Blu-Ray Software for win8

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 13:38

I not long upgraded to windows 8 first problem I found after getting the media center ed. was that I didn't have blu ray support so I thought ok I have my power dvd disk ill install that after installing it I found that it wouldnt work no more forcing me to upgrade.

ive tried free software and ive tried trying out software but most seem to crash can anyone recommend cheap software instead of me forking out on a standalone player, as my samsung blu ray drive is just a brick to me.

gareth170 · 11 Nov 2012 at 13:57

powerdvd 12 works

the upgrade version is ￡32.99

which I use

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:01

I was looking at that and it said that the basic one doesnt playback blu ray ill get a link for you

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:02

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/comparison_en_GB.html

just found the upgrade version since id be coming from power dvd 9 it will cost me £70 to upgrade, id be better off buying a standalone, dont see why its so expensive

gareth170 · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:08

http://www.cyberlink.com/store/powerdvd/upgrade_en_GB.html

choose what version u have in Upgrade from

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:09

I dont have power dvd 10 I have 9 from the oem disk from my samsung bd drive

gareth170 · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:13

tonyt3rry said:
I dont have power dvd 10 I have 9 from the oem disk from my samsung bd drive

choose 9 in Upgrade from

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:15

yes but thats what I said above that it will cost me £70 its only cheap if you choose 10 above which I dont have

gareth170 · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:17

or get full version of Pro £59.99

alex24 · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:19

PowerDVD is a rip-off. I contemplated upgrading a while ago but bought a standalone BR player with more features and better IQ with some change left over.

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:20

im after cheap software I dont see how £60-70 for a non physical item is good, when I can buy a physicial item as in standalone blu ray to have for less of that, I only want software as I have hardware thats only good for playing dvds

tonyt3rry · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:22

alex24 said:
PowerDVD is a rip-off. I contemplated upgrading a while ago but bought a standalone BR player with more features and better IQ with some change left over.

yeah Im gutted I bought my bd drive for my pc now just at the time I wanted optical for my output most bd players had just coax.

gareth170 · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:39

I have a bluray writer , I don't mind paying for powerdvd because I rent/watch a lot of bluray movies on my pc

jamjar · 11 Nov 2012 at 16:22

The version you want is powerdvd 12.2118.57 it works fine with blu rays

jamjar · 11 Nov 2012 at 16:24

Windvd is £43 on the jungle site inc p&p not sure if its as good or worse than powerdvd

chaparral · 11 Nov 2012 at 17:30

tonyt3rry said:
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/comparison_en_GB.html

just found the upgrade version since id be coming from power dvd 9 it will cost me £70 to upgrade, id be better off buying a standalone, dont see why its so expensive

First place i looked at it was £56 for the full version

Cyberlink PowerDVD 12 Ultra (PC) by Cyberlink (2012)
£56.62 Windows 7 / Vista / XP
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Or £46 for PowerDVD 11 Ultra

Cyberlink PowerDVD 11 Ultra (PC) by Cyberlink (2011)
£46.13 Windows 7 / Vista / XP

crazybones · 12 Nov 2012 at 07:33

How about the new Nero 12 Platinum? It includes a Blu Ray player and is Windows 8 compatible. If you have a previous version of Nero, the upgrade cost is £39.99 and you get get 10% cashback from a well known site!

You could try the 15 day trial to check it works first.

jamjar · 12 Nov 2012 at 10:34

crazybones said:
How about the new Nero 12 Platinum? It includes a Blu Ray player and is Windows 8 compatible. If you have a previous version of Nero, the upgrade cost is £39.99 and you get get 10% cashback from a well known site!

You could try the 15 day trial to check it works first.

good deal

Cosimo · 12 Nov 2012 at 10:50

PowerDVD 12 Ultra works fine.