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What's your interest level in Blu-Ray Disc Java (BD-J)?

I'm developing with it now
2% (9 votes)
I'd like to develop with it
32% (153 votes)
I don't want to develop with it, but I'm glad it's Java-based
57% (271 votes)
I don't like it
5% (23 votes)
Something else (please comment)
5% (22 votes)
Total votes: 478

Obsolete technology

Both BluRay and HD-DVD were obsolete technologies before they even hit the market. The time of physical media is over. People will download movies in HD format legally from online services, and nobody actually cares in any interactive features a BluRay disc might have or not have. This technology comes at least five years too late.

Obsolete technology

in fact most of them will download it illegally... But don't rule out physical media. I've been hearing that those are "dead" for a decade now, hasn't happened yet. And for backup it's always a good thing to have them. I do however agree on the futility of "interactive" "features". Hardly anyone cares for those. The only ones the vast majority ever use are options to select languages and subtitles, maybe jump to another scene or chapter, and that's it. And those are not what the BluRay Java interface is meant to cover, as they're already covered by the DVD specification of which BluRay is a superset. In fact most of those "interactive" "features" I personally find extremely annoying. Annoying enough that if I stumble into an "interactive" TV show I quickly move to another channel.

Games

My youngest son (age 2) loves a game that plays on our DVD player. So while you may not like the interactive capabilities, some people do find a use for them.

couldn't care less

I've no interest in BluRay whatsoever, let alone any "interactive features".