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10-02-2009, 06:56 AM
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At least someone is (seemingly) listening to our Blu-ray gripes. <i>/Film</i> hit a Fox hosted press summit and heard exactly the things we've been waiting to hear: a future where "advanced" Blu-ray players can do what DVD players have done for years: automatically resume play where we left off on all players, dramatically reduced load times and a live demo of the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/07/29/wolverine-blu-ray-disc-includes-bd-live-access-to-imdb/">IMDB Live Lookup feature available on the <i>Wolverine </i>release.</a> The company has nabbed a researcher from Panasonic, Joe McCrossan, who is heading up the efforts to improve viewer's experience and tossing around long promised buzzwords like iPhone connectivity and <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/digitalcopy">Digital Copy</a> along with the previously mentioned features under development -- if he succeeds on making them reality we'll rename an Engadget editor Joe in his honor, and it might not even be the one already named Joe.<br />
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[Thanks, chevelleman]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/">Fox dreaming of a future where Blu-ray movies load faster, are judged by the content of their character(s)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:23:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/30/the-future-of-blu-ray-live-lookup-ipod-connectivity-no-more-load-times-and-more/>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19180413/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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At least someone is (seemingly) listening to our Blu-ray gripes. <i>/Film</i> hit a Fox hosted press summit and heard exactly the things we've been waiting to hear: a future where "advanced" Blu-ray players can do what DVD players have done for years: automatically resume play where we left off on all players, dramatically reduced load times and a live demo of the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/07/29/wolverine-blu-ray-disc-includes-bd-live-access-to-imdb/">IMDB Live Lookup feature available on the <i>Wolverine </i>release.</a> The company has nabbed a researcher from Panasonic, Joe McCrossan, who is heading up the efforts to improve viewer's experience and tossing around long promised buzzwords like iPhone connectivity and <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/digitalcopy">Digital Copy</a> along with the previously mentioned features under development -- if he succeeds on making them reality we'll rename an Engadget editor Joe in his honor, and it might not even be the one already named Joe.<br />
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[Thanks, chevelleman]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/">Fox dreaming of a future where Blu-ray movies load faster, are judged by the content of their character(s)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:23:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/30/the-future-of-blu-ray-live-lookup-ipod-connectivity-no-more-load-times-and-more/>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19180413/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/fox-dreaming-of-a-future-where-blu-ray-movies-load-faster-are-j/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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