Can this play Blu-Ray movies? What software player/version does it come with?
1442056
Joe the Anime Fan, Yes, it can play Blu-ray movies. It comes with Blu-ray compatible PowerDVD 10 software for playback.
1442057
Yes. Mine came with CYBER MEDIA DVD and a blue ray player. I upgraded the player for functionality, if you do it within the program you'll save 40%. Marz.mobi says, "I love my unleashed II, no bloatware plus VLC and Firefox pre-installed already" I highly recommend CybertronPC's!
1442058
Joe the Anime Fan,Yes, it can play Blu-ray movies. It comes with Blu-ray compatible PowerDVD 10 software for playback.
901366
It does not come with software to play movies. Software to play blu-ray movies is not free, so you'll have to buy that elsewhere. There are several products on the market. Reading a data disc does not require software and that'll work through Windows/Linux/whatever without any additional software. So if you're using this for data discs then you'll be fine. (To be fair, VLC can play Blu-ray movies and is free, but it requires installing a 3rd party addon and if you have to ask the question then you probably won't be successful doing it. So just expect that you'll need to buy software to play movies.)
2033700
Sorry, I've never used Blu-Ray, but I don't believe it is. This unit has worked very well for dubbing DVD's and tapes to DVD, but I can't find my owner's manual - I just moved and it's in one of many boxes. I did some online Googling and the specs I found that said what formats are playable did not include Blu-Ray.
1557073
There is no software, just this drive. You have to download and purchase software to play Blu-Ray on your PC. The software I chose to purchase is: "Aiseesoft Blu-ray Player". You can Google for that; it works well on my Living Room PC: Windows XP Professional, 3-Ghz CPU, 3-gigs of RAM.
674250
It is a full version, however it is a few versions older than the current version. Yes, I can play Blu-ray discs correctly.
1046272
This blu-ray player is great, however it doens't come with the necessary software to play blu-ray video! I have reported that a while back, since I would have prefered ASUS to charge $20 or so more and actually bundle an OEM software, like most other vendors do. I ended up paying $50 or so for an upgrade copy of Power DVD Pro, which worked great with this unit. The full retail price if you don't have an older version is $80 on their website.
2078365
It doesn't play blu-ray discs, but you can get an external blu-ray player which uses a USB connection. There is one on sale at TigerDirect right now which should work for you. Here's the link, below. You may even be able to find better and/or less expensive ones with a bit of shopping around.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3170776&CatId;=3634
2076036
This system doesn't have a blu-ray/DVD player, but I do use a 3D player hooked up to this via HDMI and it works great. You will still need something additional to actually play the disc.
787487
you must have software to play blu-ray discs, i recommend cyberlink PowerDVD or you can download the VLC player its free, you must dowload the libbluray libraries to get vlc play Bluray.
1186199
Yep. Just download the blu-ray app for free and it will play blu-ray discs.
2078366
I had never tried to play movies, so I just put in a bluray and it didn't play, and then I put in a regular dvd and it did play... so it doesn't play blu-ray
1394722
Do the specs of the Blu-ray match the specs of the burner/player? Is this is bought movie ; does it work with other Blu-ray movies?
1429418
I'd like to know the same thing. I own the computer but have not gotten it to play a blu-ray movie. ??!!
232220
you will need a media player that can do blu-ray. There are some free ones out there; however, PowerDVD14 by cyberlink runs specials all the time and you can get it relatively inexpensive. I think I paid like 80 dollars for mine and it runs fantastic. The player itself (the item on amazon) is stupendous. I highly recommend it. You also need to make sure your resolution on your screen can handle hi-def. If you have an HDMI output more than likely you do, if not check and make sure your resolution is at least 1024 by 728 Good luck
1111819
You will be able to run any install cd or dvd as it is plug and play. If you want to play blu-ray though, you will need to buy a separate player.
1667103
It's highly unlikely that this will work on a Blu-Ray player. When you plug this in to a windows PC, the PC sees this as a thumb drive and allows you to load the windows drivers that are stored on the device. I also know that Fedora Linux 17 will load this device without needing any extra software.
724360
I have two of them and they both play CDs and DVDs just fine . I would recommend updating the firmware to the most current one . You most likely though will have some issues playing some of the newer blu ray releases but otherwise it's a great player . Good luck