You are an idiot. Blu-ray and HD-DVD DRM has not changed at all since the very beginning. What the hell are you talking about? As far as compatibility is concerned, even the very earliest players will play every movie, they just may miss out on those stupid extra features like picture-in-picture and online content. AFAIK Profile 2.0 just mandates network access, so if you pick(ed) up a profile 1.1 player with ethernet or WiFi, you should be good to go. The BD+ drm isn't even being used, and like all DRM it will always be circumvented and thus a non-issue for those who wish to pirate content or eventually rip it to a network player. It really shouldn't be an issue. In other words, Get over it!
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You are an idiot. Blu-ray and HD-DVD DRM has not changed at all since the very beginning. What the hell are you talking about? As far as compatibility is concerned, even the very earliest players will play every movie, they just may miss out on those stupid extra features like picture-in-picture and online content. AFAIK Profile 2.0 just mandates network access, so if you pick(ed) up a profile 1.1 player with ethernet or WiFi, you should be good to go.
The BD+ drm isn't even being used, and like all DRM it will always be circumvented and thus a non-issue for those who wish to pirate content or eventually rip it to a network player. It really shouldn't be an issue.
In other words, Get over it!