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Patrickssj6
November 24th, 2011, 04:31 PM
So if you want to play a BluRay movie on your PC, you need to acquire somehow the AACS keys (which most softwares, regardless of AnyDVD or WinDVD, do automatically). Is this also necessary for BluRay players?

Missing the days where you put a piece of tape on a VHS to remove the write protection.
Amit
November 24th, 2011, 04:46 PM
What's the problem if the program acquires the key automatically?
Kornman00
November 25th, 2011, 01:25 AM
I guess it's a problem if he doesn't have an internet connection active
Patrickssj6
November 25th, 2011, 03:30 AM
...or if the key is not out yet/updated by the company responsible. Yes, happened to me yesterday.

So, what happens if you own a BluRay player? Do you have to manually update the keys as well or those drives "signed" somehow?
Cortexian
November 25th, 2011, 04:17 AM
They must be signed, not everyone hooks their bluray player up and updates it all the time. At least I don't think they do.
BobtheGreatII
November 26th, 2011, 12:52 PM
Sometimes I've run in to my Sony bluray player throwing a fit if I don't update it.
dark navi
November 26th, 2011, 03:38 PM
Stopped updating my Blu-ray/HD-DVD drive when they killed the ability to play HD-DVDs via firmware. Assholes.
Cortexian
November 27th, 2011, 08:57 PM
Stopped updating my Blu-ray/HD-DVD drive when they killed the ability to play HD-DVDs via firmware. Assholes.
Blame the HD-DVD people, it's their legal lock-outs preventing Blu-ray players from playing HD-DVD's.
Kornman00
November 28th, 2011, 05:56 AM
I blame Canada
Patrickssj6
November 28th, 2011, 06:12 AM
They must be signed, not everyone hooks their bluray player up and updates it all the time. At least I don't think they do.
Well there are master keys afaik...bleh. Duno.