Most important element for a Blu-ray system? - Blu-ray Forum

Andrew Howe · 03-31-2008, 08:05 PM

Well...what do you think?
Just curious to see what people think

p.s. incase you hadn't realized, that's CPU and graphics card power, as opposed to actually having a CPU or a graphics card

brett_day · 03-31-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Howe

Well...what do you think?
Just curious to see what people think

a blu ray drive! lol

BruceWayne · 03-31-2008, 08:08 PM

Out of those, the most important and first step would be the drive itself

nycomet · 03-31-2008, 08:22 PM

Electricity.

syncguy · 04-01-2008, 03:39 PM

Of course the drive is important. Otherwise it will not work. However, to obtain a good quality picture, a good quality graphics card will be very important provided the drive could read without dropping bits. I expect all drives would be able to do this if they comply with the specs.

un4gvn94538 · 04-01-2008, 03:43 PM

from what ive been reading on these forums, all of them. people have had issues. i have not except for yuma and that was taken care of with an update.

JESSE-INTERACTIVE · 04-03-2008, 07:39 AM

Actually...ALL OF THE ABOVE. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS to run Blu-Ray on your PC...you should make sure you have all those components (upgrades) powerful enough to make it a good experience. A good monitor too!!!

Blaumann · 04-03-2008, 11:26 AM

i would say the cpu. in my experience it is essential to have a cpu that is strong enough to render Blu-ray in software, making one independent of a working hardware acceleration and the buggy playback software we are being faced with.

(meaning there have been many cases of the hardware accel. not working properly or being broken after updates, so you are f'd without a strong enough cpu.

Also even with working hardware accel. you will not have to depend on software like PowerDVD, that just doesn't work for some discs. In that case you might want to "circumvent" PowerDVD for playback, but might lose the option for hardware accel. with the alternative sw player.)

RAM is unimportant, i have 1GB and never had any trouble caused by that.

Graphics Card, well that is rather philosophical. I have a low end nVidia card and my pq is equal to my standalone player. Others like to have the hardware accel. features or swear other brands have better pq. I haven't tested that.

Blu-Ray Drive, apart from the fact that you need one (duh!) some people might want to keep in mind, that the reading speed could be important for other purposes than playback (cryptic enough?

)

katharsis · 04-03-2008, 11:28 AM

Besides the obvious BD drive, I would say its more a combination of things.
Having a dual or quad core CPU and only 512MB ram is not going to cut it...

DragonSarc · 04-03-2008, 11:40 AM

cpu just like the PS3 which process the blu software better and faster than any blu player out there

Blu Haze · 04-04-2008, 12:41 AM

A screen would be good to output too.

sj001 · 04-04-2008, 02:04 AM

The drive itself, and a hell of a nice screen and set of speakers to output to. Can't forget the receiver either.

View Poll Results: Most important element(s)
CPU	8	33.33%
Graphics Card	10	41.67%
Blu-Ray Drive	16	66.67%
RAM	3	12.50%
Other (Specify?)	3	12.50%
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03-31-2008, 08:05 PM	#1
Andrew Howe Junior Member Member since:Mar 2008	Most important element for a Blu-ray system? Well...what do you think? Just curious to see what people think p.s. incase you hadn't realized, that's CPU and graphics card power, as opposed to actually having a CPU or a graphics card Last edited by Andrew Howe; 03-31-2008 at 08:11 PM.

04-01-2008, 03:43 PM	#6
un4gvn94538 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Limbo (Bakersfield, Ca.) 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:811 DVD collection:54 Digital collection:1494 Trading Score:277	from what ive been reading on these forums, all of them. people have had issues. i have not except for yuma and that was taken care of with an update. Last edited by un4gvn94538; 04-01-2008 at 03:46 PM.

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04-01-2008, 03:39 PM	#5
syncguy Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008	Of course the drive is important. Otherwise it will not work. However, to obtain a good quality picture, a good quality graphics card will be very important provided the drive could read without dropping bits. I expect all drives would be able to do this if they comply with the specs.

04-03-2008, 07:39 AM	#7
JESSE-INTERACTIVE Active Member Member since:Mar 2008	Actually...ALL OF THE ABOVE. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS to run Blu-Ray on your PC...you should make sure you have all those components (upgrades) powerful enough to make it a good experience. A good monitor too!!!

04-03-2008, 11:26 AM	#8
Blaumann Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:verge of breakdown	i would say the cpu. in my experience it is essential to have a cpu that is strong enough to render Blu-ray in software, making one independent of a working hardware acceleration and the buggy playback software we are being faced with. (meaning there have been many cases of the hardware accel. not working properly or being broken after updates, so you are f'd without a strong enough cpu. Also even with working hardware accel. you will not have to depend on software like PowerDVD, that just doesn't work for some discs. In that case you might want to "circumvent" PowerDVD for playback, but might lose the option for hardware accel. with the alternative sw player.) RAM is unimportant, i have 1GB and never had any trouble caused by that. Graphics Card, well that is rather philosophical. I have a low end nVidia card and my pq is equal to my standalone player. Others like to have the hardware accel. features or swear other brands have better pq. I haven't tested that. Blu-Ray Drive, apart from the fact that you need one (duh!) some people might want to keep in mind, that the reading speed could be important for other purposes than playback (cryptic enough? )

04-03-2008, 11:28 AM	#9
katharsis Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:SoCal Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:379 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Besides the obvious BD drive, I would say its more a combination of things. Having a dual or quad core CPU and only 512MB ram is not going to cut it...

04-03-2008, 11:40 AM	#10
DragonSarc Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:San Leandro, CA Home Theater Gallery:28 Blu-ray reviews:1	cpu just like the PS3 which process the blu software better and faster than any blu player out there

04-04-2008, 12:41 AM	#11
Blu Haze Expert Member Member since:Mar 2008	A screen would be good to output too.

04-04-2008, 02:04 AM	#12
sj001 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Rochester, NY Blu-ray collection:317 DVD collection:17 Trading Score:5	The drive itself, and a hell of a nice screen and set of speakers to output to. Can't forget the receiver either.

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