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Question: Any recommendation for the software to play blue ray discs?
Document: This is true of all operating systems (there are a few expensive Windows machines with an added cost Blu-ray option that can play Blu-ray discs out of the box, but its not Windows doing it, they just install the extra, third-party software for you , and they charge you a fortune to do this, its much cheaper to get this drive and download free software yourself). This is a Sony licensing issue.
This is a pretty kickin' Blu ray player. I have a new 2013 MacBook Pro. Seems to operate flawlessly without any drivers. I did have to purchase and download a third party Blu Ray Player Software to view discs. And for some reason, that software has to be connected to the Internet to play content for the first time. Kinda sucks. Despite that though, if you have a MacBook I would recommend!
and do the conversions into it's default Blu-Ray folder. After the conversions are done, a small blue folder icon appears at the end of the last progress bar. Click on it, and then right click on the file to burn and select &#34;burn to disk&#34; or equivalent. The drive is surprisingly fast, and I have not yet had to scrap a single disk! They all play beautifully on my TV through its HDMI-attached Blu-Ray player drive.
My wife has a reasonably late model iMac that doesn't play Blu-ray movies because Steve Jobs hated the messy intellectual property issues surrounding them. Now she can watch a Blu-ray movie whenever she wants to, and the drive looks good on her desk. We haven't tried writing any discs with it, so I can't comment on that.
There are commercial programs available for Windows, with mixed results so you will have to carefully test the, out before plunking down any cash for them.Multi region support: Like most (actually all the ones hat I know of) current Blu-ray players, this one seems to be region locked. If you have discs that you want to play from different regions with different region codes (i.e.
Works as advertised. The cord works well with the 11 inch Air, reaching both USB ports. Did require buying blu-ray  player software in addition. I haven't tried burning discs (DVD or blu-ray) yet.
Just plugged in to mac and was able to burn 3 blu ray backup discs full of movies, pictures and music without the need for special software (ie 10.9 recognizes a blu ray and can copy to it and burn at 6x by default). I haven tried playing blu ray videos yet, but have read special software is required. So far so good. If I have a problem, I will be changing my review.
Bought this Blu-ray drive for use on my late-2012 27" iMac. With the appropriate software (MacGo Blu-Ray Player, DVDFab Blu-ray Copy) it works well for playing and backing-up Blu-ray discs. The drive without a hitch whether connected directly to the iMac or to myPlugable 7 Port USB 3.0 Hub. My iMac reads Blu-ray discs at around 9MB/s so the USB 3.0 interface really isn't necessary.
No problems with setting up this device and playing DVD's. I haven't used it yet to write a CD or DVD. If you want to play Blu Ray DVD's you have to purchase third party software. Macgo is about $40 and works great!
No computer manufacturer supports Blu-ray, you always have to get your own Blu-ray player software to play Blu-ray (this includes Windows. Sometimes some machines are sold with a package that includes a Blu-ray play but if you check carefully you'll see that its been added on by someone, it was not created by the manufacturer.
Answer: After much searching and trying free software that just wasn't up the the task, I went ahead and paid for Mac Bluray, By MacGo, play for my Mac. It works flawlessly and plays all sorts of other video formats also.