Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
11-03-09, 09:10 AM
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Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
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?
11-03-09, 03:27 PM
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Re: Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
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.
11-03-09, 03:28 PM
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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.
11-03-09, 03:37 PM
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Re: Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
I access the BD-Live content, but I have yet to find anything worthwhile.
It's usually slow to load and ultimately rather pointless.
It's usually slow to load and ultimately rather pointless.
11-03-09, 04:15 PM
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I think the only time I've accessed any BD-Live content was for The Dark Knight chat with Christopher Nolan.
11-03-09, 04:54 PM
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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.
11-03-09, 05:00 PM
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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.
It's kind of a joke, unfortunately.
11-03-09, 05:04 PM
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Re: Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
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.
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.
11-03-09, 05:09 PM
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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.
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.
11-03-09, 10:38 PM
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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.
11-04-09, 08:22 AM
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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.
However, when my PS3 gets the software upgrade to stream Netflix, I'm sure I'll be using the online features more often.
11-04-09, 11:43 AM
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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.
11-04-09, 02:42 PM
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^ 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.
11-04-09, 06:21 PM
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Re: Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
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.
11-04-09, 10:20 PM
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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.
11-04-09, 11:54 PM
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11-05-09, 03:06 AM
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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.
Studios need to lose this gimmick shit and put the "live" features on the actual Blu-Ray discs.
11-05-09, 10:32 PM
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11-06-09, 07:44 AM
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Re: Does anyone use the online features on their blu-ray player?
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.
Studios need to lose this gimmick shit and put the "live" features on the actual Blu-Ray discs.
11-06-09, 09:07 AM
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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.
