Blu ray software for W7 retail

Griff7520 · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:09

Hi all

I have Power dvd 8 ultra but it does not work on W7.....anyone know any software i can get to play Blu ray on my PC...free if possible....and also I have noticed that OC'rs are doing Power dvd 9 for £3.99...any one know if this is the Ultra version that plays Blu ray

thx in advance

rhysduck · 15 Nov 2009 at 13:05

Unless something has surfaced since I last looked, there is no free Blu-Ray playing software.

Power DVD 9 Ultra will play Blu-Ray movies/discs.

You can find the trail: Here

Django x2 · 15 Nov 2009 at 13:40

Arcsoft TMT is better and intergrates nicely into WMC too

Axil · 15 Nov 2009 at 13:51

Out of PDVD9 , Arcsoft and WinDVD - i've chosen Arcsoft it just integrates far better into win 7

Valo · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:38

Another vote for Arcsoft TMT3 it works really well, integrates with Media Centre perfectly.

TALON1973 · 15 Nov 2009 at 17:29

what you mean it doesnt work ? i purchased a sony blu ray player with power dvd disc ( its called bd edition ) and it playes fine in win 7 and that sofware is at least 1 year old

TALON1973 · 15 Nov 2009 at 17:40

also powerdvd cant just stop br playingback on older versions if it worked previously ....they can stop makign updates to play newer blu ray films , but thats it

TALON1973 · 15 Nov 2009 at 17:45

Griff7520 said:
Hi all

and also I have noticed that OC'rs are doing Power dvd 9 for £3.99...any one know if this is the Ultra version that plays Blu ray

thx in advance

interesting that .... 7 and 8 def had blu ray support , and i'm pretty sure 9 did from the start .. cyberlink seem to be taking the ****

TheBigCheese · 15 Nov 2009 at 18:14

Just a note to be aware of...

In the later versions PowerDVD and another major player (that I can't remember the name of), removed the ability to play movies from the hard drive apparently to stop copying.

Pretty rubbish for a media centre PC.