
I'm thinking about setting up my pc to play blu-ray discs some time soon, but it struck me that I'm not actually sure what I'll need to do so!
Obviously I will need a blu-ray drive... but beyond that, what else do I need? I'm currently using windows 7 but if the beta ends in august I'll be back in vista. Do I need to buy software? Are there other hardware requirements (e.g. a particular sound card/video card). At the moment I'm outputting my sound and video from my ati hd 4870 via hdmi to my 1080p lcd, but before I get a blu-ray drive, I anticipate buying an entry level hdmi A/V receiver - so hopefully I'll be able to take advantage of dolby hd.
*update*
Decided to stay away from tru-HD for now. I bought a basement price Onkyo TX-SR575 which I'll be sending downconverted dolby or DTS spdif signals to. I only have 5 speakers anyway : )