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Originally Posted by HD Goofnut
Again, it's all about the added and/or different DRM and/or internet features they throw in on new titles. You don't any of that stuff with DVD or VHS.
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Sony and the other media companies are killing themselves with this nonsense and they are too stupid to even realize it. They've made enormous sums of money from DVDs without anyone having to do firmware updates in order to play current titles.
I have a network-connected PS3 and I can update firmware as often as I need to, but there are lots of people out there who will simply return these players as defective if discs won't play on them. They not only lose money on returns, it gives the format a reputation for compatibility problems. I don't get what these geniuses think they're accomplishing with these DRM schemes. Anyone who really wants to pirate Blu-ray discs can easily do so - just read some of the other threads (there was a Wall Street Journal story on this topic yesterday). If they price the product properly ($20 or less), people will buy them.