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    Any suggestions for a BluRay Media Player? Doesn't have to be free. Just has to work well.

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    I know PowerDVD by Cyberlink is capable of it as is WinDVD by Corel. There doesn't seem to be any significant freeware presence yet. I put a Blu-Ray in my parents comp then found out that you need one of those two. Something to do with the licensing and Sony not wanting to share with MS.
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    I've used PowerDVD since it came for free with my drive. It's ok, but personally I didn't like it that much...too bulky...got in its own way too much. The reason there's not any free software for playing BD's is because the AACS decryption license still costs a good bit and is still kept separate from the hardware licensing.
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    I do not recommend PowerDVD at all. I'd pick WinDVD over PowerDVD at all. I have a few movies, but AVATAR refuses to work with PowerDVD 8 (what my drive came with) even though it should be working fine. Later versions play it, but have issues with BD-Live. WinDVD worked with both BD-Live and my copies of Avatar.
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    I found Total Media Theater 5 and it is pretty awesome. Resource hog tough. Makes Windows go to Basic because of the video.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fuganater View Post
    Makes Windows go to Basic because of the video.
    PowerDVD always did that to me as well. Anyone had one that didn't?
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    If anyone's interested, I just found a better solution.

    It's called DAPlayer, and it's the only blu-ray player I've found that's actually free!
    http://www.digiarty.com/

    From what I can find in reviews and such, apparently they update their compatibility on a weekly basis, so some new titles might not for for a week or so after release, but imo that's outweighed by three things:
    1) It's free.
    2) It doesn't kick my computer into 'Basic Mode' like the version of PowerDVD that I have does (f***ing annoying, and it looks like crap).
    3) It's a hell of a lot lighter on system resources than the version of PowerDVD that I have.
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    Quote Originally Posted by x88x View Post
    If anyone's interested, I just found a better solution.

    It's called DAPlayer, and it's the only blu-ray player I've found that's actually free!
    http://www.digiarty.com/

    From what I can find in reviews and such, apparently they update their compatibility on a weekly basis, so some new titles might not for for a week or so after release, but imo that's outweighed by three things:
    1) It's free.
    2) It doesn't kick my computer into 'Basic Mode' like the version of PowerDVD that I have does (f***ing annoying, and it looks like crap).
    3) It's a hell of a lot lighter on system resources than the version of PowerDVD that I have.
    I actually found that one last week. And like you said, not all titles work with it right away.

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    I have completely different problems with PowerDVD.. On my computer it doesn't doesn't bump my dispaly to Basic Mode and when watching a BRD it uses less then 15% CPU. Memory is higher than other programs running but I still have PLENTY in reserve.

    My BIGGEST problem with PowerDVD is all I want is a DVD/BDR player. I don't want it to scan for music, or photos, or even other videos. All I really want it to do is PLAY BLURAYS. I don't even really need it to play DVDs, I have other better music players, as well as photo viewers.

    I will have to check that one out for sure.

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