You might think that the point of buying a Blu-ray film is to watch it on a suitably large, high-definition telly in the comfort of your living room. And, well, it is. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get excited about the prospect of ALSO being able to use Blu-ray’s BD-Live feature to send copies of the movie to your iPhone for on-the-go viewing.
That’s the prospect held out by NetBlender’s new BD Touch technology, which they reckon will enable seamless PS3-to-iPhone transfers, albeit only if developers build that into the functionality of their Blu-ray discs.
It’s a grand idea, and crucially, it’s something the film studios are behind. I went to the Blu-ray Association’s press conference at the CES show in January, and they talked about the potential for BD-Live for this very purpose - format-shifting films in a way that wouldn’t encourage piracy. It’s coming, although how soon is anyone’s guess.
(via Engadget Mobile)
