Home › Forums › General Topics › Accessories, add ons, and devices › External Slimline USB 2.0 Bluray Drive $99 – would it work?
- This topic has 6 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 7 months ago by
Logan.
-
AuthorPosts
-
February 19, 2009 at 3:40 pm #161227
Logan
Memberhttp://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_2_52&products_id=406
I’m curious. If I plugged this into my NC10, could I watch BluRay!?
$99 is a bargain if so.
February 19, 2009 at 3:49 pm #184413TCMuffin
MemberMy guess would be that the NC10’s processor and graphics capability may theorectically support BluRay, but it wouldn’t be pretty ๐
February 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm #184411s162000
MemberThe NC10’s graphics chip is too weak to play anything over 720p smoothly, if at all. Sorry dude! On the other hand why would you want to watch HD video on such a small screen?
February 19, 2009 at 3:53 pm #184412s162000
Member[quote1235058735=TCMuffin]
My guess would be that the NC10’s processor and graphics capability may theorectically support BluRay, but it wouldn’t be pretty ๐
[/quote1235058735]Hey Jayne I just noticed your member number, lucky 7’s huh? I wonder who’s got 666….!!
February 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm #184414TCMuffin
MemberThe link to the store selling the BluRay player has a link to the PowerDVD 8 page, which gives the system requirements as follows:
To play Blu-ray Discs
Operating System* Windows XP or Windows Vista
* Note: Using an Intel graphics card for Blu-ray Disc playback is only supported under Windows Vista.Screen Resolution
* 1920 x 1080
Screen Ratio
* 16:9 widescreen recommended
Processor
Intel Minimum:
* Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz),
* Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz),
* Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz),
* Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz),
* Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz),
* Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz or T5600 1.83 GHzRecommended:
* Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 (3.73 GHz),
* Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz),
* Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz),
* Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz, or X6800 2.93 GHzAMD Minimum:
* Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz),
* Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz)Recommended:
* Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz), 4800+ (2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz)
Memory
* XP: 512 MB
* Vista: 1 GBSound Card
* PCI sound card or on-board audio.
Graphics Card
* Intel: 965G, G33, G35 graphics software decoding (with Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) processor or AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8 GHz) processor or above recommended) Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above.
* NVIDIA: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later Video RAM: 256MB or above.
* ATI: Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400, 3600, 3800 series Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above.Hard Disc Space
* 150 MB
Optical Drive
* Blu-ray Disc drive for playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs
Internet Connection
* Internet connection required for product activation and some upload/download features.
So – that’s a no then ๐
February 19, 2009 at 4:06 pm #184416Logan
MemberAh thanks guys ๐
In reply to s162000 – simply put, because I could ๐ lol (but as it turns out, can’t!)
February 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm #184415TCMuffin
Member[quote1235059021=s162000]
Hey Jayne I just noticed your member number, lucky 7’s huh? I wonder who’s got 666….!!
[/quote1235059021]
!lol !lolActually, Jez noticed this a while ago and looked up number 666 – 9 visits, no posts, no thanks given or received….dum dee dum dum, dum dee dum dum !amazed
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.