Will a blu-ray rom drive play blu-rays with wmc?

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If i buy a cheap blu-ray drive for my computer will it be able to play blu-rays? will there be any blu-rays i cant play?

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thanks, i guess i will just buy a cheap blu-ray player for this tv instead of buying the drive.
 

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windows 7 home 64-bitamd athal 2.4 x22 giggforce
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i built the computer myself
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windows 7 home 64-bit
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amd athal 2.4 x2
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msi
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2 gig
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gforce
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msi
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32" lcd tv
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2.0 gig
1.5 gig
1.0 gig
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450 watts
Case
i forget the name
Cooling
i forget
If you install CyberLink PowerDVD, I believe you should be able to. There is a big "CyberLink PowerDVD" option on my WMC, which plays whatever disc I throw in. All from inside WMC. Unsure if the newer versions -- Blu Ray compatible -- can also be embeeded.

BTW I'm running PowerDVD 9.
 

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