Any 4K optical disc players on the way for PC?

[boed]

I haven't read about any yet.

 

[Elixer]

IIRC, you just need a normal BD player, and software that can support 4K, like powerDVD.

 

[mnewsham]

IIRC, you just need a normal BD player, and software that can support 4K, like powerDVD.

As far as I am aware there exists no software currently to playback 4k UHD blurays, your only option is to get a 4k TV and a 4k UHD bluray player standalone player (they cost $300+).

I have a BDXL reader/writer and it can physically read UHD blurays on my computer (as in I can see the disc and files are on the disc), but since it uses AACS 2.0 which is still yet to be cracked as far as I am aware, most UHD blurays simply can't be played back with current software.

The only current way to watch a 4K movie on a computer easily is to have someone who owns a UHD TV and UHD bluray player and a UHD capture card and HDCP stripper. This allows them to capture the source at full bitrate without the DRM, then they upload the re-encoded file without the DRM to pirate sites. Where it can be downloaded and watched anywhere.

Sucks the industry seemingly doesn't want us to buy UHD blurays.

 

[nathanddrews]

Powers and Principalities.

Like mnewsham, I have three different Blu-ray drives, two of which are BDXL (one old, one new, both Blu (LOL)). Every UHD Blu-ray that I have bought can be read and copied to my server by the BDXL drives, but the encryption makes it impossible (currently) to play the files back. At this point I really have no idea if it will ever happen - be it officially supported software or unofficial crack. I have contemplated buying a HDCP stripper, but the process of playing back in realtime for capture, then re-encoding the capture into a comparable size with the same quality and HDR metadata seems like a lot of effort this early in the game.