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RE: Anyone else here using their PC for Blu Ray playback?

Posted by Gmood1 (A) on August 1, 2008 at 12:25:22

In Reply to: RE: Anyone else here using their PC for Blu Ray playback? posted by Bubba on July 31, 2008 at 18:09:00:

Thanks for the reply,
I agree with you on the sound. Although I'm content with the 5.1 or 6.1 I can get out of the PC's SPDIF. My reciever doesn't have the new codecs, so not a problem at the moment.

In the near future I would like to build a custom HTPC. It will have true HDMI outs instead of DVI.I'll wait till the price of those cards come down a bit. I use a Nvidia 256 bit 1 gb ram 8800GT right now. I did have an ATI 3450 installed and before that a Nvidia 7600. The Nvidia 8800 of course smokes them both.

Glad too see another HTPC user amongst the crowd! Cyberlink BD works very well on my PC for playback. I have a copy of WinDVD also. There were some hiccups when I tried to use it, so I went back to Cyberlink.

Even my DVDs look better with this video card over my previous Nvidia 7600. Using the PC as a media center has been a winner for me. No need to worry about things getting too old or out of date. I can always upgrade the hardware and the software.

Edits: 08/01/08

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