In this post, we'll make a detailed guide on what is BD Live, and introduce certain Blu-ray players that support BD Live. Let's get started!

Part 1: What is BD Live

According to the official introduction, BD Live is the interactive feature on some Blu-ray discs that provides a way to read the behind-the-scenes video contents from movie studios. It allows people to display the secondary video within the primary video, which is known as PIP function. More than that, you can connect Blu-ray player to your WiFi network so as to download exclusive digital contents such as music, image, quizzes, game and bonus video files.

All the Blu-ray discs and Blu-ray players that were published before 2008 adopted the BD Profile 1.0 standard, which sets out the minimum requirements for a Blu-ray player. You might not able to invoke the BD Live function while playing the new Blu-ray disc on a Profile 1.0 player. When it comes to BD Profile 2.0, it added new features including BD Live function, internet connection. That is to say, a Profile 2.0 player can be connected to the internet for firmware upgrades and for downloading interactive content.

There is a BD-Live logo on the back cover of the Blu-ray movie, check it out if you’re not sure about it.

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Part 2: How to enable BD Live

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to enable BD Live:

Step 1: Connect the external memory with 1GB or more free space to the Blu-ray player device.
Step 2: Connect your device to internet.
Step 3: Insert a disc with BD-Live feature.
Step 4: Select the BD-Live from the disc menu.

Notes: the specific method may vary with the Blu-ray disc or the different device, please refer to the official indication if the steps above not working.

Part 3: Disc players that support BD Live

  • 1. Panasonic DMP-BD93
  • 2. Panasonic DMP-BD79
  • 3. Panasonic DP-UB420
  • 4. Sony BDP-S6700
  • 5. Sony BDPBX370
  • 6. LG BP175

1. Panasonic DMP-BD93

Panasonic DMP-BD93 offers high-quality playback of Xvid, MKV and MP4 formats. Besides, it’s capable of streaming audio files over a wireless home network, delivering superb sound quality. With this model, you can enable BD Live option as you like.

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2. Panasonic DMP-BD79

You can experience great movie quality with this ultra-fast booting DMP-BD79 as it takes a shorter time to launch the menu compared with conventional models. Panasonic DMP-BD79 also allows for smart home networking (DLNA) and provides access to video on demand, so that home entertainment is more intuitive, more comfortable, and lots more fun.

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3. Panasonic DP-UB420

Featuring an HCX Processor, Panasonic DP-UB420 displays incredible picture quality with exclusive imaging technologies. At the same time, this model supports multiple HDR formats, such as HDR10.

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4. Sony BDP-S6700

Sony BDP-S6700 provides a practical way to connect wirelessly to Sony headphones, soundbars, speakers, etc. via the wireless streaming function. More than that, it brings the image quality near to 4K level for a stunning viewing experience.

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5. Sony BDPBX370

You can watch Blu-ray movie in Full HD with Sony BDPBX370 while enjoying fast, stable WiFi even when streaming in HD. It’s easily to set up with included HDMI cable, to stream wirelessly from online entertainment providers.

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6. LG BP175

It delivers Full HD 1080p image quality together with stunning hi-definition sound. LG BP175 also down compatible with DVDs so you can enjoy your favorite DVD collection at ease. There is access to wanting the content on Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, etc. with the streaming function of LG BP175.

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Part 4: Best BD player software to watch BD content

In this final part, I’ll introduce a piece of BD Player software with various advanced features while a cost-effective program. Leawo Blu-ray Player can easily help you to play the Blu-ray/DVD/ISO with encryption. Powered by advanced decryption technology, Leawo Free Blu-ray Player can be able to play encrypted or commercial discs with ease and accuracy, which perfectly solve the problem on how to make Blu-ray region free.

Furthermore, Leawo Blu-ray Player contains all media playback solutions you need for your leisure entertainment, including WMA, Blu-ray, DVD, CD, HD (4K), MPEG, MKV and so on. Leawo Blu-ray Player is capable of providing you with extraordinary movie playback and cinema-like experience due to its advanced image and audio processing technology.

Within Leawo Blu-ray Player, you could obtain the personalized settings according to your preference and all the settings could be done automatically. What you need to do is to load the Blu-ray disc to your computer’s drive which is compatible with Blu-ray, then the movie icon will appear on the main panel of the player. Just click it or sometimes the Blu-ray content will be automatically played. If you have further requirements about the videos settings, you can locate your mouse on the top left corner of the screen to set the related parameter.

  • Leawo Blu-ray Player
  • Leawo Blu-ray Player

    Region-free Blu-ray player software to play Blu-ray disc and DVD disc for free, regardless of disc protection and region restriction.
    Play 4K FLV videos, 4K MKV videos, 4K MP4 videos, etc. without quality loss.
    Support the conversion from Blu-ray/DVD discs to MKV in the premium version.
    Deliver super high-quality stereo audio experience with the support of various advanced audio decoding technologies like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD (including 5.1, 7.1 channels), etc.

A detailed guide on how to use Leawo Free Blu-ray Player

  • Blu-ray-player

    Step 1: Load the source media file to the media player. Before browsing and loading the source movie files, make sure you have installed this lightweight media player on your PC. Then click Open File from the home interface to load the source media files to the player.

  • playback-setting

    Step 2: Set the playback options. There will be a bunch of custom features for you to use, including subtitles, audio output, snapshot, DVD Blu-ray and so on. Click the settings button to enter the window for these features.

  • play-the-movie

    Step 3: Enjoy the video/movie playback. Click the start button to play the movie. You will be able to watch the most cinema-like movie streaming at home theater.

A video guide on how to use Leawo Free Blu-ray Player: