Can Your PC Play Blu-Ray Movies?

Practically any modern computer is capable of playing DVD movies. But what about Blu-Ray movies? Everyone knows that this high definition video format requires some processing power and probably additional capabilities. Cyberlink’s Blu-Ray Disc Advisor is trying to answer that question for you by determining if a computer is capable of running Blu-Ray movies.

It was created as a reference tool and will display results seconds after execution. The results are divided into two categories. Basic Playback will check if the hardware of the computer is able to play Blu-Ray movies. The diagnostic tool will analyze the cpu, system memory, video card, disc drives but also the software players and video connection types available.

The detection is not overly accurate but should be sufficient on most occasions. It did detect 2 Gigabytes of computer memory on a system with 4 gigabytes installed. The Blu-Ray Disc Advisor will show if the items are Blu-Ray ready. A green icon means the hardware or software component can playback Blu-Ray movies while red means it is not capable of, yellow means an upgrade is required and brown means that the software cannot rate that item.

The second tab analyses the advanced Blu-Ray playback capabilities of the computer hardware. This includes special features that are included in some Blu-Ray movie titles like Internet interaction or picture-in-picture.

Items will be tested for dual-video decoding capabilities, network capabilities and player capabilities. It is possible to save the information in a log file and visit the Cyberlink website for additional information about items that are not Blu-Ray capable.

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Tags: blu-ray, blu-ray capable, blu-ray disk advisor, blu-ray movies, blu-ray player, blu-ray software, high definition, high definition video, sony blu-ray
Categories: Windows, software

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3 Responses to “Can Your PC Play Blu-Ray Movies?”

1. iampriteshdesai says:

   January 6, 2009 at 8:21 am

   Just imagine this:
   You just burned a bluray DVD with all of your songs,videos and then formatted your PC.
   Later onyou scratch your DVD and lose all your songs.
   Hahaha

   Reply

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