The word "obsolete" may seem harsh, but it -- among other things -- is defined as "being replaced with something new or better." In this sense, current Blu-ray players are indeed going to be obsolete on October 31 inasmuch as BD profile 1.1 is concerned. They will not play some or all of the extras that are written for BD profile 1.1, and they cannot be upgraded via firmware to support version 1.1 unfortunately. The movies themselves will play (which is a good thing), but I think a lot of buyers will be sorely disappointed once they learn that the new Blu-ray player they bought recently can't play these cool new Picture-In-Picture extras on future Blu-ray titles. Not to mention the web extras once profile 2.0 comes to fruition.
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The word "obsolete" may seem harsh, but it -- among other things -- is defined as "being replaced with something new or better." In this sense, current Blu-ray players are indeed going to be obsolete on October 31 inasmuch as BD profile 1.1 is concerned. They will not play some or all of the extras that are written for BD profile 1.1, and they cannot be upgraded via firmware to support version 1.1 unfortunately. The movies themselves will play (which is a good thing), but I think a lot of buyers will be sorely disappointed once they learn that the new Blu-ray player they bought recently can't play these cool new Picture-In-Picture extras on future Blu-ray titles. Not to mention the web extras once profile 2.0 comes to fruition.
http://blog.homecinemachoice.com/page/homecinemachoice?entry=blu_ray_players_to_be
http://www.dvdtown.com/news/dont-get-the-blues---say-no-to-blu-ray/4407