Darth Maher

Please forgive me if this has already been discussed or if there is another thread talking about it... I tried searching, but had no results.

Anyhoo... Is anybody here members of the Disney BD-Live Network?

I just set-up my account and it appears that there isn't a way to just meet people to chat with during the movies. You actually have to enter your friends' names. Until more people I know (or ANYBODY I know, for that matter) get a Blu-ray player and then start collecting BD-Live enabled Disney movies, this membership seems a little useless.

Arthur Dent

Yea, I'm a member. Checked it out for a little bit and it didn't seem to offer much utility.

GenPion

I have it too, and agree that at the moment it seems kind of useless. They need to do more work on it.

RockyMtnBri

Me, and waiting for more content.

Gizmo

Much like Universal's and Warner's service...its a pain in the butt to actually use. You can't randomly meet people - you have to add each person individually. I tested Disney and Universal so far and found the features to be pretty much useless. Why create a video commentary if I can't share it with everyone?

RM811

I am a member as well. Like the others, pretty useless so far.

InnocentBlood

is BD-Live really all that it's cracked up to be? i mean, i'm not just asking about Disney titles but among BD-Live enabled titles in general, are there any that really has something to offer using the BD-Live thing?

davidh777

The Dark Knight content I saw was much better than the Disney stuff I've seen. I agree the concept has a long way to go.

jarofclay73

Everything I have read, including this thread, says that BD-Live in general is not that good. At this point, setting up an internet connection next to my HDTV and Blu-Ray player doesn't seem to be worth it.

Dugout Doug

I entered a screening of Pinocchio yesterday, with strangers.

There were 4 people in the room when I got there. It polled me very few mins, and gave the results of the room.

It also started the movie where the rest were I believe, because it started about 30 mins in mid song.

The concept is cool, but like others said, the execution it a bit off right now.

To answer jarofclay73, no, I wouldn't go wiring the home theater up just yet.

I did watch some of the Batman "viewing" with Nolan. All I could think was that every question he took was non scene related and could have been filled out days before the "screening". Interesting insight, but I doubt he was actually there at the time.

The Bus

Since my BD player is a PS3 I already have an internet connection on it. Good lord, the BD Live (on WALL·E I think) was so ridiculously slow.

But then its based on Java. You're an idiot if you expect it to perform at any speed that's deemed acceptable.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

The only reason you can get away with saying that is because this isn't a tech forum, even though I completely agree with you.

jarofclay73, you wouldn't necessarily need to wire the room. You could just set up a wireless bridge. Picture it as a small wireless router you hook up your devices to and instead of running a cable to your main router, it connects wireless.

I have 3 at my house and they all save me the hassle of trying to run cables.

bluetoast

Nolan was definitely at the screening, he paused it twice to take a break, and he answered one of my questions.