Blue-Ray DVD Players

[Rossi]

Was just thinking, I should be able to download blu-ray movies from torrents, whack them on my PS3 and watch them in super-high quality on my tv shouldn't I?  Or do you actually need to burn them onto a disc to watch them?

[Samdy Gray]

Was just thinking, I should be able to download blu-ray movies from torrents, whack them on my PS3 and watch them in super-high quality on my tv shouldn't I? 

Probably not. It's illegal to rip Blu-Ray discs, so even if you find any .m2ts files on a torrent, your PS3 probably won't be able to play it. I know for a fact that Blu-Ray software such as PowerDVD Ultra will only read from a disc and not from a file on your HDD so I'm guessing the PS3 will be the same, seeing as Sony invented Blu-Ray.

[magicroundabout]

Mine was Casino Royale

Good call!!! i'm tempted with Iron Man or the new Batman.

[Fred Elliot]

Invest in the Top Gear Polar expidition, saw it last night and its immense

(if you are into that thing of course)

EDIT : Your'e a bloke, ergo you must be

[magicroundabout]

defo dude. i'm just looking at the Planet Earth Blue Ray on play

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/3388938/Planet-Earth-Box-Set/Product.html

i think this would be just supurb

[sheepshagger]

You c

Probably not. It's illegal to rip Blu-Ray discs, so even if you find any .m2ts files on a torrent, your PS3 probably won't be able to play it. I know for a fact that Blu-Ray software such as PowerDVD Ultra will only read from a disc and not from a file on your HDD so I'm guessing the PS3 will be the same, seeing as Sony invented Blu-Ray.

You can rip onto standard DVD's (albeit a few of them for a full film!!) and it plays great on a PS3 - full high def....

720p is much smaller files tham 1080p and too be honest absolutely stunning in itself - so not sure you need to try and download full 1080p torrents....

A good programme is MKV2VOB which converts the "wrapper" into something you can burn onto a DVD and still retain the high def in all its glory - looks brilliant !

[sheepshagger]

fuck me just read that back - i sound like a right fucking geek !!!

[Ralphy]

Magic, one question, do you have an AV receiver/AMP or a surround sound system connected up?

If you're buying a Blu Ray player you might want to think about the new HD sound formats (Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio). They sound awesome when connected up right.

Some players can internally decode HD audio and send it via Linear PCM to an amp and some can send it bitstream (raw or compressed) for the amp to decode. Some can so both.

Depending on your set up or future set up, you might want to think about it.

The Sony 350 can't internally decode DTS HD Master Audio.

I've just bought a Panasonic DMP-BD35, great player with full on board decoding.

[axs]

Probably not. It's illegal to rip Blu-Ray discs, so even if you find any .m2ts files on a torrent, your PS3 probably won't be able to play it. I know for a fact that Blu-Ray software such as PowerDVD Ultra will only read from a disc and not from a file on your HDD so I'm guessing the PS3 will be the same, seeing as Sony invented Blu-Ray.

I've downloaded Blu-Ray torrents and played them from my PC. Takes a while mind - 5GB+ most of them.