Forum - View topicPlaying blu-rays on iMac display
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DKL
 Posts: 1945 Location: California, USA |
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I'm not sure if this should go here, but I didn't see like a technical forum. In any event, my question involves watching anime and buying things, so I assume that I'm in the right place. If I'm in the wrong forum, feel free to move the topic.
So, I feel that my iMac display is a lot better than my current TV. It just occurred to me that I should probably consider watching Blu-Rays on it (particularly, I wanna see Cardcaptor Sakura on the thing), but there seems to be a lot of research involved and I'm not sure what the best solution is. I'm currently considering getting a blu-ray drive: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-506CB-RSBD-Blu-ray-External/dp/B00JJGFRIQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407977281&sr=8-1&keywords=blu-ray+drive+mac And... some 3rd party software to actually play the discs: http://www.macworld.com/article/1160977/blu_ray_movie_playback_comes_to_the_mac.html (though not this one since it's getting put on blast... is there better software for my purposes?) Am I on the right track? Are there better options? (I was initially considering hooking my PS3 up to the monitor, but I'm to understand that there are issues associated with this) Anyway, advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced. |
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potatochobit
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playing blu-rays on a macintosh OSX is a bad, bad idea.
using your monitor is fine, not sure about your model imac, search your model imac and 'how to use imac as an external monitor' the reason is, apple does not support many codecs because they dont want to play licensing fees. you may have audio issues with blu-ray on OSX, AC3 is not supported as well as some other surround sound properties. here is a ridiculously expensive gadget there may be cheaper idk Last edited by potatochobit on Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:18 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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DKL
Posts: 1945 Location: California, USA |
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Yeah, that was my main worry: it seems like everywhere I read, there's issues.
That said, I would be down for using my iMac just as a display (that's how I'd want it anyway), but it seems that route has its own share of headaches (at least, this is the case for using a PS3). I have like an HDMI/DVI converter thing... assuming I'm on the right path, what's the next step? Is there a way to hook up any kind of blu-ray player to my display without having to deal with issues? (what I mean is, if it works, I'm just gonna go out and buy a blu-ray player... I just wanna make this as hassle free as possible) |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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sadly my apple knowledge is very limited
try asking here for better info http://forums.macrumors.com/index.php if your imac is hdmi ready, just plugin your ps3 or bluray player thats it |
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DKL
Posts: 1945 Location: California, USA |
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I'm actually browsing that place and it's a little hard to get a specific answer for whatever reason lol
Was hoping someone here was doing what I intend on doing so as to get the TL;DR version of everything. |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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not sure if u can return your dongle
something else u might consider is buying a PC laptop I saw some last week fro 250$ amd A4s that's fine to watch blurays or u can get these korean LCDs very cheap on ebay here is a cheap 250$ 40" TV |
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DKL
Posts: 1945 Location: California, USA |
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At that point though, I might just continue to watch stuff on my current setup (which is not bad, but my iMac display, at least as far as I can see, is a lot better)...
Anyway, I'll continue my research. |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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the imac display has better color accuracy and is brighter which makes it look good and has high resolution
any decent computer monitor can display very good color with something called a colorimeter like a colormunki which is what I use however, bluray only plays in 1080p, so once u have that resolution on your TV going higher won't make an improvement but going a larger 'screen' might since you already own an imac by all means try to use the hdmi but dont spend too much on this if you have a thunderbolt model imac it's most likely not possible keep in mind, the bad thing about computer bluray software is every few years you are forced to purchase an upgrade. most companies claim they no longer support the old model and will stop updating your DRM called an AACS key. When that happens no new blurays will be playable. This is not an issue on stand alone blu-ray players. |
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DKL
Posts: 1945 Location: California, USA |
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Kinda browsing through here and they are talking about displays comparable to the 27-inch screen I currently have:
http://forums.n4g.com/Is-there-a-PC-screen-that-looks-as-good-a-273939-iMac-screen-m921388.aspx I'm... hoping to not get another display at this point because there's literally no room anywhere (I even have like an ACER monitor sitting on my living room floor right now... is actually pretty good for fighting games according to people who have played on it, so it might be my game setup as soon as I stop being lazy). |
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