With the exception of the PS3 (which may turn out to be the ONLY viable Blu-ray option in the long run), every player has had compatibility options with some disk, and usually with some line of discs, due largely to BD+, and in some cases to BD-Java. Since each manufacturer is left to implement a spec on their individual micro-controller, variations exist. Studios that push the envelope on BD+ runtime or BDJ should do more than just test against the PS3.
And the Blu-Ray folks really ought to be enforcing interoperability. Their current hand's-off attitude will eventually leave Sony the only player in blu-ray. But maybe that's been the idea all along.
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kcmurphy88 @ May 16th 2008 12:09PM
With the exception of the PS3 (which may turn out to be the ONLY viable Blu-ray option in the long run), every player has had compatibility options with some disk, and usually with some line of discs, due largely to BD+, and in some cases to BD-Java. Since each manufacturer is left to implement a spec on their individual micro-controller, variations exist. Studios that push the envelope on BD+ runtime or BDJ should do more than just test against the PS3.
And the Blu-Ray folks really ought to be enforcing interoperability. Their current hand's-off attitude will eventually leave Sony the only player in blu-ray. But maybe that's been the idea all along.