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Bleeping Blu-Ray
Feb. 25th, 2012 08:56 pmChristmas 2010 I thought I was being very smart about wanting to connect my PC and my TV and in those plans I bought a Blu-ray drive so that I could get a better deal than the $150+ prices standalone Blu-ray players are selling for.
Of course it came out after working once, my old computer didn't have the power to just be a Blu-ray player like I wanted so I had to wait a year until I got my new PC this past Christmas. Finally I was able to watch Blu-rays through the drive, all except one (TMNT the original movie disc) were playable and everything has been fine.
Now I bought Puss in Boots yesterday and had plans tonight to watch it, and what do I get? A notification popup that interrupts the disc starting up that says my player needs to be updated to continue playback. The thing is ... THERE IS NO FURTHER UPDATE for the version I have that came with my drive.
So it looks like if I want to see this new movie disc .. .I have to upgrade to a new version ... which they will only let me get the latest which is pretty much $100. WHAT THE F CYBERLINK?!
This is just so disheartening. I'm probably going to look to get a standalone player that's a new model.. It's fun to have a drive on the PC but I'm not going to pay $100 just for in two years to lose compatibility again and probably have to shell out more.
I can understand wanting to put out new versions of your software but at least keep the player up to date! That's all I want! But they probably know a majority of their users just want that and tie in the other software to try to justify the exorbitant price.
Of course it came out after working once, my old computer didn't have the power to just be a Blu-ray player like I wanted so I had to wait a year until I got my new PC this past Christmas. Finally I was able to watch Blu-rays through the drive, all except one (TMNT the original movie disc) were playable and everything has been fine.
Now I bought Puss in Boots yesterday and had plans tonight to watch it, and what do I get? A notification popup that interrupts the disc starting up that says my player needs to be updated to continue playback. The thing is ... THERE IS NO FURTHER UPDATE for the version I have that came with my drive.
So it looks like if I want to see this new movie disc .. .I have to upgrade to a new version ... which they will only let me get the latest which is pretty much $100. WHAT THE F CYBERLINK?!
This is just so disheartening. I'm probably going to look to get a standalone player that's a new model.. It's fun to have a drive on the PC but I'm not going to pay $100 just for in two years to lose compatibility again and probably have to shell out more.
I can understand wanting to put out new versions of your software but at least keep the player up to date! That's all I want! But they probably know a majority of their users just want that and tie in the other software to try to justify the exorbitant price.
