Since the format war is now basically over, I am thinking of looking into buying an external blu-ray drive. What I want to know is is there any software for either Leopard or Windows XP that will playback blu-ray movies, and also does anyone have recommendations for an external drive or an internal one with an enclosure. I just want to use it for playback, so I don't need one with a burner.
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external blu-ray drive?
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don't think pc/mac blu-ray is available yet.
I have a sony blu-ray player hooked to my plasma tv.
go to c|net or one of the home theater sites for ratings of the available players.
players are getting better and better and will get less expensive now that the blu-ray hdv war is over. my local stereo guy advised me to get an inexpensive drive and think about an upgrade in a year or 2. that's what I did.
I have a sony blu-ray player hooked to my plasma tv.
go to c|net or one of the home theater sites for ratings of the available players.
players are getting better and better and will get less expensive now that the blu-ray hdv war is over. my local stereo guy advised me to get an inexpensive drive and think about an upgrade in a year or 2. that's what I did.
Related question -- in Apple's DVD Player, there are high def options. Then what are they for? Just for the rare home movies shot in HD and burned to a DVD?
Yes, anything that is unencrypted will play. But all the studio movies are encrypted.