* This product information is available only for the European model.
BD-Live (BD-ROM Profile 2) lets users connect the Blu-ray Disc™ Players to the Internet to download data such as images and subtitles, and to join in quizzes and multi-player interactive games that are linked to bonus movie content contained on Blu-ray discs. This fusion of movie content and the Internet will open the door to countless new possibilities. BD-Live also supports other interactive functions, such as Picture-in-Picture and Audio Mixing.
* Available features vary depending on the Blu-ray Disc.
The future is expected to bring a host of imaginative new features. For example, the DMP-BD50 will be able to connect directly to the Internet and download additional content from Websites to an SD Memory Card for new forms of enjoyment.
In the future, BD-Live will allow users to join in quizzes and challenge each other to interactive games based on bonus movie content. Blu-ray Disc media will offer many new ways to have fun even after you have finished watching the movie.
The BONUSVIEW (Final Standard Profile) – an advanced function added to BD-ROM Profile 1 Ver.1.1 - creates a range of exciting new entertainment possibilities. It opens the door to new functions such as Picture-in-Picture (which displays a second image in a sub-window) and Audio Mixing (which lets you switch the sound between the main and sub-windows). A function that will allow new kinds of bonus movie content is also a possibility.
*Actual functions vary depending on the Blu-ray Disc media.
With Picture-in-Picture, a small sub-window is displayed over the main image. There are four Picture-in-Picture modes, each offering distinct functions. They include Enhanced Commentary, Backstage Pass Function, Peek Behind The Animation and Audio Mixing.
Blu-ray Disc media goes a big step beyond the kind of audio commentary provided in many DVD movies, such as a director discussing the film. Enhanced Commentary makes it possible, for example, for the director or actors to appear in the sub-window (as if they are standing in front of the screen) and point to actors or equipment as they make their comments.
*Depending upon program contents.
The picture is from "SUNSHINE"
This lets you access additional information provided about people, places or things in a Blu-ray Disc movie. Just use the remote control to select an element highlighted on the screen, and a sub-window opens with the information. For example, there could be notes about the clothing or accessories an actor is wearing or the restaurant in which a scene is set.
*Depending upon program contents.
While playing back a movie with dubbed-in voices – for example, a feature-length animation – this feature lets you watch in a sub-window as the voice actors read their parts. You can see the voice actors' gestures and expressions as they speak, giving you an inside look at a whole facet of moviemaking you've never seen before.
The Audio Mixing function lets you choose which soundtrack to listen to: the one from the content playing in the main window, the one from the sub-window, or both at the same time.
The future is expected to bring a host of imaginative new features. For example, you may be able to purchase and download additional content from the website to an SD Memory Card, and play the Blu-ray Disc movie and the content on the SD Memory Card at the same time, for new entertainment possibilities.
Panasonic’s commitment to excellence and technology in entertainment inspired the establishment of Panasonic Hollywood Labs and the Blu-ray authoring center. Through the know-how and expertise accumulated at the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL), Panasonic has led the industry in developing the standards for Blu-ray disc.
Celebrating 15 years in Hollywood, Panasonic had partnered with entertainment companies and industry professionals to deliver the finest and most innovative products for home entertainment. Panasonic has worked to meet the lofty demands of industry professionals by conducting onsite research and developing cutting edge digital technologies, such as encoding, authoring and compression, to support the creative needs of the industry.
Panasonic handles almost all aspects of media production in close proximity to the movie studios located in Hollywood. As part of Panasonic’s Blu-ray standardization efforts, PHL has played an essential role in developing high-definition data compression technologies jointly with studio engineers while actively meeting the needs of filmmakers. Studios who will settle for absolutely nothing short of perfection come to PHL for their Blu-ray title development.
