Suffocator Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hello, I was wondering if anyone has tried using a blu-ray drive with their mac yet? I just got a new mac mini and was looking to grab a blu-ray drive and stick it in an external case to use with the tv. The one I am looking at is http://ca.lge.com/en/products/model/detail...e_ggch20l.jhtml . Would the mac mini have to power to playback 1080p blu-ray discs? and is it even possible? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 The dual-core Mac mini will be able to decode 1080p. OS X can play HD video, but I think you must first decrypt it with Anydvd or something similar. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-566817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 You might have a problem with hdcp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-567095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffocator Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks for the feedback guys, I have been looking around some more and it appears there is currently no software packages to playback blu-ray or hd-dvd for the mac. I will be plugging the mac-mini into a 50" FullHD Plasma via HDMI, but it may still may fail the HDCP test due to the video card. Looks like I will have to buy a standalone player, unless something is revealed at MacWorld...fingers crossed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-567546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Speculations, though if any blu-ray drive does come out, it will probably be in the mac pro first. But hey, at least you can get the drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-568277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Well, correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think you can bypass the HDCP with Anydvd (windows app, I know). But then you would have to rip the Blu-ray movies, and they're huge! The DVD Player in Mac OS X. does have HD playback ability, if you look in the options. Here's a link I found though...Fastmac offers Blu-ray upgrade for Mac mini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-569607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 $799.95 for the Mac Mini BRD drive...I think that money could be well spent on something else... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/79992-anyone-used-an-external-blu-ray-drive/#findComment-570459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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