Best Blu Ray playback utility?

Vidar · 10 Dec 2013 at 14:33

Hi Guys, I tend to watch a lot of Blu Rays on my pc (don't own a tv etc at the moment) and have been using Power DVD 9 but am really not a big fan of it.

What's a better alternative?

Tute · 10 Dec 2013 at 15:25

I tried a few of them back along and I liked Arcsoft TMT the best.

I didn't find any of them to be as hassle free as just buying a separate player though. It's still a right joke regarding playback on a PC.

OptimaLnrg · 15 Dec 2013 at 09:20

They're all a disgrace. A proper blu ray player plugged into your monitor via hdmi is a much better option as it will actually (*gasp*) play blu rays without requiring a paid update!

Personally I rip my blu rays to .mkv and store them on a home server, but, expensive.

malachi · 15 Dec 2013 at 10:17

Arcsoft TMT, no bloat ware compared to the others.

Blackjack Davy · 15 Dec 2013 at 15:46

My vote goes for TMT as well, PDVD is bloated and it arbitrarily decided it wasn't going to let itself run on XP anymore because the OS is outdated. No appeal, no refund and no comeback. One day it works fine, next day, nada, no workee.

TMT still works fine.

bledd · 15 Dec 2013 at 16:12

I prefer WinDVD as the lesser evil. I'd recommend using a PS3!

gareth170 · 15 Dec 2013 at 16:12

powerdvd 12 works perfectly for me since release day.