Controlling the HD-DVD with Wizardry

Trying to choose which format to choose in the HD Wars? Well HD-DVD has a new feature that is being released on the latest Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVD. In this new release you can control the HD-DVD player of your friends and have a screening party in multiple locations. Here is the quote directly from www.lookandsoundperfect.com

Gather your own army of fellow wizards for a live community screening party. Invite other owners of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVD to simultaneously watch from their own internet-accessed players and text with your remote, PC or cell phone. When you host an invitation-only viewing, you control the film by pausing and playing the feature on everyone’s machine. You can chat live with your friends as you watch.

While many people will try to understand why you would want to text on your phone to your BFF while the movie is playing instead of just going over to their house I have a different take on this. How useful will this be for creative houses that want to show and review the latest edit but the customer is in a different city? This technology could be quite useful edit and post houses who struggle to control the experience and the review process of their customers when they are outside of the walls of their suite.