BD+ copy protection makes “Fantastic Four” unplayable on certain Blu-ray players
- October 4th, 2007
- 3 Comments
The new BD+ copy protection found on “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” and “The Day After Tomorrow” seems to be screwing up playback on a couple Blu-ray players, including those made by Samsung and LG. Users are reporting that the Samsung BDP-1200 and LG BH100 straight up refuse to play the discs and that the Samsung BDP-1000 is having a hard time playing the discs. Other players don’t exhibit the same problems, but there’s also reports of abnormally long load times and other lesser issues.
Thankfully, both Samsung and LG are aware of the problems and will deliver firmware updates for the affected players, LG’s in three to four days and Samsng’s in a “couple” of weeks.
Love that copy protection…
Playback Problems Reported on ‘Silver Surfer,’ ‘Day After Tomorrow’ Blu-ray Discs [High-Def Digest via Slashdot]
Jordan (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Well its October 20th and I still cant find that firmware update from LG. A 900 dollar player, this is outrageous….
Dwight (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Well just spoke to LG Canada and the customer service person did not even know of issue. He took info and filed complaint and said it would be a couple weeks till he got response from Korea. Sigh, I agree with Jordon pay a ton for a player and than it does not work with certain movies….
dangbangit (Who am I?)
10 months ago
Yet another reason why we should not buy into this format. Thanks to the DMCA, they have free license to design non functioning products.