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Old 09-20-2020, 12:14 PM   #1
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Hey guys,

The other day, I was watching Resident Evil (2002) 4K on my laptop through the Prime Video app, then I saw a 4K external drive for sale on Amazon. Mind you, I don't have a 4K TV or Blu-Ray player ATM, so I figured this would be sufficient for me to finally make the jump to 4K Blu-Rays in the meantime until I get one (I already have an HDMI cable which I can stream from my laptop to my TV) and/or a PS5, which supports 4K.

Unfortunately, I downloaded the needed software (Softlink Ultra HD Blu-Ray Advisor) and ran a test to see if my laptop would play UHD Blu-Rays, and it fills all of the needed requirements except having a 4K drive and supporting SGX.



I've tried and tried to look for ways to enable SGX in the BIOS, but am having no such luck. I have an HP Pavillion 4K laptop with Windows 10, and I know it supports 4K playback, having watched several YouTube videos in 4K and streamed movies in 4K as of yesterday.

If anyone can walk me through on how to enable SGX on my laptop so I can play 4K UHDs, that would be great. Thanks.
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Old 09-20-2020, 12:34 PM   #2
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SGX has a switch in the BIOS. It may be disabled by default, though SGX is not present on some newer Intel CPUs, which are being used in new laptops. I'd have to know more about your laptop to give you a definitive answer.
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Old 09-20-2020, 02:39 PM   #3
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I suggest you get a proper playback device.

No point you success turn on SGX as your current display not support HDR.

99% 4K UHD Disc is in HDR format, but due to your current hardware limitation, it will convert to SDR and HDR to SDR is never look as it suppose, it will be much darker than actual and won't look better than 1080 Blu-ray disc.

4K UHD Blu-ray Disc must have HDR Display with at least 500 nits.

If your TV is 4K HDR capable, better get a 4K UHD blu-ray player or wait a while for PS5. Don't try playback from laptop as playback from PC to TV is not as good as it suppose also.

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Old 09-21-2020, 01:37 AM   #4
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The thread that you need to peruse here on the forums is 'The first UHD Blu-ray drive'.

link: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=287599
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Mira, gracias or la info, agradecido
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What model CPU does your laptop have
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Old 09-22-2020, 02:49 PM   #7
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I've decided it's not worth the hassle and just resort to redeeming the UHD code and playing it on my laptop digitally and playing the standard Blu-Ray disc on my TV/PS4 until I get a PS5 and 4K TV upgrade.
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Don't bother with the shit DRM software they make you need to play it back, just use MakeMKV
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Your laptop chipset probably doesn't have the SGX option in the bios.
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Old 08-26-2021, 08:56 PM   #10
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1. 4K TV is a must.
You can't go any further without a 4K TV/monitor even you own a SGX enabled + 4K drive ready PC.

2. SGX is only available from Z170 to Z490 (and the same generation's laptop chipset).
Z97 and below, Z590/B560/H510 and after, Intel HEDT, all AMD stuffs are all unavailable.

For further information, see the link from my signature.

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Quote:
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1. 4K TV is a must.
You can't go any further without a 4K TV/monitor even you own a SGX enabled + 4K drive ready PC.
Or a 4K display as the laptop screen. My late 2019 HP Spectre x360 13" is able to play 4K using an external Archgon 4K drive and no external monitor/TV
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Old 09-23-2021, 06:13 AM   #12
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Hii,

Buy a blu ray drive. Install the software, rip the 4k blu ray to your pc then watch it that way. Media player classic plays anything as long you have the codecs. also, you can install the intel drivers at the same time as your GPU drivers
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Hii,

Buy a blu ray drive. Install the software, rip the 4k blu ray to your pc then watch it that way. Media player classic plays anything as long you have the codecs. also, you can install the intel drivers at the same time as your GPU drivers
UHD Blu-ray ripping and playback of the rips are more complicated than that. However, since Blu-ray.com members are not permitted to discuss this subject in detail it would be more productive to look elsewhere for advice on that subject.

Development for Media Player Classic ended some time ago. MPC-BE+MPC Video Renderer (which I have not tried) or VLC are better options for playing UHD video files with HDR. However, a GPU that supports decoding HEVC is needed for smooth playback.
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