Yeah, I decided to jump on the Blue-Ray bandwagon finally. And my PC (Windows Vista, 64 Bit) doesn't seem to "get" it. Pops up the Windows Media Player when I insert my Blue Ray disc in question, but plays the on-line stream of a college station radio I was listening to like 6 months ago when I click on the play button LOL!

A quick Googling on the subject landed me this little "heated" (and hilarious conversation):

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums...ad-1ad7f37f42af

Anyways, that pretty much sums up my situation (although the starter of that particular thread above had Windows 7 instead of Vista). So I'm sure most of you have run into this problem before, I assume?

So what do I need to do to play my blue ray edition of Planet Earth (this is visually a stunning piece BTW, highly recommended) on my PC?

Maybe, if all else fails, this can be a good excuse for me to buy a PS3?

Oh, BTW, screw this "Amrita M" the MicroSHAFT "Answers Engineer!!"


TIA

 

Few posts down the way.

No personal experience myself, I have a BluRay player.

 

Just get a PS3.

 

As stated, buy PowerDVD which now supports Blu-Ray. Did you just buy this PC? Which CPU did you end up getting?

Im about to build a new PC myself.

 

I just want to confirm that you have a Blu-Ray player in your computer, not just a DVD and Blu-Ray capable player.

 

I had to use a program that came with the blue ray i purchased on the cpu. Sadly it took about 45min to download an update to let it play and it still asks for an update anytime it opens. Which i have to decline or it screws up. Not alot of fun dealing with that. Most of the time i give up and just use the PS3

 

Besides needing the correct software, you need to make sure your video card and monitor are HDCP compliant.

 

I have GTX285 video card. Is it good enough for Blue-Ray?

 

 

I have Intel Core™ i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366.

I customized my PC through CyberPower little over a year ago.