Can it store and play M2TS (MPEG-2) Blue-Ray disc formatted movies? Does any one know what movie formats can played on it?
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That would all depend on the player you download to it. I believe if you put VLC on it that it will.
618565
yes. I put a 11gb MKV of a bluray rip. Played fine. The MKV was on a thumbdrive which was formatted NTFS
674876
I was shocked to discover that the BD370 USA model doesn't play movies from a USB drive period. Something about the software/firmware only allows access to photos/music. I read many reviews claiming support but just now realized that these reviews were coming from Europe, where the firmware differs slightly. From what I've read the BD390 can play all movies, even MKV files. I think I'm going to return my BD370 for a BD390, and now I understand why the BD390 is almost double the price.
1861057
This drive is capable of playing blu-ray discs only if you buy additional software and install it on your laptop. I chose "AnyMP4 Blu-ray Player" software.
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It only lists the following formats as playable: Multi-format playback: Capability now includes DVD-/+R, DVD-/+RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 playback for flexible playback options.BD is not among them. I say that because, while I own one, I've never actually tried putting a blu-ray disc directly into the drive. As far as I know, it is strictly a DVD player. I use a PS3 for my blu-ray needs.I would opt for something else if you want blu-ray capabilities.
2214380
Also consider the Panasonic DMP-BD30 DVD player. It is reasonably priced, plays Blue-Ray discs, plus it plays right off the SD card. I have one and it works beautifully.
606075
Sorry, don't have the experience part, however.... Directly from the developer of M-Disc, "The M-DISC Blu-ray offers five times the storage capacity of the standard 4.7GB M-DISC DVD, and is writable and readable on any Blu-ray drive - a step for Millenniata and the convenience of this permanent storage technology." Read- ANY BLU-RAY DRIVE! Should work fine.
1189053
It can play MKV files of any size (supports FAT32 & NTFS). Don't think it's region free...
1861056
Yes but you will also need a software like CyberLink PowerDVD to play the Blu-ray movies, which is not included with this purchase, this is only the hardware to read the Blu-ray disk you still need the software to play them. I have had mine for a while now and I love it and I have had NO issues at all with it.
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That would mostly depend on how you ripped your Blu-Ray version movie from Disc to digital-file. (i.e. format of digital file. ex. MyMovie.m4v ). Since the device itself is just a storage device / wifi hotspot (stream transport), it doesn't play any movie format. The movie playback is completely dependent on the end-player (i.e. SanDisk app on your phone/tablet). I am not sure of all the digital formats that are supported via the native SanDisk-App.. It at least plays .m4v files which are the only type I use. Also, at least on an Android tablet, the SanDisk-app allows you to use an alternate app for video playback. In the SanDisk-App (when selecting a movie to view), if you long-hold/press the movie-title, you can choose an external movie player. (external to the SanDisk-app, but must be another video-app on the android device). i.e. on my android tablet, I can long press a movie title and select 'MX-Player Pro'; and with that particular player.. almost all video formats are supported.
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I own the M-DISC media and it is fantastic with my external LG Blu-Ray drive. But would require an awful lot of discs for a full backup. I backup to an external HD using Acronis Tru-Image. Making an image of the entire drive gives me everything including the operating system, registry, programs and all of the files.
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Yes, just keep in mind that you will not be able to access network services through the HDMI port, but it will play movies from your local drive just fine. File size doesn't matter. I play 4-6 gb full 1080p MKV files all the time. I highly recommend the MKV container (with H.264 encoding) as you can also use Dolby digital 5.1. It is one of the few formats that works well.
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Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
1147054
I recommend using a playstation 3 for that. It'll play movies from usb stick or sd, pro duo memory cards. I also use mine for blueray and dvds.
2231980
Typically, in the electronics world, players are backwards compatible. Since this is Blue Ray DVD technology, it should play the older DVD formats the came before. I'm not an expert on this, but I don't recall ever having a DVD (Blue Ray, HD, SD) or CD that would not play in this player.
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I have only played regular movies successfully ..it would not play DVDs which I converted from tape to DVD.. Vod or mpg format
2089080
I never thought to try those disks, but I just tried a music CD and it played fine. I don't have any music DVDs to try, but my guess would be it plays them also. It obviously does play movie DVDs.