing their faces in the Snow White music video on the disc. That was kind of neat. It was worth the 5 minutes to upload the pics.
porieux
11-03-09, 06:00 PM
You'll end up disabling the online features anyway to make the player not get hung up on endless loading screens.
It's kind of a joke, unfortunately.
edclem
11-03-09, 06:04 PM
I didn't bother hooking mine up, either.
Honestly, it's just not that interesting to me. I buy blu-ray for the vastly improved video and sound quality. The BD Live feature is of negligible value to me.
Eddie W
11-03-09, 06:09 PM
I have a Samsung & use the PC streaming feature pretty frequently. It's nice to have access to my entire music collection wirelessly thru my BD player.
Netflix & Pandora are pretty cool & get a lot of use in my household. I have less use for Blockbuster (overpriced and SD only) and YouTube (difficult navigation). I haven't even tried BD live based on reviews, but it sounds worthless in it's current state.
mndtrp
11-03-09, 11:38 PM
My sister has a Samsung, and uses the Netflix on it quite a bit. Other than that, I don't think she utilizes the online features.
Brian Shannon
11-04-09, 07:27 AM
No, not at all
BASISON
11-04-09, 09:22 AM
I have tried the BD Live once and it was a total waste of time. Basically they were just a collection of previews in SD that were not worth the wait.
However, when my PS3 gets the software upgrade to stream Netflix, I'm sure I'll be using the online features more often.
kefrank
11-04-09, 12:43 PM
Most of you have responded about BD-Live features associated with Blu-ray discs, but the OP asked about a/v-streaming internet-based features that some Blu-ray players have, such as Netflix and Pandora. While somewhat confusing, these are really very different things.
clckworang
11-04-09, 03:42 PM
^ I think that just shows that not many people are utilizing those features. And how about you? You haven't answered the OP's question yet, either.
Groucho
11-04-09, 03:47 PM
I stream Netflix, but you don't need a Blu-Ray player to do that.
porieux
11-04-09, 07:21 PM
Most of you have responded about BD-Live features associated with Blu-ray discs, but the OP asked about a/v-streaming internet-based features that some Blu-ray players have, such as Netflix and Pandora. While somewhat confusing, these are really very different things.
Actually if you reread the OP he says "other than Netflix and Pandora".
The biggest online "feature" that fits into that category is BD-Live, hence the replies.
al_bundy
11-04-09, 09:12 PM
LG players have Vudu as well. not sure if there are any others
Spiky
11-04-09, 11:20 PM
Do they stream HD? I have Netflix, but no HD via streaming. So I just "Netflix" BDs instead. And I stick those in my BD player.
Numanoid
11-05-09, 12:54 AM
Do they stream HD? I have Netflix, but no HD via streaming. So I just "Netflix" BDs instead. And I stick those in my BD player.How quaint. ;)
hal9000
11-05-09, 04:06 AM
This is the one feature that pisses me off about Blu-Ray, this "live" content crap that could have been put on the disc in the first place. To me it's a waste of time to access the "live/online" features... it takes waaay too long to load. Almost reminds me of mid-late 90's internet dial-up. I've only tried it three times and I'll never waste my time trying to use it ever again.
Studios need to lose this gimmick shit and put the "live" features on the actual Blu-Ray discs.
X
11-05-09, 11:32 PM
Actually if you reread the OP he says "other than Netflix and Pandora".
The biggest online "feature" that fits into that category is BD-Live, hence the replies.The lack of capitalization and punctuation makes it pretty much impossible to interpret the question.
Spiky
11-06-09, 08:44 AM
This is the one feature that pisses me off about Blu-Ray, this "live" content crap that could have been put on the disc in the first place. To me it's a waste of time to access the "live/online" features... it takes waaay too long to load. Almost reminds me of mid-late 90's internet dial-up. I've only tried it three times and I'll never waste my time trying to use it ever again.
Studios need to lose this gimmick shit and put the "live" features on the actual Blu-Ray discs.
Meh. Those features are mostly crap, anyway.
kefrank
11-06-09, 10:07 AM
The lack of capitalization and punctuation makes it pretty much impossible to interpret the question.
I'll just retract my earlier statement and agree that it is not exactly clear what the OP is asking about.
I've accessed the BD-Live content on a number of titles, but I'm disappointed overall with how poorly the studios have utilized the technology. It has a lot of unfulfilled potential. As for online "services" - the PS3 is my only Blu-ray player and I don't have the netflix disc yet. I have downloaded free trailers from PSN, but never any of the rental or purchase downloads.
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