Has anyone successfully played a blu-ray movie on this? Mine does not appear to play those on my mac or windows computer like it says it can.
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This drive does not come with the blu-ray software. You'll have to purchase the software to be able to watch them I recommend the PowerDVD 13 .
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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 also have a mac and am getting the cannot detect your device message. How do you get it work with the blu ray?
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Yes, you are supposed to be able to use this on blu rays. I haven't tried it myself yet. I caution you though. The machine doesn't really work all that well. Just today I tried to get a regular cd working properly. I went through the steps twice but I'm still having a problem with the picture freezing up and I can't even see where there is a scratch visually. So I'm probably going to have to buy something else to try anyway.
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Well, Alicia B: The Manufacturer does not exclude Blu-Ray Disc - I think they would have if they found it would have been harmful or not be useful in that particualar type of Disc. I have used this a number of times with success on DVD's and CD's. But I believe probably how severe your damage is makes all the difference. Now Alicia, all you have to do is to make a decision. Is it worth the $25.00 investment + shipping if applicable to take a chance to see if it works , or improves it or not. Also, I don't know, but maybe the Manufacture has a good return policy if not satisified, Oftentimes they do. You can also check with Amazons customer service, I'm sure they would know about return policies. I hope I have helped you at least to some extent. Isn't everything about decisions? - decisions?, the right one the wrong one. Good Luck with everything, and I hope for you that it everything works out well.
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Mine is OK. Since I bought I used in two different computers. Played blu-ray, DVD, CD, everything. I had to install a proper software first. I use Cyberlink PowerDVD 13.
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It doesn't appear to be able to with the software provided. You probably can get it to play if you purchase something like Arcsoft's total media player software, another $60 or so. I gave up after downloading few freeware programs and it still wouldn't play commerial Blu-ray discs & returned the player, as the item's decriptions never mentioned that problem beforehand.
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Mac's do not inherently support blu ray, however, there are multiple options for free software that will play blu ray's from this drive on your mac with no issue. Personally I use VLC player.
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I have not tried either. I use my exclusively for backup purposes (Data). However, I would be VERY surprised if it wouldn't play both DVD and Blu-ray movies and do it well.
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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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I have two of them and they both play CDs and DVDs just fine . I would recommend updating the firmware to the most current one . You most likely though will have some issues playing some of the newer blu ray releases but otherwise it's a great player . Good luck
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i have this problem. what can we do? i got it refurb'ed in the mail yesterday and it plays BD/CD's just fine. DVD's "This disc can not be played" ??????
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I just found out that it works only for Window program, So Blu Ray wouldn't be played on MacIt's not compatiable with Mac as the running Software for LG BP06LU10 can't be set in Mac computers.
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Works great for me. I'm using Macgo blu ray software. Not sure if there are other programs that will give you blu ray functionality. I googled blu ray on Mac, and that's the first program I saw.
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It will play Blu-ray movies on a PC with included Power-DVD software. It will partially play bluray on a Mac with the right software.It will not connect directly to a television. It does not render video at all. It is USB only.
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Hello. I have not had any problems with the DVD's or Blu-Rays I have bought. It has worked flawlessly every time. Perhaps it is possible to have trouble with homemade discs, but I have not tried any of mine in the player.
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After much searching and trying free software that just wasn't up the the task, I went ahead and paid for Mac Bluray, By MacGo, play for my Mac. It works flawlessly and plays all sorts of other video formats also.
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I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!