[TheForge] Re: OT - DVD Players and New DVDs

[Mike Spencer]

I came across this bit on Slash/Dot just fater I had deleted Jerry.s
original post: 

    An anonymous reader writes "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
    catastrophic 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 ..
    [snip]

If you're having trouble with new DVDs (and you can hack the the prose
style at /.), there's more at:

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

FWIW,
- Mike

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