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Blu Ray player for HTPC

i see they can burn and everything but will they allow me to view bluray movies in the same quality as a seperate blu ray player, if not then im just gonna get a ps3
 
yeah i figured so, just didnt know if any additional software was needed, im more of a mac guy so the whole windows media center is different to me.
 
one more dumb question, the htpc currently has 256mb integrated video card with HDMI output. It looks great on my TV but will this be enough to support high quality BD playback or will i need a better dedicated graphics card?
 
bman0408 said:
one more dumb question, the htpc currently has 256mb integrated video card with HDMI output. It looks great on my TV but will this be enough to support high quality BD playback or will i need a better dedicated graphics card?
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It should play it fine. Video playback is mostly processed by CPU, I think
 
It is not actually a full HD tv

TV is 720
HD is 1080

At least that is the setup in the UK, presume it is the same Stateside

But I agree with all the above (not that it is worth anyrthing 🙂) You should have no problems as there should not be much required in the way of work for simply just playing the movie. Have you tried connecting your setup to the TV and then renting an apple itunes movie in 720 - if that works, which I am sure it will, then I am sure your suggested setup would suffer no problems what so ever
 
Great idea, ill be trying that this weekend, and hopefully buying a blu ray player as well.
 
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