Does it play Blu-ray disc movies?
1171124
Yes it does play Blu-ray movies with the included software. I installed it and played Blu-Ray movies. This of course if your computer is powerful enough. It did not work on older Pentium 4 XP desktop machines I have, but you can download a free pgm that will check that for you.
1171125
Yes but it does not come with the software, and since there is a licensing issue, Microsoft does not include the ability to view Blu-ray movies in Media player so you will need an external viewer like VLC. VLC is open source and on it's own does not have the capability either but if you google it you will find instructions how to download and where to put the 2 needed files.
1171126
The player I received only plays older blu-ray movies because the software that came with it was from 2007 and doesn't support current movies.
1171127
Yes, but you must have the software that will do it...VLC media player is free and will play blu rays
1209653
No. It only works with Netflix, Vudu, Hulu Plus, CinemaNow, and YouTube. I highly recommend that you don't buy this Blu-Ray player.
1198443
Yes you can play Blu-ray movies. You need to buy a software program to play the movies. Yes it's a combo drive and will do DVDs and CDs.The Blu-Ray program I found that works best on my Windows 7 is from IDeer.
161168
I don't have any Blu-Ray discs and cannot find any reference whether or not this computer will play them. I assume that it does not.
291771
Yes it will play Blu rays. The software with it is not a full suite but you can use Windows media player in Win 8.1 for music. I use a third party program for Blu rays as the one included did not allow for movie playback.
242854
Yes, it does but Windows has programs built-in that will play them. The LG Blu-Ray player is much better and their technical support is much, much better than ASUS!!!
1359213
I've tried the Blu-ray and it didn't work, so no it doesn't play blu-ray discs. It does play regular DVD's and I LOVE the quality of the playback; the screen quality is really good I think.
2015409
Yes, it does. All blu-ray players should be able to play both formats. You just can't play a blu-ray in a standard dvd player.
134234
If your blu-ray player has a 'cat 5 outlet'(if you're unsure of this google it for picture, or look in your blu-rays manual), then yes it can. Hope that helps! :)
703271
It is supposed to but mine never did play blu-ray discs from other countries.
328598
NO it does not play Blue Ray disks. It has a "DVD-SuperMulti Drive" that plays/records anything from CD-R's up to DVD+RW (Re-Write) disks. A laptop that would play Blue Ray's would say it has a BD-ROM optical drive.
578778
Yes it will. Blu-Ray players will play standard dvd and usually upconvert them even, though standard non blu-ray players upconvert ones or not WILL NOT play Blu-Ray discs.
1858819
Yes. It will play CDs. Optical drives like this Samsung are ALL backward compatible to older disc formats. If it plays Bluray, it will play DVD and if it plays DVD, it will play CD.**Because they still build all Bluray (blue laser) optical drives with DVD/CD (red lasers) as well
1706858
It will play blu ray movies if there is a blu ray player connected to it. The sound will be much better than if the player is connected only to the TV. The unit will not play anything on its own.
2078365
It doesn't play blu-ray discs, but you can get an external blu-ray player which uses a USB connection. There is one on sale at TigerDirect right now which should work for you. Here's the link, below. You may even be able to find better and/or less expensive ones with a bit of shopping around.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3170776&CatId;=3634
373500
Yes, I use this to play Blu-Ray movies on it. I use software called Mac Blu-Ray player at this website: http://www.macblurayplayer.com/I'm sure there are other software for Mac to play Blu-Ray movies. I liked this drive better then the super DVD drive for the mac.
1988641
The answer to both would be yes. I don't think I've ever heard of a Blu-ray player that won't play DVD's as well.