Does the included software allow me to display Blu-Ray movies that are read by the device, using a PC?
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Yes, the Multimedia suite that is included is PC software allowing you to play Blu-ray movies on PC. You have to make sure your PC's video card and monitor are HDCP compliant for securely playing back Blu-ray movies. Modern PC's and Laptops are all compliant. Thank you, DIGISTOR
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The drive itself uses a SATA connector, and shows up in Windows as a standard cd-rom drive. I didn't have to load any specific drivers, it uses the generic one supplied with Windows 7. It will probably be seen my Mac OS X, but I have no idea whether or not the OS or apps would let it read Blu-Ray content.
2110438
No, not for Blu-Ray movie playback. You'll need to purchase that separatley. There are several demo versions of software you can try out on the internet, the full versions of which run between 50-100 USD.
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.
682546
I had to download software as the software that was included with the one I received did not work with windows 8.1 you'll need software to play blu rays and I just googled that.
891456
There is no software. Its plug and play. You can use window OS to burn to and read your non-movie blu-rays. If you are talking about a Blu-Ray ripper software for movies, make sure it can remove/handle the security stuff otherwise it won't copy it and you could have playing problems if your monitor doesn't support security stuff.
2232200
No, no software included. Once you install a DVD player that plays Blu-Ray discs it shows up and works. Confusing but what isn't when it comes to Microsoft?
1186199
Yep. Just download the blu-ray app for free and it will play blu-ray discs.
1479531
Yes it plays Blu-ray's on my pc just fine. Try downloading Blu-ray disc advisor, it will tell you where your problem is.
1209344
You will always need software for a computer Blu-ray drive to play actual blu-rays. I think power DVD supports Blu-ray now, but with a little easy work, you can download 2 plugins for VLC media player and it will play Blu-rays perfectly, and it's all free.
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It does play Blu-ray Disc (BD). I always discard bundled software because they are all bloat/ads-ware offering what I don't want & need. Download no-charge VLC Media Player, and it plays BD movies great!Windows Media Player also plays BD movies, but I much more prefer VLC Media Player.
2147400
Windows should recognize the drive. Contact manufacturer. You might have a faulty drive or your blu-ray software might not be compatible.
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Don't know. I couldn't get the software to work on my Windows 7 system (which is up to date.) I had to download 3rd party software to get it to play Blu-Rays.
2280144
You don't need software to be able to read/write using it. It does not come with any software, so if you are trying to do anything that does require software such as play a movie, you would still need the software that allows you to play a blue-ray for example.
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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.)
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No. Not unless you have an hdmi cable connection between your PC and your tv with the player &gt;&gt; usb &gt;&gt; PC &gt;&gt; hdmi &gt;&gt; tv, but at that point, it's your laptop that's playing the DVD's/Blu-Ray. You'll also need a codex playing software for your PC for Blu-Ray and the drivers for the player for your PC.
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I have played with a third party software, Blu ray movies. So it should also play DVD movies too.