Posted by Joshua Zyber on 01/16/61 11:54

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:12ctc116206ld60@corp.supernews.com...
> I have a hacked Sony DVD player. I bought it from the (American)
> store that
> way, with a better warranty than if I had bought the same un-modified
> player from Sony itself. They had all the major brands - Panasonic,
> Phillips,
> Sony, etc.
>
> Oh yes, I know there are also high end brands, like Camelot. A friend
> of
> mine has one of their earlier models. It also was created to defeat
> region coding. After all, people really interested in movies aren't
> just
> going to be satisified with the what's available at the local Tower
> Records.
>
> I don't expect anything to be different with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. If
> anything, it's going to be the AV-philes who are going to DEMAND such
> mods
> - especially since they're the ones who have potentially been screwed
> by
> the industry and its ever-changing DRM requirements.

Currently neither HD DVD nor Blu-ray enforce region coding, so this is
really a moot point.

If region coding is eventually implemented, consumers "demanding" hacked
players won't mean much of anything. The new formats have much more
complex DRM and copy protection that will prevent discs from playing if
the machine is modified. I know someone will chime in with "Hackers will
hack anything. They always do", and maybe that will happen eventually,
but in this case it'll take a long time. (And no, I'm sorry, that
screenshot trick doesn't really constitute "cracking" HDCP.)

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