Jul 2, 2007 - 2:25:09 PM -
According to Associated Press, a Japanese animated feature titled "Freedom" will allow buyers who connect their HD DVD player to a broadband Internet line will be able to download a high-definition trailer for another movie, change menu styles and download additional subtitles.
Other studios are expected to push out a modest amount of titles that take advantage of the new functionality, and though Internet features may not sound hugely exciting, they're something else to be used in the war of words between the two sides.
"Blood Diamond," out July 3 on HD DVD, will allow watchers to participate in online polls after watching. Which we would have thought even less useful than shifting scenes about.
Some Blu-Ray machines have an interweb connection but more often they don't.
