bluray drives worth the moeny?

[Iliketobenaked]

so I thought maybe instead of getting a CPU is Bluray drive would be nice too are they worth the money?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16827106225

 

[No Limit]

Do you have a lot of bluray movies that you watch? Would you rather watch them on your computer or would it be better for you to spend a similar amount on a stand alone blu-ray player?

Personally I don't watch any bluray movies and don't really plan on it for a while but if I did I would prefer to have a dedicated blu-ray player that plugs in the tv.

 

[Eejit]

If you have or plan on getting a bunch of blu-ray disks in the near future and plan on using your PC to watch them... I guess so.

 

[Asus]

Watching them on an HDTV is best. Have one?
Then you would want a dedicated player probably.

If you are going to watch it on a wide screen computer LCD then you also would want a GPU that can help display the high res content. Otherwise your CPU will be pegged at near 100% just to play the movie. And the movie player will drop some frames to keep up and in-sync with the audio.
And some recent cards, like the 8800GTX do not accelerate HD video hardly at all. other graphs

What CPU do you have? (the above graphs were done with a Core 2 Duo both around 2GHz)

 

[Iliketobenaked]

Well I do have a HD TV but I lik watching movies on PC.
and If I wanted I could hook up my PC to the TV,I would I get the same results as with a stand-alone player?



AMD4200X2 and BFG8800GT

 

[No Limit]

And some recent cards, like the 8800GTX do not accelerate HD video hardly at all. other graphs

Wow, that's pretty sad. I wish I had seen that before I got that video card.

Well I do have a HD TV but I lik watching movies on PC.

Do you mind if I ask why? Doesn't seem to make much sense to me.

 

[Iliketobenaked]

mhm I dunno I kinda like multi-tasking like browse the web during a boring part of the Movie etc.
right now I don't have any BR movies but I'm sure gonna get some when I do get a BR drive.

 

[Asus]

As long as the graphics card can play the movie smoothly then it should be similar to a stand alone player. BUT you need VISTA and an HDMI port to play FULL HD video over to any PC LCD or HDTV. Otherwise it will be docked down to a lower resolution because of the protection in place.

 

[DrDevin]

As long as the graphics card can play the movie smoothly then it should be similar to a stand alone player. BUT you need VISTA and an HDMI port to play FULL HD video over to any PC LCD or HDTV. Otherwise it will be docked down to a lower resolution because of the protection in place.

Not to mention that the monitor must support HDCP and you need a way of piping audio into the connection. Even new motherboards such as AMD's 780g chipset only do Dolby 5.1 and none of the new 192kHz/24-bit TrueHD and MasterAudio formats.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Right now I would only ever recommend a PS3 to someone who wants Blu-Ray. Sony is still in fact working on the format.

In fact, last I heard, there isn't even a BD-Live player available on the market besides a PS3, and that means when all Blu-Ray titles go BD-Live, no player before this time can play them. Take that early adoptors.

I would pass on that for now. Hell, Blu-Ray sales have taken a huge dump now that they aren't battling HD DVD anymore... People just don't seem to care as much.

 

[Iliketobenaked]

argh that sucks

 

[Iliketobenaked]

ok so someone tell me if this will work or not
mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014
MONITOR
VIDEO CARD

 

[Iliketobenaked]

bump is my hardware worth getting the driver or not?

 

[Asus]

Should work but a few things to take into consideration before you know if it's worth it or not. Most are nit picks and not really negatives. The price of the parts is the biggest thing.

-I've heard a lot of issues with Nvidia chipsets when running under Vista. Although you cannot do SLI, I'd say check out Intel chipsets.
-The specs for the monitor says it supports HDCP encryption BUT has no HDMI port to use it over... I was under the impression that only HDMI could do HDCP and not DVI. Hence one of the important reasons for the industry to switch connections. Could be wrong but I would check up on that at least.
- The monitor resolution is only 1440x900 and is not one of the high def standards. So the video will be converted and not in original form. It will be closer to 720p than 1080p. Probably couldn't tell on a small screen though. Also, there will be small black bars on the top and bottom since the monitor has a different aspect ratio (16:10) than widescreen video (16:9).
-The 8800GT will accelerate HD movies encoded via H.264 although not videos in VC-1. Luckily VC-1 will not stress your CPU to 100% like the H.264.

For the money you are spending there it would be hard for me to recommend it. The parts would have to be an upgrade for gaming as well really. And you might as well get a larger monitor (22"-24"?) while you are at it instead of just a 19". FYI 19" widescreens will seem smaller compared to 19" regular LCDs since they are not as tall.
A PS3 is $400 and that is including the Blu-ray drive. Your parts above are $500 + the blu-ray drive.

 

[Iliketobenaked]

Should work but a few things to take into consideration before you know if it's worth it or not. Most are nit picks and not really negatives. The price of the parts is the biggest thing.

-I've heard a lot of issues with Nvidia chipsets when running under Vista. Although you cannot do SLI, I'd say check out Intel chipsets.
-The specs for the monitor says it supports HDCP encryption BUT has no HDMI port to use it over... I was under the impression that only HDMI could do HDCP and not DVI. Hence one of the important reasons for the industry to switch connections. Could be wrong but I would check up on that at least.
- The monitor resolution is only 1440x900 and is not one of the high def standards. So the video will be converted and not in original form. It will be closer to 720p than 1080p. Probably couldn't tell on a small screen though. Also, there will be small black bars on the top and bottom since the monitor has a different aspect ratio (16:10) than widescreen video (16:9).
-The 8800GT will accelerate HD movies encoded via H.264 although not videos in VC-1. Luckily VC-1 will not stress your CPU to 100% like the H.264.

For the money you are spending there it would be hard for me to recommend it. The parts would have to be an upgrade for gaming as well really. And you might as well get a larger monitor (22"-24"?) while you are at it instead of just a 19". FYI 19" widescreens will seem smaller compared to 19" regular LCDs since they are not as tall.
A PS3 is $400 and that is including the Blu-ray drive. Your parts above are $500 + the blu-ray drive.

sorry I think you misunderstood thats actually my Computer that I have I was just wondering if all the components will wrk with the bluray drive

 

[Druckles]

I've been considering getting a blu-ray player recently. Simply because I can't bear simply drooling over the 1080p trailers I've been watching on my 24" and just want some real "shit".

I think I might get one in the next year.