I think there is one called blue ray player. I saw it on mac update this morning.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > It's been a while but last I checked OSX still didn't have native support for > BluRay. So while there are lots of drives out there that might be > 'compatible' there will have to be some 3rd party software to read it. You > can find out more about this by searching on "bag of hurt" and bluray. I > think it came down to issue with implementing the DRM scheme which travels > all the way from the disk up the HDMI to the display. If anything in that > chain breaks or is missing playback fails. Someday I want to get one of these > drives as well so I can play with this but it's pretty far down on the list. > As others have said, when in doubt go with the OWC folks as they have a > history of finding models/flavors of hardware that happen to work right > and/or include the bit of software to make it so. > > CB > > On 11/5/12 7:41 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Marc, >> >> In addition to Esther's informative post, take a look at this link: >> http://www.macblurayplayer.com/how-to-play-a-bluray-disc-on-mac.htm >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2012-11-05, at 10:35 AM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Marc, >>> >>> I don't use Blu-ray drives on my Mac, but if I were looking for such a >>> drive and wanted to ensure compatibility with my Mac, I'd check Other >>> World Computing, and either buy directly from them, or check what >>> standard products in this category they offer. You should not assume >>> that external burners will automatically be recognized in your Mac >>> applications in the same manner that native drives are. OWC has a >>> history of checking out and supporting these functions on the Mac. A >>> Google search of "owc bluray" brought up this link: >>> http://eshop.macsales.com/search/external+blu+ray >>> >>> You can probably follow up with direct queries to OWC. And there are >>> likely list users who use DVD and Bluray devices who can help you more >>> with specifics. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Nov 5, 6:53 am, Marc Rocheleau <marcrochel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> So um... no one has any recommendations at all? I don't mean to be a >>>> pest about it but I really need this for my iMac and have no clue >>>> where to start. As mentioned in previous messages, I am looking for an >>>> optical drive with Blu ray and CD read/write capability. I am assuming >>>> any device that can read/write blue ray can do normal DVDs just fine >>>> too? >>>> >>>> Any help would still be grately appreciated. >>>> >>>> -Marc >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
