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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
shawnmos @ Mar 25th 2008 3:30AM
*sigh* I could already do this a year and a half ago.
Dave C @ Mar 25th 2008 3:34AM
Yeah that didn't take long.
The real question is, will HD DVD still have online features in a year and a half? Are they going to bother to keep those features active???
Keith @ Mar 25th 2008 5:26AM
Don't be stupid. HD DVD only had primitive scripting, not full Java.
You do know the difference right??
DrXym @ Mar 25th 2008 6:12AM
@shawnmos, and HD DVD demonstrated what a largely pointless feature it is. Blu Ray has upped the ante with 1Gb downloads and BD-J but I doubt the feature will be any more compelling on Blu Ray than it was on HD DVD.
Dave @ Mar 25th 2008 8:53AM
Keith,
You do know that, while HD-DVD's "scripting" language was designed from the ground up to design and play rich interactive media content, BD-J is an extension of a language that was not. You do know the difference right?
DrXym @ Mar 25th 2008 9:29AM
@Dave, piffle.
HDi is a combination of ECMAScript (JavaScript) with XML modelled on HTML (div elements etc.). You cannot claim it HDi is any more designed from the "ground up" than BD-J.
Both use bespoke technology (either Java or JS) which have been fashioned with appropriate helper functionality to be fit for requirements.
As for BD-J, I suggest you look it up. You will see that it is an implementation of an ETSI defined J2ME profile called GEM (Globally Executable Multimedia Home Platform) which is designed for broadcast multimedia applications. It's not something that the BDA just knocked up in their garage.