Late in the life of BluRay, the standard evolved to include 3- and even 4-layer disks holding up to 75GB and 100GB per disk respectively. Each layer of a BluRay disk holds 25GB of data, and 2-layer disks are by far the most commonly used for commercially produced video BluRays. Regular BluRay drives can read 1- and 2-layer disks.
But, I will give you the fruits of my labor - 'cuz NOBODY should have to go through THAT bullshit for this The playback software part is pretty straightforward (about as straightforward as anything on PC I suppose), but the UHD drive part was a real pain in the I had to spend a couple of days reading in a bunch of forums how to get this to work, and it was very agitating. Long Answer: This * can * be a lot more complicated than you would think it should be, and the dearth of info on the web regarding this subject really surprised me. Short Answer: A reasonably modern PC with a Libredrive-enabled 4K UHD reader, AnyDVD HD ( DEFINITELY NOT FREE, but the lifetime license is absolutely worth every penny of it if you are ripping a large media collection from disk), MakeMKV (free), PowerDVD (paid) OR MediaPlayer Classic (free) with the MadVR plugin (free) AND having HDR enabled in Windows on your HDR-capable display. So I'm kind of leaning towards a Panasonic player, but they seem so spendy for something single purpose? Anyway, I value your opinions, so thanks in advance. I've got a Tivo Stream 4k and I don't know that I like Android TV. I currently run MythTV on a server and two chromebox-ish htpcs, but I'd bet they don't have enough horsepower to decode UHD content, and MythTV isn't my dream interface either. I've generally been happy with the Rokus, but playing local content isn't great, and I understand some UHD discs peak at more than 100mbps, which means the ethernet can't keep up I'd rather not transcode. I think the options are dedicated UHD Blu-Ray player (Panasonic UB820 seems highly recommended and UB420 seems almost as recommended if you don't need Dolby Digital) a computer with SGX etc to run official players, a libredrive capable drive (which I have) and VLC - but I'm not sure what other specs are needed?, disc based ps5 / xbox series x, some sort of tv box but probably not a Roku? Money isn't really a problem, but I do lean miserly (of course, my checkbook wouldn't know that given the theater room construction). With the TV so far, I've only done regular blu-ray and Roku streaming and haven't noticed anything missing (but maybe I'm blind), otoh, the screen is going to be a lot bigger, so maybe it's time to upgrade to 4k discs? What do you all use to watch UHD discs?
I've got a Samsung 4k tv that does HDR10+ and I'll be getting a Samsung projector that does too.
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