System Requirement

System Requirements for Playing Blu-ray Discs

Playing high-definition content from a Blu-ray Disc is much more demanding on your PC resources than playing DVD movies. The following specifications are system recommendations for playing Blu-ray Discs on a PC. Information is subject to change, but will be updated periodically.

Processor

Dual or quad core processors recommended
For the full list of supported processors, please click here

Disc Drive

Blu-ray Disc drive
For more information about supported optical drives, please click here

Video RAM

256 MB graphics card memory or more

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP
Only supports Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed

System Memory (RAM)

512 MB (minimum), 1 GB or more is recommended

Graphics Card

For information about the latest graphics card support, please click here

Display Devices

  • HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display (DVI, HDMI connections) for digital output
  • TV (composite, component, S-Video) or computer monitor (VGA) for analog output

Software

PowerDVD 7 Ultra or PowerDVD 8 Ultra.

Note: An easy way to determine whether your version of PowerDVD supports Blu-ray Discs is to look for the Blu-ray Disc logo on the main screen of PowerDVD. If you don't see this logo, it is likely your version of PowerDVD doesn't support Blu-ray Discs.

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