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Originally Posted by HDTV1080P
Sadly, your post came true. The playback of both 4K Blu-ray discs and Blu-ray 3D discs is now officially dead to the over 1.4 billion Windows 10 and Windows 11 owners. Cyberlink was the only Windows software that supported 4K Blu-ray discs and as of November 2023 the company basically is telling everyone that they no longer support 4K Blu-ray playback on a Windows PC. The main problem is that no one is making new computers with the SGX security technology built into the CPU and motherboard BIOS. SGX is the only approved hardware based security technogy that is approved by the BDA.
Most likely everyone making 4K BD-ROM computer drives will now cease production, since no need to make a 4K BD-ROM drive if there is no longer any official software to playback the media. Cyberlink is recommending consumer go buy a standalone 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. But who knows for some companies 2023 might be the last year that standalone 4K Blu-ray players remain in production including possible 2K Blu-ray players. This is another negative blow to the 4K Blu-ray format with no computer operating system supporting the disc format. But at least for the standard 2K Blu-ray format over 1.4 billion Windows PC’s are supported, including the old Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system.
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“This is a tough decision, but we have decided to cease the UHD BD playback features and the corresponding online authentication in the latest version of PowerDVD 22 and PowerDVD 365 after October, 2023. As a result, UHD BDs will become unplayable in PowerDVD.”
https://www.cyberlink.com/support-ce...ntent?id=28347 |
What is most sad, is that by and large most people simply don't care. It certainly was a convenient option that was taken away.
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Originally Posted by BijouMan
Would it still work in PowerDVD 21 and earlier on the machines that had SGX? Pioneer still includes PowerDVD 14 with its drives.
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In order to legally playback a 4K UHD disc on PC, the requirements list now is almost insurmountable:
* Need to be a 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th generation Intel CPU *with* onboard GPU (not all Intel models, such as those that end with KF, have this)
* Motherboard needs to have an onboard video output, and you have to use this output when playing back discs (instead of your graphics card, for instance)
* Motherboard needs to support SGX and have a BIOS version where it is able to be enabled (not all do, even in above gens)
* Need to use a version of Windows that is old, out-of-date, and vulnerable to security exploits, that supports SGX and automatic updates disabled
* Need to use a monitor that supports exactly 3840x2160 resolution
* Both monitor input and motherboard video output need to support HDCP 2.2
* Need to use old version of PowerDVD that supports 4K UHD discs
* Need a BDROM drive that supports 4K UHD discs
As you can see, you might as well just forget about it because the laundry list is so long its not even worth it.