http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/ Engadget Comments for Sony Pictures to smarten up Blu-ray with MovieIQ, the "killer app for BD-Live" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
"Oh no.. Apple included a tab in iTunes, guess we'll never see tethering"]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
OTOH, this is probably not a bad idea for most of the brainless trash Hollywood peddles, it's kind of like Pop-Up Video.
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But yeah, it doesn't pop up automatically. I just don't think all this BD Live stuff is such a big deal. It reminds me of the 'interactive set top box' phase with all those test families in Orlando or wherever. Yes, it could possibly be useful sometimes though. Are you happy now?]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Kill_Vehicle]]>Jun 18th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
hello??!? i paid how much for this movie???

as for BD-Live? just slows down the initial movie experience WITH NO ADDED incentive to use the BD-Live features.

doubt it will be implemented properly or nicely; most likely another feature/extra that no one knows or cares about.

also, why aren't tv shows full seasons on a bluray? or are they? i'd love to have the full newsradio series on a bluray disc vs 16+ dvds :)]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 21st 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Just wait until you can go shiopping via this - cursor over an actors clothes and boom - off to amazon.com to buy the same outfit they are wearing....while I would hate this you know this is where it is going.
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this would still be cool if I were to say watch a movie a second time (shock!) and was wondering where the location was (for fun) then id be cool...honestly its just a feature bump in my books

Im still not sure about the compatibility, so this will work with all currently released BD-LIVE discs or not? sorry a little confused here]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Yeah, and how much space do you think all that data takes up? The complete Moby Dick is only 1.2 MB in size. I'm SURE that all those 'extras' will fit on a disc.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 19th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Yeah but that's the only thing that would. Plus, if you're looking up that info, I'd rather just be at IMDB or Netflix where I can then click the link to the latest move to see what that one is about, or click related actors or anything else as I'll probably be in that mode. Also the factoids and what music is playing is the most interesting.

Or why not do a combination of both? So offline BD players (which is probably every non-PS3) can use it at least somewhat.]]>Jun 19th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Your just not looking at the big picture...BD-Live is here just thank Sony for giving a shit what we think. I think that this is useful now just keep working on it, and please no more wack games. ]]>Jun 18th 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
And maybe it's just me, but I don't really think that hooking everything in the world to the Internet is all that great. All it really does in the long run is give the companies more data on what you are doing so they can market at you.

As Stu says - why not just include the data on the disc if there is demand for it. It's not like any of it will change.]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
As long as the pixies keep painting as fast as they can in the magic filmographic boxes, that's all I care about and all any movie fan should care about.]]>Jun 18th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
A lot of us look at the "bonus stuff" to see how the movies we love are made. If people didn't like the stuff in there, the companies would save their money and "bonus stuff" wouldn't have made it into multiple generations of this type of product. Why do you think companies almost never include booklets anymore? They were all the rage when DVDs first came out, when the companies believed that it would be mostly movie buffs that went for the format. Now almost no movies come with booklets that have information.. they include the extra stuff on the discs because people actually look at that information far more often than they did in the booklets.

Complaining about being hooked to the net when you're [posting] on a net-only publication about peoples opinions is kinda silly.

True, if it was just some IMDb-type lists about music/actors/etc. in the movie, they should just include it on the disc; here's more than enough space. I suppose that it would be more useful if they include the ability to link to other movies/shows that the same actors/music/directors have worked on.

Also, what's the point in complaining if you know the video/audio is pretty excellent with blu-ray? You're getting what you said you want out of a movie.. why does it matter if there are features there that you don't want? Have you complained about the LATCH devices in your seats in your car, just because you don't have a LATCH compatible child seat currently hooked into them?

Also, didn't you say that you don't like to buy discs anyway? So this doesn't even apply to you, right?

Maybe I missed something......]]>Jun 19th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Thats all I got. BD Live is lackluster.

Instead of adding extra downloadable bullshit, let's spend some R&D on figuring out a way to write the movies to the disc/produce the disks, so that they are no longer $30 a friggin movie. ]]>Jun 18th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Before you answer, consider that new releases on DVD cost $20+. Do you really think that it costs anywhere near $20 to manufacture a DVD? Please don't use the "cost of investment" argument because most production houses for DVD stamping paid their equipment off a long time ago.

This is nothing but Hollywood greed. That, and the BDA taking a cut of the profits as well. This is why you shouldn't support Blu-ray.]]>Jun 19th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
There are very few movies that have enough rewatchability to own, let alone having interactive pop ups telling us trivia about how the gaffer almost electrocuted himself while setting up the scene.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Erm, where the heck have you got your prices from?

Blu-rays range from a tenner for older movies to around £17 for new releases. No idea why you think a blu-ray costs £20 MORE than a DVD.........unless they give you money when you buy a DVD these days?

Anyway, here's a link to blu-ray pricing: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blu-Ray-DVD-Movies/b/ref=sa_menu_blu1/280-8291157-3165521?_encoding=UTF8&node=293962011&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=left-nav-1&pf_rd_r=07KXP9C5YCP4SPXXW10K&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=218610391&pf_rd_i=468294 ]]>Jun 19th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
I'm very knowledgeable about computers, and could easily torrent any one of those movies, saving a few dollars per disc. Guess what, I didn't! You know why? Because to me, $5 is a very reasonable price for purchasing a movie. $10? Not so much. $25? Well, just look at how many DVD's I bought at the price...

The bottom line is, what you are saying I think is true (it is for me at least). Price movies at a rate that is reasonable, and people will not only ignore piracy for the most part, but also buy MORE movies.]]>Jun 21st 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
and... maybe he meant his hag.. he said "girl friend" maybe it's just a friend that's a girl?]]>Jun 19th 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/
Transformers,
Ironman,
Spiderman Series,
Dark Knight,
Batman Begins

All based off of comic books. But the thing is they all have tons of action and Action Movies are worth buying on Blu Ray in my opinion. They are so much better in Hi Def.
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I'd say that it's a safe bet that over 70% of the population don't give a crap either way.]]>Jun 18th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/sony-pictures-to-smarten-up-blu-ray-with-movieiq-the-killer-ap/Jun 18th 2009 8:15PM