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You're not missing much, I got so impatient I went and blew the almost 700.00$ bucks here in Canada for a Samsung UBD-K8500. I use my HTPC, MPC-HC, MadVR and a Sony 300ES 4K projector.
I could not see any real difference with "X-Men, The Days of Future Past". With "Chappie" (which was drawn from a 4K master) I noticed that the trees and the beginning of scene 3 were sharper _ the 1080p Blu-ray with my HTPC was not as sharp _ almost 720p resolution, that was just with the trees though, everything else appeared just as clear and sharp as the 2160p Blu-ray as with the 1080p version.
No difference with the "Peanuts Movie" either. If you have HDR and a display that can make use of the wider colour pallet, then apparently that is more noticeable, but I have been told that these early UHD releases are still using REC.709 colour space, like the old Blu-rays.
I'm returning the Samsung player.
If and or when Cyberlink does release a version that will play UHD discs, I will buy it, mainly because I can buy an AMD video card and use its Smooth Motion feature _ my 300es doesn't have it's Smoothe Motion function at 2160p.
And the other problem with that is AMD has no video card (yet ???) that is HDCP 2.2 enabled or an HDMI port that is HDMI 2.0 enabled.
There was so much frame judder on X-Men, it pretty much spoiled the movie for me.
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At least it is recognizing the drive as containing a blu ray.
But the OP doesn't need VLC to determine that, Windows will show the title of the movie with out any sofware, licensed or unlisenced.
He should also be able to right click on the drive and open the Blu-ray to look at the files on the disc.
You may be on to something there, maybe the OP simply bought the wrong version, but that still doesn't explain why the trial didn't work.
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Just to note that VLC is an unsilenced player and will not play Blu-rays, unless there is some sort of decrypting software running in the back ground.
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It's official. No UHD-BD support in PowerDVD 16, ouch!
I believe you, but where did you hear this "officially" ?
And that sucks !
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Never mind, found it over at myce.com
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I use Power DVD14 and the Blu-ray function in that works quite well on my Sony 300ES projector.
I have to set up the 3D in the NVIDIA control panel first.
After that I simply enable the 3D in PowerDVD.
It was a little finicky at first, but it works good now.
I ended up having to re-install the NVIDIA driver by going to the advanced options and choosing a clean install.
Really like your avatar BTW !
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Read these forum posts, starting from the specific link I gave.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-theater-computers/2293498-uhd-blu-ray-disc-bdxl-drive-test-request-3.html#post41583457
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-home-theater-computers/2364137-power-dvd-15-uhd-playback-deceiving.html#post42350353
I asked Cyberlink about this and they're not at liberty to say anything.
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There was a report over at AVS forum of someone trying to use PowerDVD 15 with a LG W16NS40 BDXL drive (SVC code NS50), with the same model number and the old code of NS40 it does not work.
Power DVD 15 would see the title, but nothing would happen when the play button was pressed.
I suspect the problem is that DVD 15 is not AACS 2.0 enabled, even if it has all the correct codecs and capabilities to play the new UHD Blu-ray's.
@stevek
What article, was the link removed ?
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Hi,
we plan to release an FAQ for this question soon.
meanwhile I can share below info for supported hardware:
APU:
A8 & 10 Kaveri based APUs
Some notebook Kaveri APUs – exact info tba
dGPUs:
R9 295x2
R9 290x
R9 290
R9 285x
R7 260x/260
greetings
Michael
Resurrecting this old thread, two years later and still nothing in the FAQ section on the matter.
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There's this one.
http://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-BH14NS40-internal-blu-ray-dvd-drive
http://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/BH14NS40.pdfhttp://www.lg.com/us/support/products/documents/BH14NS40.pdf
If you look at the spec sheet, it says "Sustained" "BD-ROM > 62.93 MB/s (>14x)"
I don't know if I'm reading that right though.
At any rate if Cyberlink is going to have a UHD-Blu-ray version, it will be interesting to see what will be available as a reader.
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You say 128 Mbps, then you say 16 mega bytes per second, which is it ?
Or is it a type "0".
Do you mean 128 Gb capacity ?
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After reading this.
http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/company/press-news-content.do?pid=3926
Does this also mean that the present BDXL drives will be able to read the new UHD-Blu-ray discs, or are there going to be UHD readers fro HTPC's ?
Anyone from Cyberlink care to comment ?
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Hmmm...
The DX file has that information right in front of their face, including the fact that you have an i3 processor.
I think the problem with Cyberlinks' help is that it first goes to the bottom help centre and while I am sure the people there try to help, they are reading from a script and they don't know what the real problem _ even if it's staring them in the face.
If I get curios enough, I'll slip my GT 980 out and force my HTPC just to run on the processor.
It's a 4770K so it will have a enough juice to run 3D, but if there is a problem with the Intel drivers, it will show up.
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Here's a screen shot on how to reset Cyberlink on the refresh rate pop-up. Again this applies to DVD14, but I am going to assume that it's the same for DVD15.
I had a look at the bare minimum specs to play a 3D movie and when it come to using a CPU only, it's asking for at least an Intel i5 _ yours is an i3.
Maybe that's the problem.
When you change to LPCM, it works because you're unloading some of the burden on the CPU.
TMT tended to be a lighte application and would work with you i3 _ just suggesting a possable explanation.
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I'm still using PowerDVD14, but what I do is set my refresh rate to 23 (which is 23.976 _ there is no 23 fps) in the NVIDIA control panel.
I get a message from DVD14 asking me if I want to correct the refresh rate and I choose not to.
It then remains at 23.976 and my 3D ISO's play perfectly.
There have also been a few reports over at SlySoft that Power DVD's 15 virtual drive isn't that great, so I have been using Virtual Clone Drive _ it works well and has never given me any problems, so I stick with it.
My 3D ISO's are also complete copies of the entire disc.
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You have no idea what you're talking about, if you make a 1 to 1 copy of a Blu-ray and leave AACS in tact, it will not play in Power DVD because it is a licensed player _ it's that simple.
And if you play an ISO copy of a Blu-ray in an un-licensed player such as MPC-HC, it will not work there either because AACS is still in tact.
To answer your question, dual monitors can give problems with HDCP protection, but not always, so try using one with the original disc, and then try both monitors with the original disc _ not the ISO.
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So I had a look at the description of PowerDVD 15 and it is deceiving, claiming that ISO playback of a Blu-ray is now possible.
The fact remains though, an ISO copy of a Blu-ray can not be played on a lisenced player _ the AACA file has to be defeated in some way.
It's a grey legal area and it falls under the term "fair trade use". If you own a copy of a Blu-ray, it becomes you personal property, you have the right to protect it and if you make a copy of it in order to protect it, then that is legal.
It is illegal to distribute that copy to your friends, family or strangers in any way. You are not allowed to play the copy privately and charge admission or even use the original disc for that matter in that way.
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No player will play an encrypted ISO of a Blu-ray _ licensed or un-licensed.
The ISO will have to be decrypted on the fly with AnyDVD HD after the fact or created while AnyDVD HD is enabled during the creation of the ISO.
DVD FAB is another decrypter, that will work with Blu-rays, but since I have no experience with that product, I can't tell you which version works with Blu-rays.
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I just had a look at Power ISO, and it appears that it has no decrypter.
I hope you didn't spend money on that product, Imgburn will do the same thing and it's free.
And just a friendly reminder, it's OK to make back-up copies of your own Blu-rays to protect your property, but not someone elses for your benefit.
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I think you have 30 days to get your money back.
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It should work in Vista, perhaps some over zealous anti virus program _ very strange behavior.
Just grasping at straws about the anti virus program. 
Here's all the "what's supported and what isn't", in case you haven't found it _ it's a bit confusing.
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/spec_en_CA.html
I don't have anything running Vista to see if that's the problem. I know others have the trial work and when they purchase the actual product, they run into problems like you're having.
And in that case, I never did find out what the problem was.
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Sounds like the registry is messed up.
Create a manual restore point as a precaution.
Uninstall all Power DVD14 (and any other Power DVD products, but if you're running DVD14, there should be nothing else)
Choose to uninstall your personal settings _ it will ask you if you want to save them _ choose not to.
Now go into "Documents" and right click on any Cyberlink folders there to delete them.
Also look for a folder that Power DVD14 created for your 10GB of free storage _ delete that as well _ there may be one in "Computer", "Pictures" etc _ get rid of everything.
Install CCleaner and run its registry cleaner as many times as necessary until it finds nothing. There will be lots of stuff to delete too other then left over Cyberlink remnants.
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Use the free version.
If you're worried about deleting the registry files that CCleaner finds, it will create a folder to save them in _ you may do so if you wish.
Restart and run CCleaner again _ repeat this procedure until it finds nothing.
Now download you upgrade file of Power DVD 14 to the desk top and install it form there and at some point it will ask you to enter a product key from your previous installation _ use your Power DVD 9 key here. Continue and it will ask you to activate Power DVD14 with your upgrade key.
Restart and load one of the problem Blu-rays automatically, let DVD14 do it on it's own _ give it some time.
Power DVD has the habit of selecting itself in AutoPlay to play Blu-rays.
If there is no option to enter your key from Power DVD9 to do a clean install with an upgrade key, then you will have no choice but to install DVD 9 and then install DVD 14 on top of that.
It should work this time around though because you have deleted the Cyberlink file(s) in "Documents" etc. and cleaned up the registry.
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Use the trial first in AnyDVD HD, just as rule of thumb before laying down your cash.
If you like it, then you activate it with a product key, you don't have to uninstall it to install the paid version like Power DVD.
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Get the lifetime member ship for AnyDVDHD _ it's kind of expensive, but it's a one time shot and that's it. James and the others over at SlySoft do a good job of updating the encryption key removal. I've used it for years and have never been sorry, it's a great product ! :
If you're going to use a free Blu-ray player, use MPC-HC, not VLC _ VLC was never meant to play Blu-rays and doesn't do it very well.
Many videophiles over at the SlySoft forum will agree with me on this.
AnyDVD HD has a built in ripper to save the movies on the hard drive _ it saves it as an ISO file _ that file is then mounted on a virtual drive (free ware) and it shows up in Windows like a regular Blu-ray loaded into any standard computer Blu-ray drive.
Once mounted it can be played with any free Blu-ray player or Power DVD, if you wish.
SlySoft has a free virtual player "Virtual Clone Drive"
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
As far as border cropping for Blu-rays _ generally no matter what encryption keys are removed, the format does not allow cropping.
MPC-HC does to a point in their "Video Frame" tool.
I don't know of any computer based licensed play that allows cropping with Blu-rays.
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