Background: I have a shuttle pc at home, few years old, I forget the speed
but it supports hyperthreading so probably about 3.0GHz. It has an IDE
interface and does not support SATA. Since I currently use this to record
tv, it would be convenient to fit a blu-ray player into it. I've ruled out
the possibility of replacing the dvd player because of the cost (SATA
blu-ray drives are affordable but IDE ones aren't). I recently saw a USB
blu-ray player (on ebay) which I could afford - but ...

In order to be able to sensibly watch blu-ray films, what processor or
graphics requirements would I need to meet? Is my old shuttle likely to be
up to the job or would I be better off waiting a year for prices to drop and
either buying a dedicated blu-ray player or replacing my shuttle with a
better box?

Also, is a usb blu-ray player really only adequate for reading blu-ray
recorded data disks or is it suitable as a movie player?

TIA.
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Brian Cryer
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