Originally Posted By mawnck Oh you GOTTA read this! <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibb27093a4c288ae23192d53a994dcd85" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...994dcd85</a> Take note that Blu-Ray players that can do all this funky stuff are not on the market yet, except for the PS3 with the latest firmware. I have no idea why anyone would want to chat with other viewers while trying to watch Sleeping Beauty, but I'm an old fart and I don't get these young whippersnappers and their newfangled computer gadgets anyway. But the castle weather thing - that I GOTTA see.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo That's just amazing. Some of us have alternate snarky dialogue for lots of movies, so I can see sending these along to other people watching. It's like your own MST3K.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>You can talk to people online?<< THROUGH THE PLAYER no less, provided they're watching the same Blu-Ray disc as you. And you have a keyboard hooked up to the player. And you're not that interested in the movie you're allegedly watching. And you've figured out how to hook up your internet connection to the player. (Neener neener nee-ner! The prince can't do no-thing! Without the fairies' helll-llllp!)
Originally Posted By sgttibs The texting during video playback was probably added as a proof of concept, since it was HD DVD's trail-blazing feature on a Harry Potter disc last Christmas. I'm sure they're simply adding to prove, "We can do it too." What's more interesting is the cellphone and computer content exclusive to the BD. I'm especially interested in the ringtones, since BD Touch was announced as a means of connecting iPhones and Blu-ray players. I should also point out that Europeans have had a full-featured, final-spec Blu-ray standalone for some time now. It's the Panasonic DMP-BD50, and the American iteration is a couple months away.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>the American iteration is a couple months away.<< That's the one I be waitin' for.
Originally Posted By basil fan I don't know if I'm ready to interact with other people while watching a movie. I'd probably shush them. Very Good Advice <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/advice.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ice.html</a>
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Here's the thing I'm a little concerned about: If I were to pop my hypothetical kid in front of Sleeping Beauty, can just anyone begin sending them messages if I have the equipment turned on? Or is it a facebook/myspace thing where you have to add someone as a "friend" for them to be able to send messages?
Originally Posted By basil fan The article tries to address that with a few sentences about how it's intended to let you talk to other family members (i.e. safe chats), but I was unclear on how that works exactly. Can't see myself using this feature. Great Mouse Detective Glitches <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/basil/gmdglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...tch.html</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I'm with mawnck. I think you should keep your cellulite phones away from your cystal balls while watching Sleeping Beauty and just enjoy the movie!
