Cheap Blu Ray Player Alternative with Disc Ripper and Region Code Remover

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 27 Nov 2008

With the winter holydays almost here, one would expect to find a Blu Ray player at a decently low price on the market. Unfortunately, this is not the case unless you live in Japan (which is also the only place where you can officially use Emoji icons on the iPhone OS 2.2) or in the good old US of A. But hold on a minute – you have a PC, a huge LCD, and the software tools to make your own Blu Ray fun, so who needs a player anyway.

The problem with Blu Ray players is that they are in tight supply, and there are more then a few people willing to purchase such a device. Large demand + low supply = no cheap players this Christmas. The problem apparently stems from a component shortage, mainly the blu-laser diodes that are used in these devices. But what is stopping you from ripping a Blu Ray disc directly to your hard disk?

With the Blu Ray Disk Ripper 1.5 software you can perform three tasks: copy a disk, decrypt a disk, or create a Blu Ray backup. It is also capable of decrypting .m2ts files and BD-Live files. Once you rip the Blu Ray disk onto your computer, you can view it at your convenience, no player required. What good is a huge LCD monitor if not for watching movies?

If the Blu Ray disk refuses to play because of that annoying region protection feature, just take it off with the Region Code Remover 2.5 software. The truth is that not every Blu Ray disk out there is region coded, but you will be really displeased when the Blu Ray disk you just ripped will refuse to play because you managed to stumble on one that is region encoded.

If you must insist on buying a Blu Ray player, then you must know that Sharp plans to bring out a player called BD-PH21H just in time for Christmas. This is a Profile 1.1 player with a 24-hertz frame rate that will produce a 1080p quality picture. According to Grace Lian, product manager with Sharp UK, this player will surpass similar products on the market today, quality-wise of course.

If you would like to get Blu Ray Disk Ripper 1.5, a download location is available here. Additional info on the software application is available here.
If you would like to get Region Code Remover, a download location is available here. Additional info on the software application is available here.


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