BD-Live is kind of like the picture-in-picture functionality on my TV: it's a neat feature, but I've never once used it...and I doubt I'm the only one. That might change for anyone who's planning on picking up the Avatar Extended Collector's Edition that comes out November 16th. In addition to the slew of bonus features on the actual discs (you can check out the rundown here), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will also be loading the set up with tons of videos you can access via BD-Live.

Here's how the press release says it will work:

With access to a BD-Live player with a network connection, once you insert your disc into the player a LIVE EXTRAS option will appear in the main menu. By selecting this, new content will quickly download, allowing you to access preview video clips from the forthcoming Avatar: Collector's Edition Blu-ray.

Below I’ve listed the videos that will be made available from a new CE Extended Edition, which will launch in the lead up the release on 16th November and which you can chose to either download to your player in high quality, or stream them for faster access.

• 1) Bar Fight: Excerpt from the Collector’s Extended Cut
• 2) Users Guide for AVATAR deleted scenes
• 3) Kauai: Excerpt from documentary
• 4) Grandma's Teylu: Never Before Seen Deleted Scene
• 5) 2006 Art Reel Excerpt
• 6) Driving Range: Never Before Seen Deleted Scene
• 7) Acting in the Volume: Excerpt from documentary
• 8) Drums of War (full version): Never Before Seen Deleted Scene
• 9) Scene Deconstruction: Demonstration
• 10) “What did happen”: Excerpt from the Collector's Extended Cut

b) the following pieces of content are going on the Portal for the Avatar ECE November disc:

• 1) Crew Short: The Night Before Avatar
• 2) Raw Footage Production Elements (runtime estimated 51:55)
  • - Screen Test -- Sam Worthington & Zoe Saldana (Raw Footage) (10:44)
  • - Screen Test -- Stephen Lang (Raw Footage) (4:30)
  • - Screen Test -- Giovanni Ribisi (Raw Footage) (3:10)
  • - Screen Test -- Joel David Moore (Raw Footage) (4:10)
  • - Screen Test -- CCH Pounder (Raw Footage) (4:47)
  • - Screen Test -- Laz Alonso (Raw Footage) (6:49)
  • - Speaking Na’vi (Rehearsal/Raw Footage) (6:39)
  • - Weta Workshop: Walk & Talk Presentation (Raw Footage) (11:06)