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Question: Is this drive, along with the other LG blue-ray drives, paired with that abomination of a software called 'Cyberlink Power DVD'?
Document: Installed, works perfectly. New firmware just released by LG (July, 2014), so it is still fully supported. Very quiet. No coasters so far (burns perfectly). This OEM version does not include manuals or cables (manuals and new firmware are available from LG's website). I did not need cables as my Dell has both SATA and Power already in place for each drive bay. I even like the blue LED when it is reading or writing.Excellent price. Shipped fast with excellent packing.
I can eject the tray from Win7, but can't read any discs. Tried blu-ray discs, dvd movie, plain old CD, and my Win7 Home full retail DVD. I called LG and they told me to send it in for a replacement. I asked should I deal with the vendor where I bought it from or LG? LG said, if I use them, they'll pay for shipping. That was MY mistake. I sent it in, got a replacement, and same result.
The drive is packed in with CyberLink Power Suite 10- most prominently PowerDVD10. That's an impressive bundle for an OEM drive. Unfortunately, as reported, PowerDVD 10 will not load in Windows 8.1That being said, it WILL install, and by going through the program's menus I was given a link to purchase the far more powerful and Windows 8.1 compatible PowerDVD 13 Ultra at 50% off. Not too shabby.This being an OEM drive it's impressive it even comes with software.
Don't know why LG would not send a power cord with the device. Now I have to run to electronic store and find the special SATA power cable before I can use this device.
i have windows 8.1 and for some reason it stops reading blu ray discs. every blu ray player software reads as no disc in drive for blu rays but works fine with regular dvds. i thought it was something wrong with windows but after going as far as reinstalling windows i got nothing. the blu ray discs work fine on another computer but not the one with this drive
Truth is this drive costs way less than its competitors with similar features. For burning discs, lots of free software is available. For playback of Blu-Ray/DVD movies, you can use the money you save to purchase just about any suite you want, and get a full version for any OS.The drive itself works great. Much faster than my old Panasonic drive. Works with both Windows and Linux without incident.
Windows Media Player won't help you. You can however use 3rd party software that can play Blu-Ray disks. I don't have a disk handy right now to confirm that. I am however, able to burn and play DVD's in the Blu-Ray drive which I could not do last night. As soon as I get a Blu-Ray disk, I will try it again and let you know what program I am using to play it.
Passkey for Blu-ray removes AACS and BD+ copy protections, Region Code, BD-Live and UOPs. It thusly allows you to play disks directly with PotPlayer (or just use Windows Explorer to copy the M2TS movie file off the drive), but the software is a tad inconsistent and its setup process every time you insert a movie disk can take some time (which is a good part of the time required to just rip the movie with MakeMKV).
I researched this product on the LG site and it states that it is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8. Notice is does not say XP SP 1, 2, 3,  etc. with all the variations listed above. I called LG and they say it is compatible with Windows 8. The catch, I only learnt today is, it is not compatible with Windows 8.1. That was my assumption, I wonder if it is compatible with 7 SP1.
I noticed that the system requirements listed on this site doesn't include Windows 8. Bravo for Amazon. I figured the manufactures website would have the most relevant information. I was wrong. It seems that Windows is tying to prevent the ability for its users to use Blu-Ray. Is it true? I don't know yet, but that is the LG customer version of why I have to return this product.
Answer: No