Blu Ray on the Mac

Strong Bad
Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
edited May 2013 in The Clubhouse
I finally decided to test out this software that I've read about for a little while. It essentially allows you to play Blu Rays on your Mac. Thats been one of the biggest gripes that most Mac owners have had...no Blu Ray support.

I bought this LG Blu Ray player that is on sale at Best Buy...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&fs=saas&saas=saas&st=lg+be14

and bought this software for $30...
http://www.macblurayplayer.com

Works like a charm!
No excuses!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited May 2013
    Can't you just play in VLC for free?
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited May 2013
    nspindel wrote: »
    Can't you just play in VLC for free?

    I couldn't get it to work with VLC. I tried that before going to the Mac Blu Ray Player.
    No excuses!
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited May 2013
    I wonder how good it looks on the Thunderbolt display?
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited May 2013
    It looks fantastic on the iMac and rMBP displays, can't speak for the MBA display but assume looks great there as well.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited May 2013
    I played a bluray file on the 27" iMac display (the newest one with the LCD plastered right against the glass) and it looked amazing. I previewed some "acquired" 1080p on my Thunderbolt display and ....good. Too bad my GPu is too slow to play 4k stuff off of Youtube. What does CPU utilization look like playing actual BluRays? Does it use GPU acceleration?
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited May 2013
    I have the late 2009 i7 quad core intel processor on my 27" iMac. Checking the activity monitor while playing a BR, the system is hitting between 11% - 12.5% of the processor, with about 80% of that going to the Blu Ray player.
    No excuses!
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