Gigabyte X170 Extreme ECC (HDMI 2.0 & HDCP 2.2 yes, probably no SGX)Ĭolorful iGame Z370 Vulcan X (specs missing)Ĭolorful Battle Axe C.Z370M-DH (specs missing)Ĭolorful iGame Z270 Ymir Ultra (specs missing)ĮCS Z170-Claymore (HDMI 2.0 yes, HDCP status unknown)ĮCS Z170IU-C43 (HDMI 2.0 yes, HDCP status unknown) Supermicro C7Z370-CG-IW (HDMI 2.0 & SGX yes, not yet released)ĪSUS Z170 WS (HDMI 2.0 & HDCP 2.2 yes, SGX unconfirmed, Kaby Lake support since BIOS 3002) Not a big chance that the Chinese boards are equipped with HDMI 2.0 though. The manufacturers do not provide enough information about the products on their websites.
Supermicro C7Z270-CG (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by Steiger Dynamics download SGX utility from Supermicro support page) Supermicro C7Z270-PG (download SGX utility from Supermicro support page)
Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 8 (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by me update BIOS to version F4 or later) Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 9 (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by Pioneer update BIOS to version F3 or later) Gigabyte H370N WIFI (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by Pioneer) Gigabyte Z370N WIFI (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by Pioneer) UHD BD playback via DisplayPort is untested, but Intel suggests it is possible.ĪSRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming ITX/ac (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by flashback8)ĪSRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming ITX/ac (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by CyberLink download HDCP key from ASRock support page)ĪSRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming ITX/ac (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by nilsman Kaby Lake support since BIOS P7.10)ĪSUS Z270 WS (UHD BD compatibility confirmed by yungtruth84 at )ĪSUS Z170 Premium (Kaby Lake support since BIOS 3007)ĪSUS Z170 Deluxe (Kaby Lake support since BIOS 3007)īiostar Z270GT9 (update BIOS to version Z27AF222 or later)īiostar Z270GT8 (update BIOS to version Z27BF407 or later) Other motherboards with HDMI 1.4 may partially work too (without HDR).
The 100 series MBs probably do not support HDR. Please note that the boards without the word "confirmed" were not tested yet. (A) Ultra HD Blu-ray compatible motherboards with HDMI 2.0Īll requirements met - HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2 & Intel SGX are here. If this doesn't take your fancy, I'd suggest putting your money towards a hardware Blu-ray player (like a PlayStation 3).Hi, exactly, I leave the motherboards and readers list written by triffid on : This removes the need to AACS checks and allows me to play my legitimately bought Blurays with my legitimately bought Bluray player software. Rather than give CyberLink more of my money for another version of their software, when I all I want is just the standard AACS security keys to be updated (like they are with every other Blu-ray player), I've purchased SlySoft's AnyDVD HD.
Normal hardware Blu-ray units offer free indefinite updates. and then requires you to purchase an entire new unit just to play the latest movies. Or, more literally, buying a hardware Blu-ray player unit that only works for 18 months. It seems incredibly unfair, like buying a CD player that refuses to play CDs after a certain date. In my case, I only had 17 months worth of use from it, but that still doesn't change anything - as unreasonable as their behaviour is, it's not illegal.
Cyberlink are knowingly selling software which will become useless after two years of use, but technically they can claim that two years is a long enough time for their software to work properly. I've been in touch with CyberLink as well as the UK's consumer advice service, and it appears there's nothing I can do. This seems like yet another occasion where the pirates get a better deal than those of us who pay their money to do things legitimately :( Seeing how I legally own a Bluray player, and genuine Bluray discs, is there not any way I can manually update the AACS keys for PowerDVD myself? Their latest version of PowerDVD is $125, and Lord knows how long that would function for.! What's worse is that I purchased PowerDVD in November 2009, meaning I had less than 18 months of trouble free use(!). Having already spent the cost of a hardware Bluray player ($100+) for their software equivalent, you can imagine I'm pretty reticent about being forced to it again. Even though I've legally bought a Bluray player!Ĭyberlink's solution is to simply buy the latest version of their software. I can't watch Star Wars, I can't watch Indiana Jones, I can't watch Prometheus, I can't watch the new Criterion remaster of Seven Samurai. In my case, this means that many Blurays produced after May 2011 no longer work with my player. My legally purchased copy of PowerDVD is refusing to play Bluray discs made after a certain date:Īstonishingly, this is "standard practice" for all versions of PowerDVD.