Monthly Archives: June 2011

Review: WD TV Live Hub (Media Server+ HD Media Player)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Earvin

With its 1TB hard drive and ability to play nearly any audio or video file, the Western Digital WD TV Live Hub is a great set-top box for organizing and browsing local and online media.  This short post outlines the … Continue reading →

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[Reviews] Best Mac Blu-ray Rippers/Select a Blu-ray Ripper for Mac OS X

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Earvin

The following article was originally posted at http://portable-media-device.com/?p=409 It’s much easier to choose a Blu-ray Ripper tool for Windows than for Macintosh. Although you can install Windows on a Mac computer to run Windows oriented Blu-ray Ripper software occasionally, it is stopgap … Continue reading →

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A Collection of Mac Blu-ray Media Players: PLEX, XBMC, VLC, Mplayer, QT Player

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Earvin

Playing commercial Blu-ray movies on Mac OS X can be very easy- you just add an external Blu-ray Disc drive to Mac, and rip Blu-ray movies to Mac HDD with several clicks.  There are multiple Mac media center and player … Continue reading →

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Break the Chain: Enable Blu-ray Playback on Mac Pro

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Earvin

With this years updates to the Mac Pro and MacBook Pro ranges many Mac users were hoping to see a Blu-ray drive instead of a DVD drive, however, it seems that Apple will not add Blu-ray support to Mac since … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs: No Blu-Ray On The Mac?!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Earvin

The following article is reproduced from TFTS,  published by Kevin Schram on 1 July, 2010. Waiting for Blu-Ray on the Mac? You could be waiting a while as Apple’s supreme leader, Steve Jobs, says no Blu-Ray on the Macs, downloadable … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray on the Mac: Burn, Rip and Play Blu-ray Movies on Mac

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Earvin

Watching Blu-ray movies on the Mac is possible, despite lack of official support. An external Blu-ray Disc drive plus some third-party software (e.g. Mac Blu-ray ripper app) will let you taste the forbidden fruit Blu-ray on the Mac/Mac Pro.  Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray Disc Encryptions:Regions and BD Region Hack

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Earvin

What are Blu-ray Disc region codes? Region codes place geographical restrictions on where in the world a Blu-ray movie can be played. For example, a BD system bought in the USA region would play only Blu-ray movie disks with that … Continue reading →

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Burning Blu-ray Disc Copy/Ripping Blu-ray to ISO/Converting Blu-ray to MKV

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Earvin

Why bother making a copy of your Blu-ray Disc while you have already got a BD Player or PS3? Basically, it is hard to protect an expensive and brittle Blu-ray disc from scratches and worn out due to frequently use. … Continue reading →

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Playing/Streaming ASUS Eee Pad TF 101 to WD TV Live Hub Media Player

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Earvin

At $400, the 16GB, Wi-Fi-only version of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer is the cheapest Honeycomb tablet on the market and undercuts the lowest price iPad 2 by $100. And there are HDMI out for HD video and mirroring. But … Continue reading →

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Stream Videos from Windows Media Player to Eee Pad Transformer with MyNet and DLNA

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Earvin

With preloaded streaming app MyNet, the ASUS Eee Pad is ready to play streaming media including videos, music and pictures. Streaming technology makes it possible for us to watch movies on Eee Pad Transformer without downloading a copy to the … Continue reading →

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