Hard to believe ANY of those newer Sony Blu-ray players are Cinavia free.
Even with the latest Firmware? Or only up to firmware xx.yy?
Factory firmware and newer. Any player listed above, newer than Feb 2012 with any firmware version.
And, by a surface look at the part numbers, they all appear to be newer than Feb 2012.
Does anyone know up to which firmware the sony BDP-S380, BDP-S480, BDP-S580, BDP-S680, BDP-S780 are cinavia-free?
I hope Sony and the BDA rot in hell...No, not unless the BDA (Blu-ray disc alliance) wants it so. And that's not likely to happen as Sony (main backer behind cinavia is part of the BDA). They'd have to revert the Blu-ray standard wherein cinavia detection has been adopted and made mandatory.
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I know that this thread had its start a couple of years ago, but there have been postings in the last couple of weeks that I can personally comment on.I'm trying to track down firmware M06.R.0579 for the BDP-S380, which I believe is the last firmware for this player that is cinavia free. I believe M07.R.0579 is the last cinavia free firmware for the BDP-S580.
http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/bd/download/bdt110/bdt110_euro.html
It's not 'absense' of the signal they detect. It's the PRESENCE of the signal and if encryption is present.
Signal present+encryption intact (retail disc): playback allowed
Signal present+encryption removed (backup disc): playback not allowed and sound gets muted