Blu-Ray Players To Punish Owners .

As the battle between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD heats up, new news starts to surface about some of the new devices. It looks like the first blow will be directed at us, the end-user. I have to admit that over the years I have tinkered with the region setting on my player to view some overseas movies. This could be done by entering codes or other various methods. I never had a problem with this, but eventually broke down to purchase a region free player. Now, with the new Internet-connected and secure Blu-Ray players, the player itself could report that it has been modified and it can be shut down remotely. It is unknown if this will be a permanent shutdown or what you will have to go through to get them back up and running. I would think it would be a easy solution to just not connect the player to the internet, thus the machine has no way to report a change. But I am sure they are going to make this a requirement on most of the high-end players. It will be interesting to see what the future brings as the battle continues. Who will be the winner, and who will become the next beta-max.