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M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 13:50

quote:
Originally posted by John
Just look for a card that supports hdcp, that'll be fine for blu ray.

By the time you've bought a graphics card and a blu-ray reader for the pc though how far are you off the price of a standalone one.


Under £150 BUT i dont want to by a reader as i will be downloading copies on the movies i already have ;)

So ill be looking at about £300 all in for a PC and Blu Ray source


John

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 13:42

Just look for a card that supports hdcp, that'll be fine for blu ray.

By the time you've bought a graphics card and a blu-ray reader for the pc though how far are you off the price of a standalone one.


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 13:42

something like this?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148212


_Allan_

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 13:38

The new ATI HD range are good.

Either 3850/70 or the newer 4850/70.


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 13:07

ed can you reccomend me one? or point me in the direction of what things it needs?


ed

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 12:46

If you want full HD then you'll need a better graphics card than that. Those ones have component and DVI support.


Cavey

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 12:38

Oh, then no, no you wouldn't thought you meant watching proper Blu-ray discs


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 12:28

you wouldn't even need a blu ray reader/writer if you were *cough* downloaing them *cough* would you?


Cavey

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 12:27

You don't need to at all, just get a blu-ray reader surely?

Or even a blu-ray writer...

[Edited on 08-09-2008 by Cavey]


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 12:16

why would you need to rip it to an AVI?


colour_golden

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 11:50

well first you need to learn how to rip and encode blueray movies to avi, which depending on the resolution you want may take upto 24 hours per film. i tried with HD DVD and it took 27 hours to do a 1h30m movie which then didnt turn out that good.


Russ

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 11:20

that'll be fine


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 11:05

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135098

any good?


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 11:00

can anyone can reccomend a decent HD Graphic card


_Allan_

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 10:38

I can't think what else is needed other than a supported blueray media player and as you said a few large hardrives. Choosing the TV as an output rather than a monitor. TV should be HD compatible and maybe a decent HD graphics card.


M4tt_Envoy

 posted on 8th Sep 08 at 10:34

Guys is it possible to use a PC to stream Blu Ray movies to an LCD?

Bacically i want to store all my Blu Ray movies and normal DVD on a harddrive and play these on the LCD (instead of buying a Blu ray player)

My question would be what kind of hardware software requirements will be needed?

Obviously a GC which supports Blu Ray? (any reccomendations)
Beefy Hard drive
Some kind of media player software