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Operating Environment
This unit can be operated in the system environment explained here.
System Environment* Compatibility problem in write/read function may occur with media depending on the media
manufacturing quality.
* There may be some cases when motion picture playback is not smooth depending on bit rate.
• Playing Blu-ray Disc Movies *NOTICE*
Due to copyright protection features, certain requirements must be met in order to playback BD movies on a
computer. When using digital video connections, the monitor and graphics card must support
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Note that most monitors and graphics cards currently don’t
support HDCP. But, most High Definition TVs and multimedia monitors do support HDCP. Refer to the PC or
graphic card maker’s web site to see if your card supports HDCP.
Some video cards that currently support HDCP:
- nVIDIA: GeForce 7800 GTX 512 / 7900 GT/ 7900 GX2 / 7900 GTX / 7950 GX2 / 8600 GS / 8600 GT /
8600 GTS / 8800 GTX or higher with 256MB min memory.
- ATI: Radeon®X1950/ HD2300/ HD2400/ HD2600 series or higher with 256MB min memory.
*1 Graphic card driver shall meet AACS compliance criteria. Please consult your graphics card vendor for proper
driver solution.
*2 HDCP(High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection): Required to view pre-recoded Blu-ray Disc which are copy
protected.
• CPU : Pentium D 3.2 GHz or higher (Motherboard that supports SATA.)
• O/S : Windows XP(Home / Professional / Media Center Edition) with
SP2/ Windows Vista (X86, X64)
• RAM : 1GB or more
•
HDD : 30GB or more of available space
Serial ATA
5.25-inch half-height bay required
+5V/+12V power socket required
DVD-R: Maxell, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Taiyo Yuden.
DVD-RW: JVC, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media.
DVD+R: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
DVD+RW: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
DVD±R DL: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
DVD-RAM: Maxell.
CD-R : LG, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden or TDK.
CD-RW: LG, Ricoh, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
System
requirements
Interface
Drive bay
Power
Recommended
media manufacturer
Graphic Card Monitor
Driver Interface HDCP *2 Interface HDCP Resolution
DVI or HDMI Compliant DVI or HDMI Compliant
VGA
(D-SUB)
VGA
(D-SUB)
Not
required
Not
required
1024x768
or more
(Recommended
: 1920x1080)
AACS *1
Compliant