Blu ray situation on pc is a bit of a joke, I got one a couple years ago now I guess. Came with nothing, ended up buying powerdvd which worked for a while but seemingly now works for nothing at all. I have some new, some old blurays which use to work. Seems to me that basic updates that should fix most stuff is intentionally not being done(even though it's supposed to) and support for older discs that used to work seems to have magically been broken to persuade you to upgrade.
I tried trials of about 3 other programs which fixed barely any problems. Got the BSG boxset and I couldn't get it to work in anything. Funnily enough I could get it working, if you can all it that, in VLC. THeir bodged unofficial method lets you have access to the chapters basically or some of the files but menu's and things basically don't work so you have to click through everything, guess which file is where, which for tv is more difficult than films because which ep in which order is random as crap.
VLC isn't a particularly passable method and none of the software players seem remotely decent. I wouldn't be surprised if a newer version on windows 8/8.1 worked better and the software players might actually bother supporting it. BUt they charge you £50-80 and they'll no doubt break support "accidentally" a year later when a new version is out.
Used to be dvd software, now bluray software is the biggest scam around. Promising support for years, updates for stand alone bluray players are barely needed and work easily, when it's an update you're talking basic files and very easy support. POwerdvd and co are just completely unwilling to do it. My stand alone player from 3 years ago plays each and every one of these files perfectly without ever being updated. That Powerdvd and co can't make this work is nothing short of intentional.
