[mythtv-users] Blu-Ray Drives and MythTV

[Thomas Mashos]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 5/24/2011 10:43, Saul A Peebsen wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 May 2011 10:27:36 -0400
>> Matt Emmott<memmott at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> For players, I bought a blu-ray drive from Newegg for 40 bucks. It
>>> works with makemkv and sort of works with mythavtest (but I haven't
>>> tried in months) and works fine with DVDs. Personally for that price
>>> I'd go with Blu-Ray just to feel like I'm sort of future-proofing
>>> things.
>> Last time I read about blueray I got impression hardware choice is
>> critical. Don't know if this is true any more? Anyhow, what drive did
>> you get?
>
> The reason hardware choice is critical is if you want to install a
> modified firmware to allow you to pull the AACS keys out of your discs
> manually.
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Is there a list of good BR drives to get? I've been thinking of
picking one up since the prices are good now as I'm kinda a quality
snob.