Blu Ray setup

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Could someone kindly tell me what is needed in terms of computer specs to be able to handle a BR player in Vista, and also what software would be required to play BR DVDS.

Thanks.
 
Here are the req's for you ripped directly from cyberlinks powrdvd site.

To play Blu-ray Discs
Operating System

* Windows XP or Windows Vista

Screen Resolution

* 1920 x 1080

Screen Ratio

* 16:9 widescreen recommended

Processor

Intel Minimum:

* Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz),
* Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz),
* Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz),
* Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz),
* Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz),
* Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz or T5600 1.83 GHz

Recommended:

* Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 (3.73 GHz),
* Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz),
* Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz),
* Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz, or X6800 2.93 GHz

AMD Minimum:

* Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz),
* Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz)

Recommended:

* Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz), 4800+ (2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz)

Memory

* XP: 512 MB
* Vista: 1 GB

Sound Card

* PCI sound card or on-board audio.

Graphics Card

* Intel: 965G, G33, G35 graphics software decoding (with Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) processor or AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8 GHz) processor or above recommended) Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above.
* NVIDIA: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later Video RAM: 256MB or above.
* ATI: Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400, 3600, 3800 series Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above.

Hard Disc Space

* 150 MB

Optical Drive

* Blu-ray Disc drive for playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs

Internet Connection

* Internet connection required for product activation and some upload/download features.


Hope this helps
 
Apologies for hijacking this thread but what effect will not having a monitor capable of displaying 1920 x 1080 resolution have on BR/HD-DVD playback?

I'm waiting on one or two final components before putting my LG dual optical drive into my PC and will be watching movies on a Samsung monitor with a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050.
 
It should work fine, just will scale it down I believe.
If you look at a lot of the laptops that say they are "hd" with a blu ray drive...most of them do not have 1920 screens.
I would guess you would be fine.
 
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