> If you have an Intel Mac, and if you actually were brave enough to put a > Blu- > Ray drive in it, you might be interested in this software afterall. > > > BTW, the german computer magazine article concludes that the Mac player > software was (one year ago, previous version) very limited in features and > regularly crashed unexpectedly. It also found that some if not many > Blu-Ray > discs didn't play at all. > But… this is the new version, so maybe it has gotten better…
I have Blu-Ray drives in my Hackintoshes. Several of those are dual-booted, with MacOS X Lion and Windows 7 Ultimate. I have a paid-up license for BOTH Mac Blu-Ray Player (for Mac) and Mac Blu-Ray Player (for Windows). Both work, and generally work well. MacGo has been updating them fairly regularly. At one point they claimed that ANY video format can be played successfully, but that proved NOT to be the case. Initially, I found that VR disks ... those are DVDs which are produced by hard-drive-equipped PVRs with burners ... can be easily and reliably played using DVD Player (free with MacOS X), but not with Mac Blu-Ray Player. Then, I found other formats which cannot be played. However, Blu-Ray disks definitely can be played, and the application works well on both MacOS X and Windows 7 (different applications, of course). The "acid test" was playing all four Blu-Ray disks in the new Godfather Blu-Ray set. EVERY disk played correctly and flawlessly. Not that I am any great fan of GF III, although I did meet Sophia Coppola as a baby, so it was interesting to see her as an adult. However, GF I and GF II, both of which were flawlessly restored by Bob Harris, were magnificent. Sophia played the baby Michael Corelene Jr in that one, during the baptism sequence. So, yes, the MacGo products work, and they even work on Hacks. One of my Hacks is a Shuttle SH61 (Intel H61 chip set) and this one has an internal Blu-Ray super-super-multi burner (Lite-On). Another of my Hacks, the one I use to duplicate media of all kinds, also has an internal Blu-Ray super-super-multi burner (LG). This is a P67-based system. This also has a conventional super-multi burner. I can "rip" media on the Blu-Ray drive while I burn media on the DVD drive. I also have a Blu-Ray super-super-multi burner which is USB. I use this on laptops which are Hacks, and also on desktops which are Hacks, but have no Blu-Ray device (Samsung). All are working flawlessly. All can burn double-layer Blu-Ray media or double-layer DVD media or CD media. Obviously, these can also read anything which they can burn. Media interchange has been flawless. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
