CyberLink Blu-ray Disc & 3D Advisor

Blu-ray discs are capable of storing huge amounts of data compared to the average DVD and thanks to that, movies can be delivered at a much higher quality.

This increase in quality though translates in an equal rise in the requirements that your system needs to meet in order to be able to play the movies. Generally, the bigger the file, the greater the level of details that it contains.

CyberLink Blu-ray Disc & 3D Advisor is an utility that enables you to run an analysis of your computer and determine whether it is capable of playing Blu-ray Discs and Blu-ray 3D content.

It’s a simple to use tool that displays a comprehensive interface and enables you to easily perform the mentioned analysis. When you open the application, you are greeted with a window that let’s you choose which of the two tests you want to run.

It takes just a few seconds for CyberLink Blu-ray Disc & 3D Advisor to gather the results and display them for you. It scans your computer’s software and hardware configuration and displays a list with all the requirements. After the scan, for each component you get either a ‘Pass’ or ‘No’ mark. Having all OKs and one No doesn't mean that your computer is capable of playing Blu-ray discs. In order to do so, you need to pass the test entirely.

Next to every negative mark that you get, the application places a button that once you click, a page opens in your browser and displays information about the component you need to fix that requirement issue.

This way, no matter if it’s your CPU, GPU, system memory, graphics card, Blu-ray disc drive or software player that needs an upgrade you know how to get it.

In closing, CyberLink Blu-ray Disc & 3D Advisor is indeed a helpful tool that can accurately inform you if your computer can handle Blu-ray playback.