Yes. And, in fact, 99% of people still don't care about these features.
Worth reporting? Yes.
Worth getting excited about? No, not for most people.
I believe the most common argument is "all I really want is the movie..." Me, I'm still wondering what will happen to all these online features in 5 - 10 years. Somehow, I doubt the movie studios/producers will still want to be hosting extra online content for 10-15 year old movies that they already sold on disk...so BD-Live (or the equivalent for HD DVD) probably won't be designed to add any lasting value to many movies, instead just relying on something trendy or cute or wow-factory to get a few extra sales. Either that, or it'll eventually turn into another money-making scheme, where the online extras on your movie disk just lead you to a store where you can *buy* lame movie-related products like ringtones.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't this the same exact feature that was nothing but lame when it was on HD-DVD? I'm confused.
Yeah, pretty much.
Yes. And, in fact, 99% of people still don't care about these features.
Worth reporting? Yes.
Worth getting excited about? No, not for most people.
I believe the most common argument is "all I really want is the movie..." Me, I'm still wondering what will happen to all these online features in 5 - 10 years. Somehow, I doubt the movie studios/producers will still want to be hosting extra online content for 10-15 year old movies that they already sold on disk...so BD-Live (or the equivalent for HD DVD) probably won't be designed to add any lasting value to many movies, instead just relying on something trendy or cute or wow-factory to get a few extra sales. Either that, or it'll eventually turn into another money-making scheme, where the online extras on your movie disk just lead you to a store where you can *buy* lame movie-related products like ringtones.