CJ Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I am not so clued up on Blu Ray and players (or most anything else remotely techy) and would like some general info if you can help. I get fairly fast D/L speeds out here (about 1.1mb per sec) and so d/l Blu Ray torrents now becomes feasible but i am unsure as to what I would need to burn these to disks and what players are available etc. Also, any idea on costs of media? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I downloaded a few 1080p blu ray films and just play them via a hard drive through my ps3. No need to burn to a disc. Not an option if you aint got a ps3 but well worth doing if you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 I downloaded a few 1080p blu ray films and just play them via a hard drive through my ps3. No need to burn to a disc. Not an option if you aint got a ps3 but well worth doing if you have. No PS3 so that's not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin J Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 You really bother d/ling 25+gb's of data...?! Wow. Or are you talking about the x264 rips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 You really bother d/ling 25+gb's of data...?! Wow. Or are you talking about the x264 rips? You obviously missed the part where I said I know nothing at all about anything "techy"! I just looked at my D./L site and yes, they are x264 rips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin J Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Ah, OK then that makes more sense. You'll need a Blu-Ray player that is capable of playing x264 encoded mkv files then, of which I don't think there are many. As mentioned the PS3 is one, and I think there were about 5 or 6 others when I looked into it last year. You could look into getting a dedicated media player like the Western Digital HD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-1080P-Media-Player/dp/B001ILFDCK) for example. Other than that, just hook a laptop up to the TV if you have the right ports on both...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Ah, OK then that makes more sense. You'll need a Blu-Ray player that is capable of playing x264 encoded mkv files then, of which I don't think there are many. As mentioned the PS3 is one, and I think there were about 5 or 6 others when I looked into it last year. You could look into getting a dedicated media player like the Western Digital HD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-1080P-Media-Player/dp/B001ILFDCK) for example. Other than that, just hook a laptop up to the TV if you have the right ports on both...? Ah, now that looks interesting. I already have an older version of this (A Trekstor model) that performs well but wont play mkv files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 After looking at that WD model it would seem that it isn't quite as good (as in ease of use) as my current Trekstor as the WD needs an external USB device fitted to supply the media and then acts as a "middle man" to the TV. My Trekstor acts as a standalone ext HD and storage device with a superb filing system that allows easy access to the media. Now, if only it played the right file outputs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 is it not just easier to buy the blu ray film or are you guys talking about pirate copying and not paying for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 paying for it whats that paying for it all about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 a lot of us still do but i get the impression im very much in the minority on the forums lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 is it not just easier to buy the blu ray film or are you guys talking about pirate copying and not paying for it No its not . whats that paying for it all about Jokes aside, it's now far far too easy to download movies as opposed to going all the way to the video store, buying it, and taking it out of the case and plastic and putting it in the drive. Downloaded movie - obtained in 6-8 mins max. Going to movie store and putting in drive - 20 mins minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Downloaded movie - obtained in 6-8 mins max. I wish! and I'm no help what so ever to CJ in this post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 you can pick up bluew ray dirves for PCS about £100 but i doubt there reritable. get a PS3 mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I have the LG BD370 player and it plays the 720p files flawlessly, the 1080p ones it does struggle with, but then so does my laptop. The only drawback with this player is that it only reads Fat32 formatted USB drives, so I've had to split the files up to fit within this format. AFAIK the BD390 will read from a NTFS formatted disk, so makes it more friendly to use. For stuff downloaded I think 720p format is more then enough, unless you go for the raw rip 24GB and up, as it's been converted/compress to get it down to 4 to 12GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweegin Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 What about something like this... CLICK I have one that doesn't support the H.264; MKV files, as it's a bit older than this one...but it gives a really good picture imo. Just for files tho..obviously not a blu-ray/dvd player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweegin Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I downloaded a few 1080p blu ray films and just play them via a hard drive through my ps3. No need to burn to a disc. Not an option if you aint got a ps3 but well worth doing if you have. How do you do it? I have so many problems gettin a streamer to recognise the ps3..and you cant hard copy a hd file cos of fat32...any tips please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 What about something like this... CLICK I have one that doesn't support the H.264; MKV files, as it's a bit older than this one...but it gives a really good picture imo. Just for files tho..obviously not a blu-ray/dvd player. The problem with that one is the same as the WD mentioned earlier i.e. it is not a stand alone storage and player but needs an external HD or flash drive conected to play the files. I much prefer something like the Trekstor that is a HD and player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweegin Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Ah..i missed the WD post... fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 How do you do it? I have so many problems gettin a streamer to recognise the ps3..and you cant hard copy a hd file cos of fat32...any tips please? I search for torrent files that have already been converted and compressed to 4 gig. Once its downloaded i transfer it to an external usb hard drive to hook up to the ps3. As the Meerkat says, simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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