I've heard that VLC can play blu-ray disks. And I've read elsewhere that it cant. If it cannot, is it because it only displays a picture that is not true blu-ray, but a display close to blu-ray with some minor changes in it, the changes being only enough to define the picture as "not blu-ray"? Is the difference between Powerdvd and VLC visible to the human eye eye when playing a blu-ray disk? I'm trying to avoid paying $60.00 for PowerDvD (I just bought a blu-ray drive -without software). I have to admit PowerDvD does have an easy to use interface, and VLC has a steep learning curve and I dont know how to setup VLC for true blu-ray. If someone who KNOWS what they are talking about would show me what settings to use in VLC to play Blu-ray disks ( and HD files from my hard drive) I could see for myself if VLC would be ok for me.
With the money I save by not buying PowerdVD, I might make a donation again to this techSupportForum, but first youre going to have to prove to me that VLC really CAN play blu-ray disks, without any major on-the-fly (or not) conversions of the picture that would make it just a "fascimele" ( not sure if I spelled that right (?)) of a blu-ray disk display. If you know of any other software blu-ray players that is cheaper than PowerDvD that would be another option for me. I dont know the terminology used in the VLC settings.
When I tried to play a blu-ray disk, it froze on the first "frame".
For the moment, I'll be using the trial version of PowerDvD that will expire in a couple weeks. Thanks for reading.
With the money I save by not buying PowerdVD, I might make a donation again to this techSupportForum, but first youre going to have to prove to me that VLC really CAN play blu-ray disks, without any major on-the-fly (or not) conversions of the picture that would make it just a "fascimele" ( not sure if I spelled that right (?)) of a blu-ray disk display. If you know of any other software blu-ray players that is cheaper than PowerDvD that would be another option for me. I dont know the terminology used in the VLC settings.
When I tried to play a blu-ray disk, it froze on the first "frame".
For the moment, I'll be using the trial version of PowerDvD that will expire in a couple weeks. Thanks for reading.