Will this work-Blu Ray on Imac?

[ArchStanton]

Opinions differ on this at work but should this work?

If I buy the latest 27" Imac (core I5 probably) will I able to use it as a monitor to watch blu ray movies (original discs) from an external player?

Just to clarify the connection will be Panasonic Blu ray player connected by Hdmi to a Dr. Bott or Kanex converter (Hdmi-Display port) into the Imac via the display port connection.

Using original blu ray discs would there be any HDCP compliance issues to this proposed set-up?

Searching online there appears to be a number of issues dual booting into Windows (drivers etc) to watch blu ray movies, hopefully the above solution will not encounter these?

Thanks in advance!

 

[dh2005]

My understanding is that, yes, it's possible. But they'll run at 720p, and you won't want to sit too close to the screen...

 

[Andythed]

Dr bott will handle it. The image will be 720p.

 

[Cave Man]

If you don't mind not having the menus, you can use a USB2 Blu-ray ROM drive and Make MKV to play the discs using VLC.

 

[Andythed]

Nice one,

What would the resolution be?

 

[Cave Man]

1080p and Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1, depending on what's encoded on the disc. You won't get subtitles, either. It's not the ideal solution, but it does work.

 

[ArchStanton]

Thanks for the replies guys, although it would have been nice to see a reply by somebody who uses a similar setup.
There is still a nagging doubt whether the Imac will do the 'hand shake' with the external player and play an original blu ray disc.
Just to confirm, is the Imac HDCP compatible and I am sure I read there might be an issue with display port not processing the 'digital rights management' from hdmi preventing disc playback?
I am aware the playback will be 720 and not 1080, damn Apple typically making things difficult when it should be easy

I have a spare blu ray player and would rather use that than buy a blu ray drive at the moment, but thanks for the suggestion.