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Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before installation:

For DVD Playback

The following are the system requirements for playing back DVDs under Windows Vista:

CPU

Intel:

  • minimum: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.
  • recommended: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or above.

AMD:

  • minimum: Sempron 2600+ 1.6 GHz.
  • recommended: Athlon 64 2800+ 1.8 GHz or above.
System Memory (RAM)
  • 512 MB or above.
Disc Drive
  • DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R/RW, DVD Dual, DVD-Multi, or a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive with 1394, USB2.0, ATAPI, SCSI, or CardBus interface.
Graphic Card (GPU)
  • AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

Display Devices
  • TV or computer monitor for digital/analog output.

For Blu-ray Disc Playback

The following are the system requirements for playing back Blu-ray Discs under Windows Vista:

CPU

Intel:

  • minimum: Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz), Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz), Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz), Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz or T5600 1.83 GHz.
  • recommended: Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 3.73 GHz, Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz), Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz), Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz, or X6800 2.93 GHz.

AMD:

  • minimum: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz).
  • recommended: Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz), 4800+(2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz).
System Memory (RAM)
  • 1 GB or above is recommended.
Disc Drive
  • Super Multi Blue combo disc drive.
  • BD-ROM/BD-RE.
Graphic Card (GPU)

Intel:

  • 965, G33, G35 graphics software decoder (Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz) / AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz) or above is recommended).
  • recommended driver version: 15.8 or later.
  • video RAM: memory requires 256MB or above.

NVIDIA:

  • minimum: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2.
  • recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, GeForce GTX280.
  • recommended driver version: 174.53 or later.
  • video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256MB or above.

ATI:

  • minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series.
  • recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3400, 3600, 3800 Series, ATI HD 4600 Series, ATI HD 4800 Series.
  • recommended driver version: 8.44 or later.
  • video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above.

Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

Display Devices
  • HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output.
  • TV or computer monitor for analog output.
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