Can my computer playback 3D Blu Ray ISO's with powerDVD?

Aptitude

Newbie Joined: Mar 30, 2011 03:47 Messages: 5 Offline

Solved by

Mar 30, 2011 04:11

I have a MacBook Pro. I plan on installing Windows 7 via BootCamp if my hardware specs support 3D Blu Ray playback. My specs are 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 Processor with 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Ram and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M Video Card. I plan on playing them on my 3D HDTV via Mini-DVI to HDMI.

Thanks for any help.

Aptitude

Newbie Joined: Mar 30, 2011 03:47 Messages: 5 Offline

Mar 30, 2011 14:41

anyone?

Larry Patrick

Senior Member Joined: Jul 11, 2007 14:21 Messages: 276 Offline

Mar 30, 2011 19:18

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/powerdvd-system-requirements_en_US.html

Based upon that information and my experience thus far you may be able to do this. But since you will be using BootCamp and I am not familar with this I would definety download the demo and bd advisor before you purchase the software.

Bd Advisor
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/9795.page

PowerDVD 10 Trial
http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdvd/download_en_US.html

By the way PowerDVD 10 does not officially support Blu Ray or Blu Ray 3D iso images.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Mar 30. 2011 19:19

Aptitude

Newbie Joined: Mar 30, 2011 03:47 Messages: 5 Offline

Mar 31, 2011 06:31

Is there any way to know for sure? Or to check with a program for my Mac? Because in order to install Windows 7, I will have to buy Windows 7. I don't want to buy it if I will not be able to play Blu Rays as that is my only reason for buying windows..

Larry Patrick

Senior Member Joined: Jul 11, 2007 14:21 Messages: 276 Offline

Mar 31, 2011 08:54

For starters you meet some of required specifications and in theory you should be able to at least play Blu Rays with a Blu Ray opitical disk drive. I am not sure if boot camp will interfere in any way.

Actually you should be able to download an ISO image from Microsoft and install it in a 3 day trial I believe. I will see if they still offer that method as it was available during the release candidate phase of testing.

This link is for IT professionals for a 90 trial version of Windows 7 Enterprise.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx

Otherwise we need another mac book pro user who has done this to chime in on their experience.

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Mar 31. 2011 09:09

Aptitude

Newbie Joined: Mar 30, 2011 03:47 Messages: 5 Offline

Mar 31, 2011 09:13

Yes. I know for sure I can play regular Blu Ray's because I am able to play m2ts files from Blu Ray's on my Mac with no problems. I will give that link a try. Thanks for your help.

Aptitude

Newbie Joined: Mar 30, 2011 03:47 Messages: 5 Offline

Apr 02, 2011 02:14

So is this good enough to play 3D Blu Ray ISO's? I have not bought my 3D HDTV yet so that is why it says no 3D display..

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Apr 02. 2011 02:33