there are no ways to play modern dics?
No, there isn't, and yes, it does suck.
As I understand it, the problem is related to the encryption that's used on
blu-ray discs, which is fairly secure and difficult to break. From what I
read on this list, it seems that the core people are waiting for a single
universal solution to be presented, and from my understanding of how the
encryption works, assuming the designers didn't make any fundamental errors
in their work, a single unified defeat of this encryption system may never
be possible.
There have been suggestions that mplayer could implement a blu-ray playback
system that was dependent on the user supplying a key for the disc obtained
from another source. While this would be technically feasible, it seems
fraught with problems to me. I'm in the UK; the vast majority of published
keys are for US releases. With manufacturers playing a cat-and-mouse game
with pirates, it's entirely possible that different production runs of discs
have different keys, which could be impossible to tell from the packaging -
so you would buy a disc having no idea whether it's playable or not. The
supply of keys is dependent on constantly-evolving hacks of commercial
player software, and this supply, which is already restricted, may slow even
more or, eventually, dry up completely. I share people's caution about this
approach; it's half-arsed at best.
But yes, it does suck. I already own a very handsome 24" TFT, and I'd like
to be able to play current and future blu-ray on it without some suit
deciding I need to buy a new one which supports HDCP.
P
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