Speaking to CNET, Vincent Bautista, a Sony product manager for data storage said that due to copy protection issues and lagging software development, the first Blu-ray drives will only play user recorded content from a digital camcorder, and would not play commerical movies released under the Blu-ray format.
Bautista says that one of two reasons for this is [...]
"First Blu-ray Drives Won?t Play Blu-ray Movies" - 14.08.06