Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware

datemenatalie writes "As reported on Engadget, consumers should expect punishment for tinkering with their Blu-ray players, as many have done with current DVD players, for instance to remove regional coding. The new, Internet-connected and secure players will report any "hack" and the device can be disabled remotely. As the article asks, "Are they talking about PVP-OPM techniques and rejected HDMI keys, or something else far more sinister? Because apparently "A hacked player is any player that is doing something it's not supposed to do," which open to a pretty fair amount of interpretation--most of which egregious.""

Comments

Re:Hi-Def XviD

[MustardMan]

maybe your eye just isn't as picky as mine.

Re:Huh?

[Lord_Dweomer]

"Can someone explain why I would have hooked my Blu-Ray player up to the Internet in the first place?"

Because they won't let you use it unless it is. Welcome to the new age where you can't watch content you've paid for unless they say you can.

Re:It's worse than Russia!

[patio11]

Not to ruin a perfectly good gag, but in the Soviet Union, the State owned the DVD player. Or would have, if the Soviet Union had ever put any money into basic consumer electronics ("Bah, opiates of the masses"). Central planning wasn't really a consumer-friendly move in any case -- they had an entire year without a toothbrush because the bureacrats forgot to put it on the production schedule.