Sony has finally posted a patch for the CyberLink PowerDVD playback software it bundles with its internal Blu-ray Disc burner, the BWU-100A, to allow the drive to play pre-recorded BD media. Sony announced the drive in Europe in September. A month later it promised a BD playback update.

And now, Sony Europe said today, it's here. The PowerDVD update can be downloaded now from Sony's support website here [1].

Of course, it's not a straightforward operation. The site also provides a BD playback suitability Wizard to check whether your machine has a suitably powerful processor and/or graphics chip to be able to decode the HD content stored on BD-ROMs. ®

Related reviews

Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player [2]
LG GBW-H10N internal Blu-ray disc burner [3]
Pioneer BDR-101A internal Blu-ray disc burner [4]
Samsung SH-B022 Blu-ray Disc writer [5]

Links

1. http://sony.storagesupport.com/BDupgrade/?www.reghardware.co.uk
2. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/15/review_samsung_bdp1000/
3. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/13/lg_gbw_h10n_blu_ray_burner/
4. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/25/review_pioneer_bdr-101a/
5. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/17/review_samsung_sh-b022/

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