http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/ Engadget Comments for Blu-TV brings interactive IPTV to disc players, starting with the BDP-83 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/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
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I'm still pissed off about the fact that i have to use a CD/DVD for Netflix...

whats the sense of having a hard drive on this thing!?]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
We could be looking at a Boxee or Roku clone for anyone with a PS3 and that could be one of the biggest announcements to come out of CES.]]>Jan 9th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/They wouldn't even need to sign on. You could theoretically put this disc into any Blu-ray player that supported BD Live and was connected to the internet. That's what makes this so awesome.]]>Jan 9th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/Jan 9th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/Jan 9th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
No kidding, video and audio updates are one thing for Oppo to work on but Netflix would be awesome for end users like me with a Netflix subscription. I've been contemplating a delivery solution from my computer to the TV for awhile now and this might mean I don't have to anymore.]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/Jan 9th 2010 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/I did get a large Firmware update last night but I don't see anything in the menus that let me do something more than I ever have. No items for Netflix or Blu-TV content.]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
Install the latest firmware.]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
Blu-TV shows up as one of the menu options now. Start the player without a disc in the tray or press the Home/Source button to see it. You might not have gotten the right firmware update. If not, get it manually off Oppo's site and put it onto a CD or flash drive.]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/Success. I turned it off and back on and the new menu is there. Thank you. Now to see if it actually works. ]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/So where did I get the idea that Netflix would be enabled? I was wrong. No netflix. Just java style games and weather I can get from where I'm at now. So sad.]]>Jan 9th 2010 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
You got the idea from the press release screen shot. Hopefully that's not vaporware.]]>Jan 9th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/Jan 9th 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
It is java based (which means slow). You HAVE to turn on live in order for it to work and you also need to turn on the secondary audio stream capability (which means down converted lossless dts or dolby sound). I don't see myself EVER using this junk.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
Secondary audio stream doesn't result in downconverting if you use lossless PCM for your connection.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
Unfortunately, yes it does. I emailed OPPO support about this, and they said that if secondary audio is enabled in the player (regardless of whether any secondary audio track is being played), the player will resort to decoding the "lossy" version of whatever audio track is being played. The reason is that the player does not have enough CPU horsepower to decode lossless audio and multiplex in secondary audio.]]>Jan 10th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
The way you can tell is by checking the OSD while the disc is playing by pressing the "Info" button. The lower-left corner displays the audio track being played. If the icon there is 2 speakers (or 3 speakers for multi-channel tracks), it is being decoded with maximum fidelity (i.e. it will even show if Dolby Digital or normal DTS tracks are being played). But if it displays a waveform icon, it means that the lossy version of the track is being decoded.]]>Jan 10th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
The *exception* rather than the *rule*, my bad. And obviously the post above should've been another reply to nathanh's post. Engadget's site is riddled with bugs when viewed in IE. Sigh.]]>Jan 10th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/blu-tv-brings-interactive-iptv-to-disc-players-starting-with-th/
Performance would be much better if the player manufacturer embeds the functionality with a firmware update, but the disc means I'm not tied to only supported devices. Any entry-level player will then handle streaming media.

Now -- somebody, quick -- create a Hulu channel!]]>Jan 11th 2010 4:45PM