If I hook this up to my Dell Inspiron, will it play BluRays? Or do I have to do something more? I have little computer knowledge
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It will play on any computer/laptop that has a USB port. It's not O/S specific either. I use Windows 7 and the drivers were preloaded in that O/S.
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In order to play blu-ray discs through your computer. you need blu-ray player software and a graphics card/monitor that can display high-definition content. The software included with this player requires an expensive update to work with windows 8. It works with windows 7, but most computers using windows 7 do not have the graphics capabilities to view high definition video.
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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
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For Mac you need to buy blu-Ray player software. Not sure if Windows build in player will play it the blu-ray disks. May be you need to buy the same application for Windows as well :-)...
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I have a 2008 BlackMacbook and a acbook Air...both do play Bluray...You Have go to Macupdate to download a Mac Bluray App Software for the DVD Blu Ray Player to Work.
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No. It plays BluRay just fine as long as you have a program that can play BluRay. Windows media player can not and if this is all you have installed to play discs with than the disc will show as blank. I have PowerDVD from CyberLink installed and my machine plays BluRay just fine.
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To tell you the truth Jay I don't speak technical too well. I have no idea. And it was a gift for a friend, and Friday I checked to see if she had it set up yet, and she said Not YET.My computer is about the same as this one - also a DELL. There is a DVD reader but I don't know anything more than what the description gives us,, and that mine works okay. If you want to email me and explain exactly what you are looking for, please feel free.
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I don't know anything about bluray. I use the 12 volt power supply with intercoms.
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Codec rights have made it pretty tricky to play blurays on pc's. There's 2 good ways that I have found to make it work efficiently. "PowerDVD HD" is a program you can download to play blurays. It has native support for 3D and everything. I had a bad experience with it though because it would constantly skip around and some images would randomly appear corrupted. The best option for me was to obtain a copy of AnyDVD HD. That will make blurays playable in any media player, but will always be running in the background.
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The claims are somewhat confusing. I bought it with the intention to go VGA -> HDMI (laptop VGA out to an HDMI LCD TV). I returned it, assuming it was defective.Reading the bullet point use cases carefully, it appears they're selling it ONLY as a product that will go FROM an HDMI port into a VGA port. So you could, in theory, output your BluRay player to an old CRT.
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I don't think so. Most BluRay players will play DVDs, But Dvd players don't usually play BluRays.
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Well I am using it with xbmc and I can play bluray movies no problem. You could get nvidia video card or this celeron cpu/ motherboard.
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I have systems with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. I haven't tested all aspects with both, but can attest it operated immediately when I plugged it into a Win 8.1 laptop. It should both play back and burn audio discs, DVDs, and will read software programs recorded on optical discs. What it will NOT do is handle Blu-ray formats.
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No you cannot because the bluray only has video outputs not inputs. You have an audio input option using digital but that's about it. What exactly are you trying to accomplish ??
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It should work fine with your system. You will need to purchase a software video player such as Cyberlink PowerDvd or ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre to play Bluray movies since Windows doesn't have one.
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You need BluRay player software. If you do not have it, this unit will play CDs and DVDs on the players that work for those, but you need BluRay software to play BluRays.Jim
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Check to see if you used a Blue Ray disk and that you have a Blue ray player in your computer. If you used a Blue Ray and your computer doesn't have a Blue Ray DVD then it will not read the DVD and spit the DVD out. However, if you use a regular DVD and it doesn't play, call Dell. There may be an issue.
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I have both burned and watched blurays on MAC and PC with mine. The MAC requires optional software and there are several options online .
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Dear Sir, Does your DVD/BluRay have audio input RCA interface? If it has such interfaces, you can apply a RCA to 3.5mm adapter to make it work.
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I would ask that question of Dell. I have used mine with a DVD and didn't have a problem. Sorry I don't have a better answer.