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Are you one of the more than 4,000 people (86%) that answered our poll saying you thought BD-Live was a waste of time, or didn’t see any reason to give it a shot? We talked to Sony Pictures recently and were promised that more useful reasons for hooking the internet to Blu-ray discs & players were on the way, and today at a press event it showed why it thinks that will come true. Check out the gallery for a few pics of its new MovieIQ app, quickly described as a “wiki for movies” that can tie into your discs and provide information from Gracenote on demand on nearly anything in the movie or even specific scene being watched, from actors & directors to background music. The first BD-Live discs with it should be available in September, we’ll be back with more details shortly, for now just let the images do the talking.
Update: Official press release is included after the break
Continue reading Sony Pictures to smarten up Blu-ray with MovieIQ, the “killer app for BD-Live”
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