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Don Blish · 05-25-2007, 08:23 PM

I've had the BWU-100a since August. It came with PowerDVD for BD 6.0. It has had one update for HDCP issues which I declined since my editing machine has a tri-head Matrox Parhelia card that will never pass HDCP. Other than that, a month back it updated itself when one of the AACS keys was compromised. I also have version 7.0 on a brand new Dell M1710 notebook.

As far as I can tell from other Cyberlink forum users, the only difference with the purchased version is that it supports HD-DVD too, but isn't happy having both drives at once.

My problem with either setup is why I will always prefer a real player (Sony BDP-S1 in my case) over an HTPC: Cyberlink does not put a rock steady image on either screen, even on HD stills. There is a "heartbeat" of about 1 Hz where artifacts appear and disappear. The same disc on my player and large LCD display is rock steady and crisp.

05-25-2007, 08:23 PM	#2
Don Blish Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Los Angeles	I've had the BWU-100a since August. It came with PowerDVD for BD 6.0. It has had one update for HDCP issues which I declined since my editing machine has a tri-head Matrox Parhelia card that will never pass HDCP. Other than that, a month back it updated itself when one of the AACS keys was compromised. I also have version 7.0 on a brand new Dell M1710 notebook. As far as I can tell from other Cyberlink forum users, the only difference with the purchased version is that it supports HD-DVD too, but isn't happy having both drives at once. My problem with either setup is why I will always prefer a real player (Sony BDP-S1 in my case) over an HTPC: Cyberlink does not put a rock steady image on either screen, even on HD stills. There is a "heartbeat" of about 1 Hz where artifacts appear and disappear. The same disc on my player and large LCD display is rock steady and crisp.