Blu-ray's BD+ Copy Protection Experiencing Problems in Some Players
In a story from DVD Town, it looks like the following Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc releases are having trouble: The Day After Tomorrow and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. These discs contain the BD+ layer.
Basically, "BD+ is an extra layer of copy protection. With it, Sony should be able to change the keys used to unlock it. In short, this means that if a BD+ disc is hacked and copied, Sony can change the keys that secure future discs from being copied."
It seems that "some Samsung players may be unable to play the discs, but a firmware upgrade should be available or in works. However, other people say they will not play on the latest firmware from the company. Panasonic players will play the discs but load times are high. Again, Playstation 3 seems to be the safest bet when it come to Blu-ray. It seems to play BD+ without problems."
Sources: DVD Town
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Superdynamite
Playstation 3 has no problems playing BD+ Layer discs.
A Firmware update is now available for the Samsung BD-P1200 via Ethernet connection.
Also, I timed the load time for this movie on both units and here the results:
The load time for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer on the BD-P1200 came in at a dismal 1 minute 45 seconds.
The load time for F4:Rise on the PS3 was under 10 seconds.
If you're looking to buy a Blue-Ray player, I strongly suggest the Playstation 3 by a wide margin. In order to compete with the other systems on the market, Sony will be selling the Playstation 3 with a copy of Spider-Man 3 for $399. At $399 it is a complete steal.
5 years agoby @superdynamiteFlag