BD Live is a Joke!!

[teamerickson]

PS3 BD-Live Blu-ray Impressions With Walk Hard | TheManRoom The Man Room

We waited two years for this!!

Total load time for the BD-Live menu to appear is roughly 4 minutes on my high-speed DSL connection. Subsequent visits cut that time down to under 1 minute give or take a few seconds. That’s still an eternity to wait for a menu in this age of "gotta have it now" home entertainment, much less the content behind it.

Each Coxologist featurette runs approximately 2-3 minutes but takes 4-5 minutes to download, plus another minute or so to load up. The good news in this is by downloading the material onto PS3’s hard-drive, it can be accessed in the future without the wait. The bad news is not having the option to stream it instead. As if the wait isn’t eternal enough, the featurettes are presented in unwelcome and unexpected full-screen standard definition. What’s the point of accessing Blu-ray exclusive features if they aren’t in high definition, and why force consumers into downloading them at all when they could easily fit onto the second dedicated supplemental features disc?

At least the Blu-ray trailers are offered with an HD option, so without hesitation I clumsily moved the hard-to-see highlighted cursor over to the high-def Men in Black trailer. Given the standard-def featurettes took nearly 5 minutes to download, I feared the worse for Men in Black and got it. My first attempt resulted in an "error message" after several minutes and I had to start over. Maybe the Internet connection had a hiccup? Hard to say, really. My second attempt resulted in the download bar freezing altogether. After backing all the way out to the Playstation 3 menu, I headed back in for yet another attempt.

My third attempt to grab the MIB trailer successfully completed the download in 18 minutes, but in the back of my head I was thinking of how quickly I could have watched it on the Internet via streaming instead. While the download completed, getting it to actually play turned into a chore. It took another two failed attempts that ended in a dead black screen before I finally was able to view the trailer, which ran at a paltry 7ish mbps in 2.0 audio.

 

[BlackHitachi]

PS3 BD-Live Blu-ray Impressions With Walk Hard | TheManRoom The Man Room

We waited two years for this!!

Yea I agree! The Hd-dvd online features were really nice!

 

[teamerickson]

The Hd-dvd online features are really nice!

 

[nonrev]

The lack of competition will really stymie BD quality and innovation, I almost forgot Prices. My first attempt to use HD DVD online was flawless, created my username and password and was off and running. The servers were fast, the layout was great, overall a very enjoyable experience. Let me guess someone will soon post some BD sympathetic crap like just be patient things are always bumpy in the beginning for early adopters blah blah blah. Save it, Sony had years to get this right and now this, another in a long string of disappointments. JoeSP in keeping within the sprit of the BD forum do you have any suggestions for improvements?? All of HD DVD people waiting for a full featured 2.0 player to come out appears to have waited for not. With BD Live looking like a mess who wants to pay the higher prices for a 2.0 player when it looks like it is just a wasted Ethernet jack sitting on the back, and just to download SD content.

 

[Chucky Cheese]

I just want to see the movie. They can keep all the fancy crap.

 

[r.jones1116]

I just want to see the movie. They can keep all the fancy crap.

What you and all the "I just want to see the movie" crowd fail to understand is that interactivity is part of the equation that equals next generation format.

 

[gadgtfreek]

What you and all the "I just want to see the movie" crowd fail to understand is that interactivity is part of the equation that equals next generation format.

What you " we want extras" people dont understand is this is a brick wall argument. Some care, MOST dont.

I for one(as always) could care less if they just gave me a 1080p movie and great audio.

 

[harshness]

The old "I don't need/want what I can't get" argument.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Funny thing is, people in this section continue to argue and COMPLAIN about the same ol stuff, geez.

Its the new front, lets move from the Warzone to the BD forum to complain about how BD is no HDDVD :haha

 

[nonrev]

Funny thing is, people in this section continue to argue and COMPLAIN about the same ol stuff, geez.

Its the new front, lets move from the Warzone to the BD forum to complain about how BD is no HDDVD :haha

Another iteration of you sweeping another BD flaw under the rug, geez. Why is it when someone points out a concern they are automatically branded as an arguer or a COMPLAINER?

 

[meStevo]

Ah, a heralded new feature when it's patched into the PS3, but doesn't matter later on when it doesn't meet even low expectations shortly after.

This sucks, and I hope there's a reason for it AND it drasticaly improves in future titles.

*puts on tin foil hat* - clearly its a way to make people see that downloaded content is not the future, and you need to buy more discs

 

[IcEWoLF]

PS3 BD-Live Blu-ray Impressions With Walk Hard | TheManRoom The Man Room

We waited two years for this!!

Majority of people don't care about the extras.

It just came out, give it some time, I am sure it will get better.

 

[nonrev]

Majority of people don't care about the extras.

It just came out, give it some time, I am sure it will get better.

But why release it until all the bugs are worked out? Sony had years to get it right. Everything about BD had been rushed or poorly worked out and the customers suffer. Do they even have a QA dept? Then someone always comes out with an apologetic post asking for more time so Sony can work it out. Why not get it right first for once, for something related to BD.

 

[IcEWoLF]

But why release it until all the bugs are worked out? Sony had years to get it right. Everything about BD had been rushed or poorly worked out and the customers suffer. Do they even have a QA dept? Then someone always comes out with an apologetic post asking for more time so Sony can work it out. Why not get it right first for once, for something related to BD.

I guess the poster above doesn't understand a thing about technology.
Name a product that came out 100% release date.
None, they all go through firmware updates, just like HD-DVD.
S*** even the 360, PS3, all had firmware updates to make the product better.
Not all bugs are caught pre-release, some are caught post-release.
We are all humans.

 

[r.jones1116]

Majority of people don't care about the extras.

It just came out, give it some time, I am sure it will get better.

Majority of people don't care about extras is based on what poll.

Would you give GM or Ford more time if the vehicle you just bought had a major flaw.

Quit drinking the kool aid long enough to admit BD has flaws.

 

[IcEWoLF]

Majority of people don't care about extras is based on what poll.

Would you give GM or Ford more time if the vehicle you just bought had a major flaw.

Quit drinking the kool aid long enough to admit BD has flaws.

I never denied BD has flaws.
Read my previous post.
Most people don't watch the extras, and that is a fact.

 

[teamerickson]

What you " we want extras" people dont understand is this is a brick wall argument. Some care, MOST dont.

Opinion. Why don't you start a poll to back up your continued argument.

 

[teamerickson]

Another iteration of you sweeping another BD flaw under the rug, geez. Why is it when someone points out a concern they are automatically branded as an arguer or a COMPLAINER?

I think this infomation is pretty important for a consumer looking to get answers about the BD format. Sure there is going to be negative information in the BD forum. Both good and bad should be posted so people looking for answers can make an infomed decision.

 

[nonrev]

I think this infomation is pretty important for a consumer looking to get answers about the BD format. Sure there is going to be negative information in the BD forum. Both good and bad should be posted so people looking for answers can make a infomed decision.

:up:up:up

 

[JamesJ]

If it continues into HD DVD in Bluray it will be moved into the warzone....also How is is "high Speed" dsl? I have HIGH SPEED dsl at my office and get barley above dial up....so I am not sticking up for BD live as I have not used it, but I am not going to bash it because I have not used it.