Hmmm, still don't have a 4K TV. The requirements though, seriously? I'll stick with what I got for now.

Been waiting for this. Now I need the real skinny on hardware requirements. So far, all I have found is that intel Kaby Lake GPU is the only graphic option. What's with that? Also, strange the only software out to play  back encrypted Ultra Blu-Ray is the bundled PowerDVD 14. I imagine there will be a patch for 16 soon.

I've been waiting for this to happen too. Wonder if it will work with Ryzen? I hate the priority hardware crap.

owcraftsman
I've been waiting for this to happen too. Wonder if it will work with Ryzen? I hate the priority hardware crap.

Nope, won't work with AMD anything. Won't work with Nvidia. Won't work with any motherboard available AFAIK because of the lack of a supported display out sockets for integrated graphics on Kaby Lake. Unbelievable bunch of bureaucracy by idiots.

jdw715
Hollywood again shoots itself in the foot. With these onerous DRM requirements, I will be sticking with standard Blu Ray for the foreseeable future.

  +1

awesome leg work Beans TY 4 sharing.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe certain AMD cards and Nvidia cards support HDR / HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2.
 
If so wouldn't they also work like the 630 IGPU?

The work around would be to have both integrated and dedicated graphics enabled. For UHD Blue-ray playback and general Home Theater use you would use Intel integrated running the HDMI to the TV. For gaming run a separate cable from your Nvidia/AMD card to the TV. While I haven't done this it's my understanding you can change between gpu's and apparently there is a way to do this automatically when starting certain apps. Some laptops do this I guess. You would then have to change the input on the TV as well of course, but still, it's all possible from the couch.
 
Personally though, I figure I'll just stick with a deducted HTPC with Windows 10 and a Media Center band aid added to keep my Ceton InfiniyTV 4 going for my cable TV content. Playing 4K movies from it would be nice too.

owcraftsman
Thanks for the work around @ILikeBeans seem like I've done this once before when IGPU was introduced Intel had propitiatory software to manipulate it but to many hoops to jump through for everyone in this house except me. It's going to get better or I won't be climbing on board and they won't be selling to many of those drives. I'll just use my dedicated 4K UHD/HDR player to play 4K disc and stream on my HT monitor letting it do all the heavy lifting. It would be nice to have it seamless through a dedicated HTPC but there has always been way to many hoops to jump through with them too. I basically gave up because I spent more time trying to get everything to work than enjoying it.

I hear you. I'm a die hard when it comes to using the HTPC as my DVR  though. After that, everything else seems easy lol. Yah, I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, it can become like another hobby.

Doesn't work for AMD RYZEN so not for me

I just bought one, but mainly because my current BR player is having problems. Eventually I will upgrade to support 4K playback.