Originally posted by MrMailman:
Totally new to Blu-Ray, but have done some reading, which confused me more. To play the DVD on my computer do I need a Blu-Ray DVD/RW or do I need to update drivers.
Your confused are so is your post!
If you mean how can u play a Bluray disc on your PC, you will need a bluray ROM drive. These are capable of playing BLURAY discs and playing and writing of DVD discs.
However, you will also need a software player like Power DVD Ultra to play a Bluray title, a fairly quick PC and a decent Graphics card that can handle HD video and that is HDCP compliant.
HDCP is a content protection system that needs several elements to be satisfied.
1) your HD Display needs to be HDCP compliant (if its HD ready then it should be!)
2) The graphics card must have a digital output such as DVI or HDMI and this is the connection used to the display. And the card needs to be certified as HDCP compliant (so it passes the signal on if you like to agree the handshake between display and PC)
PowerDVD will also look for this HDCP "handshake" and if it is not there the video will not be displayed.
It will tell you you can use an analogue connection (like the bog standard VGA pc connection) but the video will be downscaled in resolution so it is no longer in HD.
If you need anymore advice there a plenty here who can help including myself.
PC Specs: CPU-C2D E8400, M/B-P5N-E SLI, RAM 4Gig OCZ Platinum rev2 ,VGA- Nvidia 8800GT 512MB, HDD- Hitachi Deskstar SATAII 1TB, 250Gig Maxtor IDE HDD.
Corsair HX520 PSU, Liteon Lightscribe DVD Writer, Pioneer BluRay drive.
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