[Myrddin]

I suppose this means that it's good that I haven't blown money on a BluRay or HD-DVD player. Cracking the encryption system means the manufacturers will have to find a new approach. The existing players won't be able to play the disks created with a different encryption technique...at least not with the original firmware installed. It might be possible for a firmware upgrade to rescue some players...if that capability is provided. A $1,000 paper weight is no laughing matter.

[Bogey78O]

BD has a secondary encryption method called BD+ which all players support. It has not yet been placed on disc but will be out in the next couple of months. Once it’s released BD releases will spike.