Spec me blu-ray :-)

Pawnless Endgame · 29 Jan 2010 at 11:19

I recently bought OcUK's wonderful pre-built "Verso Avenger", based on the SN78SH7 SFF case. This includes an LG CH08LS10 blu-ray drive. The OS is W7 Home Premium 64-bit. The machine came shipped with my Shuttle drivers but no Nero/PDVD for the optical drive. After playing around with DVDs and blank CDs, I was relieved to find that Windows 7 already includes the necessarily software and DVD codec to go about these.

I want to buy my first blu-ray film today and I just wanted to be absolutely sure that I also have a blu-ray codec built into the OS, before I commit to spending ££'s on a film. If someone could please let me know, that would be great. If Windows 7 doesn't have such codec, what would be our rated commercial software to go about playing blu-ray films? Alternatively, should I have been given a software CD with my CH08LS10 drive when I ordered the system?

Many thanks.

ViRuS2k · 29 Jan 2010 at 11:23

just google shark win7 codec download

if you dont have the codecs you will after installing this.

Dangerous Dave · 29 Jan 2010 at 11:31

ViRuS2k said:
just google shark win7 codec download

if you dont have the codecs you will after installing this.

That will not work for Blu-Ray disks the OP will need playback software like PowerDVD9 or TMT 3 as Windows 7 can not playback blu-rays nativily. I prefer TMT 3 to Power DVD.

Pawnless Endgame · 29 Jan 2010 at 12:24

D-Dave for the recommendations and their version numbers. I'll see what I can find.

Supertaff · 29 Jan 2010 at 12:33

I'd recommend Arcsoft TMT3 Platinum though it does cost about $79.

It's what I use on two of my PC's and play all my Blu Ray DVDs with no problem

Taff

Pawnless Endgame · 29 Jan 2010 at 12:42

Another question (sorry!) - Does anyone know of any video / TV / film-type magazines that issue a free blue-ray disc that I could at least test on PDVD9/TMT3 first before I buy a film?