As to whether the BD+ was botched on purpose to prevent ripping or this is just a lucky circumstance that benefits (for now) Hollywood, nobody knows. Standalone players seem to not have problems with this. Basically either through stupidity or what I call the 'evil genius method' (which means it's not stupidity but done according to plan) some recent releases cannot be ripped or played on PCs because the BD+ code was botched. To put this in simple terms, at least 19 BluRay discs are available in various parts of the world that CANNOT be ripped OR played on PCs at this time.
I can't make a recommendation as I don't have one, but you need to be aware of something BEFORE you buy ANY BluRay drive for the PC.
