What can I do with Java for Blu Ray or BD-J?

Question

I have a Blu Ray player which can connect to the internet to play media from netflix and youtube. I am intrigued by the possibilities of BD-J and wondering just how far the technology can be taken. For instance:

1. Could I write a twitter, facebook, rss reader, or email client?

2. Can I write a game which would allows people to play each other over the web from their own tv?

3. Could I write a DVR app which stored tv shows on the thumbdrive plugged into the player.

4. Can I run my applications from a thumbdrive or do I need to put them on a Blu Ray disk?

Does anyone have real experience with BD-J? How do you like it as a development platform? How would you recommend getting started? Can I develop in BD-J using open source tools like Eclipse, Maven, etc...

Answer 1

The following links might prove useful

http://forums.java.net/jive/message.jspa?messageID=259733
http://myossdevblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/blu-ray-bd-j-bd-live-etc.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1578510/bluray-burner-in-java-where-to-start