Blue-ray external player?

Question

What Blue-Ray (BR) externel players does Apple computers like? or can i use what ever externel BR-burners PC has

Answer 1

When Blu-Ray (and HD DVD) were being created, the Movie studios insisted on extremely tough DRM protection being incorporated, this was partly because the protection on DVD discs had already been totally busted. The protection on Blu-Ray covers not only being able to read the files from the disc, but continues to protect it in the memory of the computer, as it passes through the video and audio chips, and all the way to the TV (by requiring HDCP). To achieve this level of protection requires a lot of work by a computer maker and some people argue harms the performance of the computer.
On top of the really nasty DRM measures, there are extremely complicated and probably expensive licensing terms. Steve Jobs rightly called all of this a 'bag of hurt'.
Of course as any techie would have predicted, just like that for DVDs and every single other DRM scheme ever invented, the DRM on Blu-Ray discs is now also totally busted. If anything Blu-Ray discs are now pirated even before DVD discs!
Conspiracy theorists say the reason Apple don't play Blu-Ray discs is because it would compete with the iTunes store, however this is a weak argument since Apple do still include a full-blown DVD playing application, and have had no problems doing deals with competitors like NetFlix. The deluded conspiracy theorists should also remember Apple makes only a small profit on sales via the iTunes store and and are far more interested in selling hardware.
Even more so than the Music industry, I would describe the Movie and TV industries (pretty much the same bunch of companies) as being anti-customer and actually putting measures in place to prevent customers buying their products!!!
I would like to nominate you for a Pulitzer Prize in journalism!
I think it's becoming obvious that copy protection is harmful to sales and prevents almost no one from copying anything.
For years software companies have told us that prices for software would be lower if there was no piracy. But in fact the exact opposite is true.  In China and India software piracy runs rampant.  To combat all of this piracy Microsoft sells Windows 7 at about one third the price it costs in the United States where there is much less piracy.
I am opposed to piracy.  I like movies, and I know that if people don't pay for them, movies will not get made.
If I purchase a Blu-ray movie for around $20 It's very difficult to watch that movie on other devices (unless a digital copy is provided). How do I react to this?  I go without, and buy nothing.
A few years ago, Steve Jobs convinced the record companies to discontinue the copy protection of music. The result is that iTunes is selling more music than ever before.
David Pogue wrote an excellent article in Scientific American magazine about this subject.
"The Perils of Copy Protection"
"Tech companies handcuff our files to protect against digital pirates. The strategy isn't just annoying for customers—it could be hurting sales"
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-perils-of-copy-protection