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Nov 20, 2011 3:21 PM in response to stuart35by Grant Bennet-Alder,Blu-Ray discs are not the same as DVDs, and the standard DVD players cannot read them.
You can buy a third-party Blu-Ray player with software if you like.
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Nov 20, 2011 6:14 PM in response to stuart35by Linc Davis,You can use a third-party BD drive to read and write data discs. However, there is no built-in software to play video BD's, even if you have a drive that can read them. I don't know whether there is now any third-party software that can play those discs; the last time I remember checking, there was not. It's technically (but not legally) possible to convert BD's to a format that can play natively on the Mac, but that subject can't be discussed within the terms of use of this site.
The copy protection on BD's won't allow them to be played at full resolution on an external display without end-to-end hardware copy protection (HDCP) in the graphics subsystem.
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Nov 21, 2011 9:58 AM in response to Linc Davisby Martin Pace,Just an FYI, MCE now provides software for playing commercial Blu-ray discs on OS X with their Blu-ray drives as of about a week ago.
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Sep 23, 2012 1:08 PM in response to Linc Davisby AlamKhan,VLC Player tends to play virtually everything. I am curious if it also plays blue ray movie media.
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Dec 27, 2012 11:25 PM in response to stuart35by Mecbethben,You are right. The DVD player doesn't work on Blu-ray Disc. On the contrary, a Blu-ray Player could apply to DVDs. Macgo Mac Blu-ray PLayer is the best one among what I ever used. VLC has limitation on many Blu-ray Discs. Here is the right site you want
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Dec 31, 2012 4:54 AM in response to stuart35by LordZedd,DVD and Blu-ray are two completely different technologies. Your DVD cannot physically read blu-ray discs. The only option is to buy a new drive.
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Jul 7, 2014 7:57 PM in response to stuart35by ApHu,I bought a Samsung External Bluray Drive to use with my Mac and it works great.