What are some good technology devices that should have caught on, but didn't?

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walsufnir said:

crissindahouse said:
blu-ray players, there are still so many people without one but they all bought a huge plasma or lcd tv years ago

because it is crap. yes, picture quality is good but there are so many things i dislke...

1. rip-off. blu-rays are so expensive sometimes, it's ridiculous. especially for the ones that don't look much better than their dvd-versions.

2. load-times. it's unbelievable how long it takes to start a bluray on my samsung bdp.

3. unskippable ads. HATE! i want to watch the damn movie! argh!

4. "extras" wow, they put a trailer from the movie also on the disc. i mean: wtf? never used extras on dvd and don't on bluray

5. different languages: the publishers dare to release discs in europe that don't come with every language! W T F! there is plenty of size but to make even more money they release discs with 3 or 4 languages, mostly especially without german so we have to wait for our version which can sometimes be way more expensive as the version released in france, for example.

6. "bd-live" this was the most entertaining thing ever i had with bluray: i wanted to watch a movie with friends (i think it was something bourne) and my friends said "c'mon, do this bd-live stuff. we are curious what they offer!" ok, started the thing and it took ages  since something from warner bros. was loaded. well, it wasn't really ready but showed some sort of a wallpaper. a few minutes after that my bdp prompted me to put in my credentials (!) to log in to warner to see what bd-live stuff they offer me. W T F! of course i didn't have credentials and of course i didn't make an account. wanted to go back but it was faster to just reboot my player.

now i use my bdp as playback-device for 1080p mkvs. i really wanted to join the bd-party but for consumers this is the worst experience i can think of!

Yes, yes, oh, so much yes, yes, if you say so, and yes.  I acutally saved up to make sure I got a player that could have BD-Live.  I went on a few times, you are right, takes forever to load, then dodn't really give you anything.  Just an add, or a gossip page, such a disapointment.

But the worste part is those ads.  I've already bought the disk, why am I forced to spend so much time with Ads! Drives me to only get a BD if it's super cheap and something I just have to had - which is almost nothing.  I'd rather just stream it - fast play and no ads!