does it come with software to watch blu-ray movies? or do I have to spend more money and buy some?
258882
Actually theres a license for Cyberlink PowerDVD that comes with the drive... works with bluray movies perfectly i use it
258883
Nope you have to buy the softeware like Cyberlink or use VLC media player which is free.
291772
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.
424800
You need to buy software to play Bluray movies. It has to do with Sony's stupid licensing for Bluray. So yeah, if you want to play movies on bluray you will have to spend an extra 50 bucks.
1046272
This blu-ray player is great, however it doens't come with the necessary software to play blu-ray video! I have reported that a while back, since I would have prefered ASUS to charge $20 or so more and actually bundle an OEM software, like most other vendors do. I ended up paying $50 or so for an upgrade copy of Power DVD Pro, which worked great with this unit. The full retail price if you don't have an older version is $80 on their website.
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i found that most of the blu ray burners come with a very minimal software. the unit uses special drivers that will install from the supplied disk, but you will have to use another program to do the actual burning. i got mine from ashampoo burning studio 14, and it works well. i think the drivers are included with the program. i hope that helps..ray
1557073
There is no software, just this drive. You have to download and purchase software to play Blu-Ray on your PC. The software I chose to purchase is: "Aiseesoft Blu-ray Player". You can Google for that; it works well on my Living Room PC: Windows XP Professional, 3-Ghz CPU, 3-gigs of RAM.
1109437
Yes, but you need to have the software to play a BluRay installed on your laptop / PC.
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.
2037158
Yes, you will need additional software to play the Blu-Ray format. Google Mac Blu-Ray player and you will find both paid and free software for doing so.
1994448
I have not tried burning Blu-ray it burned other media, for me it's the shitty software that comes with it
682545
Software is not included in this listing - you will need to download or purchase a blu ray playing software
1545528
Thanks Richard! I'll try the reboot first. I almost bought a Roku but needed a dvd player so just got that. So I can hook up the Roku and still have the blu ray player while using the Roku for streaming?I appreciate your advice!
232220
you will need a media player that can do blu-ray. There are some free ones out there; however, PowerDVD14 by cyberlink runs specials all the time and you can get it relatively inexpensive. I think I paid like 80 dollars for mine and it runs fantastic. The player itself (the item on amazon) is stupendous. I highly recommend it. You also need to make sure your resolution on your screen can handle hi-def. If you have an HDMI output more than likely you do, if not check and make sure your resolution is at least 1024 by 728 Good luck
1370390
Its really stupid but there is no bluray playing software,its a rip off,the best I can recommend is buy cyberlink powerdvd 14 ultra,or torrent it if you do that sort of thing.Sounds illegal but guess what,you
1594384
No, it does not. I had problem with this All in One, because mine even doesn't read blu-ray.
440653
I had to go into the settings and change the name to PC, which made it look much sharper like a regular monitor. I recall it's something like clicking in the HDMI that you're possibly using and then tools and search for PC I think. I installed a blu-ray player in my PC and keep having problems with software etc. For the costs, I could have bought a less hassle, much better blu-ray player without the annual software. Some of my blu-rays won't play and crash the computer to the point of shutting down on the PC alone. Doesn't seem to be a fix so far.
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There is free software to download for blu-ray players. Just google and look for the compatible software for your LG. My LG works great and that is what I did.