Blu-ray with Macbook?

[nyprimus4]

Could I buy this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106227), put it in an external enclosure, then hook it up to my Macbook via USB? Then hook up my Macbook to my Westinghouse 32" LCD HDTV (32w6) via a mini DVI to DVI cable and a DVI to HDMI cable, and play movies?

 

[BX_TECH_GOD]

I'm not sure but maybe you can just try this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106259

Hopefully someone can chime in and confirm if you'll be able to get either solution working.

 

[nyprimus4]

Either way I want to know if I can watch retail Blu-ray movies.

 

[blankwire]

You can't play Blu-Ray movies with a Mac. There is no decoder that will play them, and DVD Player doesn't support them.

 

[BX_TECH_GOD]

You can't play Blu-Ray movies with a Mac. There is no decoder that will play them, and DVD Player doesn't support them.

What if you use BootCamp and run PowerDVD via XP/Vista?

 

[blankwire]

That would work, as long as the MacBook supports HDCP. You can download the Blu-Ray Adviser from CyberLink to make sure.

 

[taylorwilsdon]

That would work, as long as the MacBook supports HDCP. You can download the Blu-Ray Adviser from CyberLink to make sure.

There is no blu-ray (software) player in existence for OSX. Apple refuses to address its DRM. You must boot into Windows to do anything blu ray.

 

[bryanwii]

You can't play Blu-Ray movies with a Mac. There is no decoder that will play them, and DVD Player doesn't support them.

Actually, I can take an x264 movie at 1080P resolution, play it through MPlayer, hook a DVI to HDMI cable up to my 55" Sony SXRD and get it to play 1080P through my MBP. Can your graphics card on the MB support that external resolution? I have a set of speakers hooked up to the MBP, using the Apple Remote which controls MPlayer works fine and you can even dim the laptop screen and just have the TV running.

 

[bryanwii]

but yes correct, Apple products do not have a decoder built in the players can have codecs which will allow the play back. I don't think Apple will be adding Blu Ray to the laptops anytime soon either.

 

[blankwire]

Actually, I can take an x264 movie at 1080P resolution, play it through MPlayer, hook a DVI to HDMI cable up to my 55" Sony SXRD and get it to play 1080P through my MBP. Can your graphics card on the MB support that external resolution? I have a set of speakers hooked up to the MBP, using the Apple Remote which controls MPlayer works fine and you can even dim the laptop screen and just have the TV running.

So you're saying you were able to play a Blu-Ray disc with MPlayer, or just a video at 1080p?

 

[bryanwii]

So you're saying you were able to play a Blu-Ray disc with MPlayer, or just a video at 1080p?

a 1080p movie without a blu ray disc

 

[Mad_Pyro]

My Macbook has problems playing ripped [for backup purposes, obviously] content at 1080p. It is more or less unwatchable. 720p is very watchable, although I do get the dropped frame here and there. The vanilla Macbook won't be powerful enough for 1080p content.