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Will a BLu-ray work with Windows Media Center Vista?

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liquidsnake718   10-27-2009 at 07:55:56 AM

I know it was made for entertainment systems and LCDs but is it really better than a DVD player or canb you use it with a blu-ray drive?

If I get a GPU with an HDMI instead of using the DVI HDMI converter will it work using the WMC interface?

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IH8U   10-27-2009 at 10:01:56 AM
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Sadly Microsoft has not added blu-ray support to media player, so no blu on media center. You will need a 3rd party app to view blu-rays on windows.

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tonyn84   10-27-2009 at 07:43:03 PM
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suppsedly the arcsoft total media theatre http://www.arcsoft.com/en-us/softw [...] 3P#submenu adds a whole plugin to media center for blu-ray playback, but $100 i don't know if its worth it over the basic software that comes with the drives

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liquidsnake718   11-04-2009 at 06:57:39 AM
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I wonder why microsoft hasnt adopted to adding any blu-ray drivers/software for their media players and media centers.... I guess this is a lisensing or propriatory issue between SONY and MS..... Sony is directly responsible for the formet and everyone seems to be developing their hardware more for Blu Ray .....

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ibnsina   11-04-2009 at 09:47:05 PM
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One of the reasons why MS left Blue Ray support, is because blue ray license costs around $30. Other reason is the war between PS and Xbox :o

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liquidsnake718   12-02-2009 at 05:06:18 AM
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ibnsina wrote :

One of the reasons why MS left Blue Ray support, is because blue ray license costs around $30. Other reason is the war between PS and Xbox :o


Ah another reason to why the consoles affect the PC market............

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