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Originally Posted by species8472
3. Cost of implementing interactive features such as PiP (overlay for commentary or tech specs/GPS like Miami Vice or Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift) and Web Interactivity is much cheaper. To program these features for Blu-Ray one must use a programmer who MUST write near a hundred lines or more of code. To implement HDi which is similar to HTML, one does not need to be a programmer which means less cost per disk.
4. Incompatibilities - Many early adopters of Blu-Ray will have issues with playback in the future due to Blu-Ray hardware being very different from manufacture to manufacture because the specs were not mandatory till TODAY. New players that are released after today will probably be ok but old players could see unexpected problems. Beware.. |
As for point #3, yes, it requires a programmer to implement BD-J features such as the Bonus view. But don't you think that this is only a VERY temporary problem (and a bit moot I might add). How long do you think it will take for a programmer to create a set of standard libraries for handling things such as PiP? Once these things are set, it's only a matter of copy + pasting, which does NOT require a skilled programmer to do.
Incompatibilities exist in both HDi and BD-J, if the specs for HD DVD were so finalized, why do the players required so many firmware upgrades in order to play certain discs? Incompatibilities exist for both formats.