Best Blu-ray Player For TFS?

[Ali Tait]

Advice please! Looking for the best player to install on the TFS. It runs Win7. I have tried some trial versions in the past and had difficulty playing the new Star Wars box set because of the copyright. Is there a player that will overcome these kinds of issues?

[daytona600]

UD9004 marantz best BD player i.ve ever seen

[sq225917]

I think he means software.

[bobbasrah]

Ali, you could try VLC.... http://lifehacker.com/5806252/how-can-i-play-blu+ray-discs-on-my-computer if you if you did not have a player bundled with the drive....
I get a mate of mine to shrink them from all the crap into a more compact and universal form to transfer onto the hdd.

[Ali Tait]

Thanks Bob, yes have that on my laptop, but it wouldn't play the Star Wars discs. Was having a scout around and AnydvdHD looks good. Not cheap though. Anyone tried it?

[Ali Tait]

BTW, no, no player bundled.

[Mark Grant]

Was having a scout around and AnydvdHD looks good. Not cheap though. Anyone tried it?

It is just about the 'standard' ripper there is :)

21 day free trial so plenty of time to try before paying anything.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html

[Ali Tait]

Aye, I saw that. I'll give it a go I think.

[Gazjam]

ach just download the boxset at 1080p...
(you already have bought it...) ;)

Seriously though, VLC should play just about anything, DVD boxsets included.
If any problem theres a great open source community that should have the fix.

[Ali Tait]

Aye cheers mate, I'll have a fiddle with it.

[slate]

the "only" problem with VLC is the lack of support of hardware acceleration for most formats

[Gazjam]

Theres a GPU decoding tickbox in the options though?

[Ali Tait]

Have been talking to Jason who has completed the installs on the new SSD for the TFS. I'd bought powerdvd ultra 12, so I gave him the key to reinstall it. He could not get it to play the Star Wars BD correctly, so has given me a full version of powerdvd ultra 11, which strangely plays them perfectly. Anyhow, all sorted now, thanks for the advice chaps. Hopefully the SSD will arrive tomorrow so I can fit it in time for Saturday.

[bobbasrah]

Nearly sorted out then Ali, hope it all pans out to schedule, curry etc included...

Re Star Wars issues - The media industry have a lot to answer for screwing around with security etc.. I often wonder if they are actually doing more damage to BD equipment and media sales than if they stuck to a fixed format.
Pretty sure that the Pirates look upon such things as a minor inconvenience, but for some households software/firmware updates may be impractical or inconvenient, and deter purchase to nobody's advantage.

[Gazjam]

Good stuff Ali, glad you got it sorted.
Seeya Saturday.

[Ali Tait]

Aye, see you there mate.

[Ali Tait]

Nearly sorted out then Ali, hope it all pans out to schedule, curry etc included...

Re Star Wars issues - The media industry have a lot to answer for screwing around with security etc.. I often wonder if they are actually doing more damage to BD equipment and media sales than if they stuck to a fixed format.
Pretty sure that the Pirates look upon such things as a minor inconvenience, but for some households software/firmware updates may be impractical or inconvenient, and deter purchase to nobody's advantage.

Cheers, me too.

Yes, they have a lot to answer for. If I've paid for the discs, I expect to be able to bloody well play them!