Terminator Salvation Blu-ray: BD-LIVE is Talking

When they say Blu-ray is better than DVD, they're not just talking about more storage space or a better picture and sound. Sure Blu-ray comes out and now everybody can watch a movie like Terminator Salvation in high-definition. We're talking 1080p that can make the film look as good, if not better than what you'd see in a movie theater (especially the crappy ones in my neck of the woods). But that's not enough - studios like Warner Bros. have added BD-Live features that let you access special additions through the Internet. How cool is that?

But even that's not enough - now you can join others online at a special showing of Terminator Salvation and watch it with others who are also connected to the Internet through their Blu-ray player running Terminator Salvation and BD-Live.

The Live Community Screening (LCS) is where all of this goes down - and BD-Live is a requirement as is the BD disc of the movie that is getting the LCS treatment. In the case of Terminator Salvation, that's a LCS showing in December that will be joined by the movie's director, McG (Charlie's Angels 1 and 2 for those not in the know). Viewers will be watching the movie along with McG while asking him questions about the film - all at the same time. What that means and how the LCS is different this time than all the others that have occurred before - we'll get to in a minute. First, let's explain what you have to do in order to be able to become a part of the LCS.

You have to have the BD version of Terminator Salvation, duh, but also your Blu-ray player has to be BD-Live enabled (meaning that it has a wired or wireless connection for accessing your home network/broadband connection). You also have had to register with Warner Bros. BD-Live, but anybody who's been watching Warner BD's should know to have done this already.