Tag Archives: BD-Live

LG Electronics Announces First Blu-ray Player With Netflix Streaming

Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 by MegaZone

Back in January Netflix announced a partnership with LG Electronics to embed the Netflix streaming player in various LG products. At the time it was expected to be included in an LG dual-format player, HD DVD and BD, of course … Continue reading →

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Sun Microsystems Launches BDLive.com

Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Sun Microsystems Tuesday announced a new website, BDLive.com, to assist developers in creating BD-Live content, which, of course uses Sun’s Java programming language. Sun established the website in cooperation with Related Content Database Inc., and as part of the site … Continue reading →

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Are BD-Live Capable Blu-ray Decks The Next Broadband STB?

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Korean company Dreamer yesterday announced their BIDDLE™ Technology, which appears to be a BD-Live based platform for Blu-ray players to act as broadband content set-top boxes. The BIDDLE technology is currently used by over one million customers in Korea where … Continue reading →

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PS3 2.20 Firmware Now Available For Your BD-Live Pleasure

Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 by MegaZone

Well, that was fast. Less than a week ago Sony announced that the PlayStation3′s 2.20 firmware would include BD-Live support, amongst other things, and it is now available. So gentlemen, and ladies, start your upgrades! Via EngadgetHD.

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Sony To BD-Live Enable The PlayStation3 This Month

Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 by MegaZone

Sony has announced that the next firmware update for the PlayStation3, 2.20, will include BD-Live support, aka Blu-ray Profile 2.0, and it will street in ‘late March’. Since there are only 11 days left in the month, that means we’ll … Continue reading →

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