Need advice on playing blu ray isos

[dafoe]

A couple of years ago I bought a Popcorn Hour. I have all my DVDs stored on USB hard drives. The PH plays them with full menu support- just like the actual DVD. The PH had issues with iso files, so I re-ripped them to VIDEO_TS folders and they work fine.

Anyway, I finally broke down and bought a 72 inch HDTV. And I wanted to build a Blu Ray library. But I want to be able to the rip the discs and play the .isos off a hard drive on my TV and not have Bluray discs cluttering up my living room.

I ripped a blu ray disc as an iso and as a folder set. Neither one worked. So my A-110 is useless for what I want to do.

What I want to do is rip full Blu Ray .isos (no compression) to a usb hard drive and play them back on my TV with full menu support. I don't want to stream over a network or anything like that. I'm just looking for a set top media player that will get the job done.

I was wondering if anyone knows of anything that will do the job. So far, the only thing I've found is the Dune. But I'm not paying 400-500 for it. If nothing else, I will wait a couple of years for the price to come down. I just wasn't sure if this was the only option right now

[Baldrick]

I have not see any media player with such(blu-ray iso support with menus) support yet.

[[_chef_]]

Anyway, I finally broke down and bought a 72 inch HDTV.

I'd like to see that "monitor"...

[dafoe]

It's not the greatest TV, but it is big (to me anyway) Mitsubishi DLP full 1080p. Should be arriving via freight any day now.

I guess I can live with discs until the Dune comes down or something cheaper comes out. I paid $250 for my Popcorn hour less than two years ago. Now they are going for $70 on Ebay. The Dune just isn't worth that kind of money to me. It's not going to kill me to wait a year or two. Besides, by then hard drive will be even cheaper. We are already seeing 2TB internals for $80. I bought 4 externals this summer at $120 each and that was a pretty good deal then.

[[_chef_]]

@dafoe,

and this one is 72" ???

[PuzZLeR]

We are already seeing 2TB internals for $80. I bought 4 externals this summer at $120 each and that was a pretty good deal then.

Just thought I'd comment. I bought four 250GB drives in 2005-2006 thinking that's all I'd need for a long, long time. Then I bought two 1TB drives end of 2007 thinking that's all I'd need for a long, long time. Then another in 2008. Then another four in 2009.

Just last month I bought three 2TB drives with the same thinking - they will last a long, long time. I've already filled one of them. So far, total fourteen drives filled, two to go.

I guess if 1-2 years is "a long, long time" then yeah, they will indeed last "a long, long time".

[siratfus]

A couple of years ago I bought a Popcorn Hour. I have all my DVDs stored on USB hard drives. The PH plays them with full menu support- just like the actual DVD. The PH had issues with iso files, so I re-ripped them to VIDEO_TS folders and they work fine.

Anyway, I finally broke down and bought a 72 inch HDTV. And I wanted to build a Blu Ray library. But I want to be able to the rip the discs and play the .isos off a hard drive on my TV and not have Bluray discs cluttering up my living room.

I ripped a blu ray disc as an iso and as a folder set. Neither one worked. So my A-110 is useless for what I want to do.

What I want to do is rip full Blu Ray .isos (no compression) to a usb hard drive and play them back on my TV with full menu support. I don't want to stream over a network or anything like that. I'm just looking for a set top media player that will get the job done.

I was wondering if anyone knows of anything that will do the job. So far, the only thing I've found is the Dune. But I'm not paying 400-500 for it. If nothing else, I will wait a couple of years for the price to come down. I just wasn't sure if this was the only option right now

I have the HDI Dune Base. It will do exactly what you need. The Popcorn Hour c-200 is a step up from the model you have, and it too, will play blu-ray rips in either folder or iso format with menu navigation as if you were playing a real disc. But last I heard, Popcorn c-200 is more buggy than the Dune. Not sure if I can provide a link, so I won't, but if you go to the avs forums and go into the networking/media servers & content streamers section... you can pretty much get up to date on what's possible now. They are really gung-ho over about these things.

If you're too lazy to read-up on all your options, then trust me, get the Dune Base, It's awesome. The machine itself takes one hard drive, but you can connect via usb external hubs, storage bays, etc. I have a 4 bay case connected to the base. So 5 hard drives overall working for me. This thing is also capable of networking and all of that stuff, but like you, I don't like the hassle and quality of streaming over network. A model above the Dune Base is the Dune Prime, it includes a blu-ray disc player, but since I have a ps3, this was unnecessary for me.

Hope that helps!

[scoot_gt]

I have not see any media player with such(blu-ray iso support with menus) support yet.

Stumbled onto this thread while looking for info on a new Samsung TV I just ordered

I haven't tried BluRay ISOs but this little box has played every video file I've thrown at it, claims BluRay ISOs -
http://www.argosy.tw/product-detial.php?prod_id=171
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882438004

As soon as my new TV arrives, I'll try out the BluRay ISO