Until a firmware update either bricks the player or re-enabled region coding in the player.

You'll say, well don't update the f/w.

Well, what if a title comes out that requires a f/w update in order for you to actually watch it?

The best bet is to convince the studios that region coding is not needed.

I wanted to confirm that the hack is not affected by firmware upgrades so I contacted them by mail. A swift reply on a saturday  :

[i]Well all our mods is NOT effected by any upgrades, you could upgrade the player
without any problems whatsoever.[/i]

I also asked them if they were working on other models:

[i]we are waiting for the pansonic bd30 to be released here in europe, we already
have the A version on our work bench[/i]

Sounds promising! I am waiting for a profile 2.0 player to become available before I upgrade my BD-P1200 to a multiregion player.