Quote Originally Posted by nightflier
We're talking about updates. While downloading updates to a computer is pretty common, doing so to a component in the living room isn't. It's changing, but not that fast.
It is going fast enough, and people are getting used to it as well. If people are used to doing it on a computer, they will have no trouble with Blu-ray. People are more savvy than they used to be regarding electronics, and that can be best illustrated by I-phone sales and application downloads. Downloading a firmware upgrade is the same as installing a new piece of software on your computer.

Regarding BD-Live, I just don't know if that's a feature too many people really utilize. On this board, and maybe other tech-specific boards, yes, but my guess is that the general public will try it a few times for novelty's sake and then get bored with it. An Ethernet connection on the back of a player (that doesn't do NetFlix) is probably going to be used primarily for updates.
According to the studios, BD-Live usage has been increasing by leaps and bounds over the last six months or so. And since each BD-live presentation is uniquely different from the next, the boredom does not set in as easily as you think. Most players that are being released now and in the future will most likely be streaming players, and the ones that are not, nobody not even you knows how the ethernet connection will be used.

No I don't have any facts and figures to back that up (because I'm sure I'll get slammed for saying this), but I also think that BD-Live just doesn't have that much to offer yet. It could change, but for now, it's just not that big of a deal, no matter how much to advertisers try to tout it as one.
It is obvious to me that you have never used BD-live, so you are not qualified to know what it has to offer. BD-live content is different for each release, some releases have a lot of extra content, and some do not. Just because things are not a big deal to you, does not mean it not to somebody else. Channeling your opinion and transferring it to the general public is not very helpful, as you are not everyone. Usage of BD-live would not be increasing if it was not compelling to somebody.

Your opinions without actually using the product are like a blind person watching television with the sound off. Experience it first, then comment would be much more helpful.