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  • October 7, 2011 at 2:42 am in reply to: htpc_user wrote: Aaron #6017
    geohec

      [quote=htpc_user]

      [quote=Aaron Ledger]

      You should take a look at WinDVD. It is less expensive than PDVD and TMT and sounds like it will serve your needs.

      You should use the 30-day trials of all three software packages so you can give them a spin. You’ll also get 90 days of free BD playback 🙂 .[/quote]

      I might be wrong but I don’t think any of them allow bluray playback in their trials.  I’m pretty sure PDVD doesn’t, and I know WinDVD doesn’t.  Only one I’m not 100% sure about is TMT.

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      Yikes Surprised

      The drive I purchased is on UPS truck due Monday.   I’ll report whether it’s able to play BR disks or not.   If the trials don’t offer Blu-ray playback then they’re really shooting themselves in the foot.   I’ll cross my fingers.

      Thanks for the feedback.

      October 7, 2011 at 2:30 am in reply to: Thanks for the advice.   I’ll #6016
      geohec

        Thanks for the advice.   I’ll look for the coupons.  Currently, PDVD11 and WinDVD pro 11 are both about $80.  

        If the price remains the same, would you recommend one over the other with regards to being stable at playing Blu-ray movies.   Stability is big for me.  

        I was really on the fence about dropping money into a BR ROM drive for my HTPC since I’ve read so many people complain about stability with Blu-ray movies.   Especially since you can buy a decent player for about the same price as a drive + SW.  But like many others here, we’re always on the look out for easy integration and HTPC utopia.

        I’ll try out the 3 SW’s for 90 days and hope the price comes down on one.  $50 or less would be nice.

        Thanks again for the info.  Laughing

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