How to Play a Blu Ray on a Computer

How to Play a Blu Ray on a Computer

Blu Ray can not be read by most computers.
Blu Ray can not be read by most computers.
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Blu Ray offers unparalleled visual quality for movies but you need a special optical drive to read any Blu-Ray disc. Drives are available for laptops and desktops using Sony's new format. The catch is, they come with a high price compared to ubiquitous DVD drives. Even if you have a Blu-Ray drive already, standard video players like Media Player 12 do not support playing Blu-Ray discs. You need third party software to watch your favorite Blu-Ray movies.
Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

  1. 1
    Purchase a Blu-Ray drive for your computer. Internal Blu-Ray drives are available for desktops and laptops. If you plan to watch Blu-Ray disks on several computers, you should purchase an external Blu Ray.
  2. 2
    Install the required drivers for your drive. While Windows 7 and the most recent version of Mac OS X have some support for Blu-Ray devices, they may not have included drivers for your drive. The manufacturer should have included a CD containing the drivers or information about where to download them.
  3. 3
    Buy playback software capable of decoding Blu Ray. Microsoft and Apple do not offer codecs for Blu Ray. Several companies offer video players for Blu Ray playback. PowerDVD from Cyberlink and WinDVD from Corel are the two largest makers of PC Blu-ay players. No software is available for Blu-Ray playback on Mac computers. Mac users will need to dual boot into Windows to take advantage of Blu Ray.


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