Can we watch Bluray Movies on PCs? - Blu-ray Forum

rgb · 05-23-2006, 11:27 PM

If I can't afford a PS3 or Bluray player, will we be able to watch them on our computers by the end of the year?

Thanks!

zombie · 05-23-2006, 11:34 PM

There will be some BD drives out this summer but if you're unable to afford a PS3 you'll be out of luck this way as well. IIRC the drives start at $900.

Health Nut · 06-01-2006, 03:40 AM

Yes but I remember when those guys took the HD-DVD drive out of the Toshiba HD-DVD player and istalled it onto a computer just so they could check it out and try to get it to work... The bios scans it like any computer device, and it reports to the bios normally like an IDE drive, but I don't think they could get it to play anything.

You would still need something to paly the movie, hardware or software based in your computer. Theatertek would have to be written accordingly, although you would think it could be easily modded since it already does MPEG-2... but there you go... encryption stuff. I don't think they have any way to allow for playing B-Ray movies on computers. It doesn't help that Microsoft isn't playing fair for both HD-DVD and Blu Ray. All Microsoft wants is chaos since they want downloading of movies and music as the future. They love the format war. Aparrently all it did was convince the studios to take aggressive means for taking control of downloading. They really do look at this as the last disc based format. Unfortunately, how do they expect us to download 25-50GB movies? They probably want to use overcompressed shit... just like they do now: DVD movie downloads for 1 GB. OVercompressed CRAP! I have no problem downloading in the far future with very leanient managed copies, however, the quality has to be at least the same (25-50 GB movies)

BluRay2344 · 07-03-2006, 05:00 AM

Nero has Bluray compatibility i think, the newer version does thats what i heard!

thunderhawk · 07-03-2006, 06:24 AM

Nero supports BD. BD-R that is.
For pre-recorded movies, you'll need a HDCP capable videocard and monitor. Now that's a rarity! Thanks Hollywood.

Psiweaver · 07-03-2006, 05:37 PM

videocards aren't too hard to find its the monitor. I really hope laptops start supporting this too.

05-23-2006, 11:27 PM	#1
rgb Member Member since:May 2006 Location:USA	Can we watch Bluray Movies on PCs? If I can't afford a PS3 or Bluray player, will we be able to watch them on our computers by the end of the year? Thanks!

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05-23-2006, 11:34 PM	#2
zombie Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2004 Trading Score:864	There will be some BD drives out this summer but if you're unable to afford a PS3 you'll be out of luck this way as well. IIRC the drives start at $900.

06-01-2006, 03:40 AM	#3
Health Nut Member Member since:May 2006	Yes but I remember when those guys took the HD-DVD drive out of the Toshiba HD-DVD player and istalled it onto a computer just so they could check it out and try to get it to work... The bios scans it like any computer device, and it reports to the bios normally like an IDE drive, but I don't think they could get it to play anything. You would still need something to paly the movie, hardware or software based in your computer. Theatertek would have to be written accordingly, although you would think it could be easily modded since it already does MPEG-2... but there you go... encryption stuff. I don't think they have any way to allow for playing B-Ray movies on computers. It doesn't help that Microsoft isn't playing fair for both HD-DVD and Blu Ray. All Microsoft wants is chaos since they want downloading of movies and music as the future. They love the format war. Aparrently all it did was convince the studios to take aggressive means for taking control of downloading. They really do look at this as the last disc based format. Unfortunately, how do they expect us to download 25-50GB movies? They probably want to use overcompressed shit... just like they do now: DVD movie downloads for 1 GB. OVercompressed CRAP! I have no problem downloading in the far future with very leanient managed copies, however, the quality has to be at least the same (25-50 GB movies)

07-03-2006, 05:00 AM	#4
BluRay2344 Expert Member Member since:Jul 2006 Location:West Hartford, CT 4K collection:80 Blu-ray collection:396 DVD collection:33 Blu-ray reviews:9	Nero has Bluray compatibility i think, the newer version does thats what i heard!

07-03-2006, 06:24 AM	#5
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	Nero supports BD. BD-R that is. For pre-recorded movies, you'll need a HDCP capable videocard and monitor. Now that's a rarity! Thanks Hollywood.

07-03-2006, 05:37 PM	#6
Psiweaver Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Los Angeles,CA	videocards aren't too hard to find its the monitor. I really hope laptops start supporting this too.

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