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What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Apr 14. 2017 04:25

i3 7100T + AsRock Z270 ITX + Pioneer BDR-211UBK
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?




There are only two optical drives on the market at present that support Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK and DBR-S11J-X.



www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=50827
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?




There are only two optical drives on the market at present that support Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK and DBR-S11J-X.



www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=50827




I have asked Pioneer support about support UHD BD on the BDR-207MBK. They answered me:

"As long as your computer software you are running supports this forplayback and decoding then the drive will read this information and pass italong to your software." i3 7100T + AsRock Z270 ITX + Pioneer BDR-211UBK
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?




There are only two optical drives on the market at present that support Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK and DBR-S11J-X.



www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=50827




I have asked Pioneer support about support UHD BD on the BDR-207MBK. They answered me:

"As long as your computer software you are running supports this forplayback and decoding then the drive will read this information and pass italong to your software."


Hi Guys

My LG BH16NS40 working with no Problem !! Pauls PC
X399 AORUS Extreme/AMD Ryzen2970WX/1xQuatro 4000 Driver:Geforce 419.67Skill V DDR4 64GB/3200MHz/Win10 prox64
Intel SSD 750/400 / Intel SSD 750/1.2Tb 1x4TB SSHD /1xSeagate 10TB pro
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?




There are only two optical drives on the market at present that support Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK and DBR-S11J-X.



www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=50827




I have asked Pioneer support about support UHD BD on the BDR-207MBK. They answered me:

"As long as your computer software you are running supports this forplayback and decoding then the drive will read this information and pass italong to your software."


Hi Guys

My LG BH16NS40 working with no Problem !!


What's the rest of your hardware, are you using a dedcated GPU or your i7-5960X _ none of this should work according to Cyberlinks required specs ?
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?




There are only two optical drives on the market at present that support Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK and DBR-S11J-X.



www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=50827




I have asked Pioneer support about support UHD BD on the BDR-207MBK. They answered me:

"As long as your computer software you are running supports this forplayback and decoding then the drive will read this information and pass italong to your software."




LG BH16NS40 is just a conventional BD drive, but NOT a UHDBD drive.
You may see the data files stored on a UHDBD by your BD drive in Windows, but it is NOT equal to suport "UHDBD".

There is no possibilities that a "Blu-ray" disc drive can playback "Ultra HD Blu-ray".
It regards not only firmware, but also "new hardware chipset" is required on disc drive to support such format.
Hence, firmware updates will not be a UHDBD solution for previous BD drive, either.

You should ask Pionner support again that a "BDR-207MBK" truly support "Ultra HD Blu-ray" movie playback?
Don't let them have any chance to fob off you with any vague answers. Ask them a "Yes/No" question directly.

The first UHD-BD drive in the world released on 2017 Q1.
Any optical device released before 2017Q1 is not possible to support UHDBD: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/25/14387744/pioneer-ultra-hd-bluray-drive-4k-pc

Is the above information very clear for everyone here who wants to play UHDBD on PC?

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For building up an UHDBD, you may refer to CyberLink FAQ, there're some model numbers information



Minimum System Requirement

http://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=19144



Reference info for building up an UHD-BD ready PC

http://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=19860&isDraft=1
Jeff R 1 [Avatar]
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I think Paul1945, may be just be using a regular Blu-ray.. ??
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Quote What optical drives are supported in PowerDVD 17 for UHD BD playback?

I have Pioneer BDR-207MBK (BDXL) this optical drive are supported?


I don't have problems with any optical drive... Cześć! Jestem Maciej i z zawodu jestem programistą. Prowadzę własny biznes. Jeśli potrzebujesz dobrego programu to koniecznie sprawdź moją ofertę. Na pewno znajdziesz coś dla siebie.
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