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Written by Michael Lankton
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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EngadgetHD is the first to report something we all suspected. Blu Ray players are not ready for BD+ DRM.
Fox has released it's first two Blu Ray titles after a long hiatus from releasing anything for the platform. Fox's The Day After Tomorrow and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer both use Blu Ray's proprietary BD+ DRM. According to the article, players will likely be unable to play the titles without a firmware update. The Samsung BD-P1000 was reported as being able to play the new discs after a long delay, but the newer Samsung BD-P1200 was unable to play the discs at all, giving a firmware update necessary screen on both discs. There is at this time no firmware available for the BD-P1200 to remedy this situation. It is unknown at this time how players from other manufacturers will fare with these titles. Both Disney and Fox claim BD+ as one of the pillars of their preference of Blu Ray over competing HD DVD. I doubt the Blu Ray consumer would agree at this point.
I imagine this is just the first of many reports on how Blu Ray's unfinished specification is negatively affecting Blu Ray player owners as BD+ and BD-J begin to be implemented in disc releases.
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