who cares as the ppl don't, both blu-ray and hd-dvd suck dvd is the format of choice. aacs DRM has been destroyed but blu-ray still has the anti consumer DRM that allows studios to run any code they deem necessary to combat piracy in third lv countermeasures.

and with technology like this: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11362.cfm who is going to bother to supposedly "upgrade" to hardware that is crippled with DRM.

BD+ is good for consumers!

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/04/1836249&from=rss

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"The first two Blu-ray releases to hit the market encrypted with BD+ (an extra layer of protection designed to stave off hackers) are wreaking havoc on innocent consumers. As High-Def Digest reports, this week's Blu-ray releases of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' won't play back at all on at least two Blu-ray players, while load times on other players (including the PS3) are delayed by up to two minutes. 'The most severe problems have been reported on Samsung's BDP-1200 and LG's BH100, which are both said to be incapable of playing back the discs at all. Less catastophic issues (error messages and playback stutter) have been reported for Samsung's BDP-1000. The discs appear to play back fine on all other Blu-ray players ... Calls placed to both Samsung and LG customer support revealed that both manufacturers are aware of the issue, and that both are working on firmware updates to correct it. Samsung promised a firmware update within 'a couple' weeks, while LG said an update is expected in 3-4 days.'"

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who cares as the ppl don't, both blu-ray and hd-dvd suck dvd is the format of choice. aacs DRM has been destroyed but blu-ray still has the anti consumer DRM that allows studios to run any code they deem necessary to combat piracy in third lv countermeasures.

and with technology like this: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11362.cfm who is going to bother to supposedly "upgrade" to hardware that is crippled with DRM.

BD+ is good for consumers!

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/04/1836249&from=rss

Originally posted by link:

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"The first two Blu-ray releases to hit the market encrypted with BD+ (an extra layer of protection designed to stave off hackers) are wreaking havoc on innocent consumers. As High-Def Digest reports, this week's Blu-ray releases of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' won't play back at all on at least two Blu-ray players, while load times on other players (including the PS3) are delayed by up to two minutes. 'The most severe problems have been reported on Samsung's BDP-1200 and LG's BH100, which are both said to be incapable of playing back the discs at all. Less catastophic issues (error messages and playback stutter) have been reported for Samsung's BDP-1000. The discs appear to play back fine on all other Blu-ray players ... Calls placed to both Samsung and LG customer support revealed that both manufacturers are aware of the issue, and that both are working on firmware updates to correct it. Samsung promised a firmware update within 'a couple' weeks, while LG said an update is expected in 3-4 days.'"

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How many average joes give a toss about or know anything about DRM. most people buy dvds to watch not rip, so why should it matter when the majority couldnt care less.

They average consumer may not care, but if the above mention problems persist, you can be certain the will not be happy.

Because of BD+, I will now support HD-DVD. Thank Sony for another dead format.

This nothing new. this will all take its time.