Blockbuster and Netflix are essentially vying to install resident BD-J applications in Blu-Ray players. They might be in the firmware of some players, but most likely they're just Java apps.
I would prefer that there was a profile 2.1 enhancement which made provision for installing and running BD-J applications from local storage. It would be a natural and straightforward enhancement. Then Netflix / Blockbuster / whoever could send out a BD that offered you the choice to install the app to your player, irrespective of who made it. You wouldn't need to worry about which player supported which service - just insert a disc, install and run it from the player's menu. If you get fed up of the service, just delete it.
It wouldn't just be for streaming apps of course. Any BD-J app, be it a studio portal, a google maps browser, a browser, a weather / news aggregator, a TV listings advisor, an IMDB lookup service, a game - anything could be installed on the player. It could be a very powerful mechanism.
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Blockbuster and Netflix are essentially vying to install resident BD-J applications in Blu-Ray players. They might be in the firmware of some players, but most likely they're just Java apps.
I would prefer that there was a profile 2.1 enhancement which made provision for installing and running BD-J applications from local storage. It would be a natural and straightforward enhancement. Then Netflix / Blockbuster / whoever could send out a BD that offered you the choice to install the app to your player, irrespective of who made it. You wouldn't need to worry about which player supported which service - just insert a disc, install and run it from the player's menu. If you get fed up of the service, just delete it.
It wouldn't just be for streaming apps of course. Any BD-J app, be it a studio portal, a google maps browser, a browser, a weather / news aggregator, a TV listings advisor, an IMDB lookup service, a game - anything could be installed on the player. It could be a very powerful mechanism.