internal blu-ray drive

I have been researching this and was wondering a few things.

1) Is there any software to play blu-ray movies on Leopard?
2) With HDCP, is it possible to play blu-ray movies on the internal screen (looks to be impossible with a secondary display)?
3) Has anyone found a drive the install into a macbook?

The drive is a 9.5 mm slot-loaded PATA Drive, and I am looking for a burner or at least be able to burn DVD and CDs and must be internal (not external). I am a tech and understand exactly what I able doing this is merely to confirm my ideas.

What MacBook do you have?

I have seen no drives that fit. OSX can burn but not read blu-ray as far as I know. Well you can if your screen supports HDCP then you can play it. Mini display port supports it.

I have read that about the mini-displayport, but i have a macbook white late 2007, macbook3,1.

Also, will snow leopard e adding support for play back of blu-ray?

There is, at this time, zero, nada, zilch, no software that will play a commercial B-R movie in OS X.

As for Snow Leopard adding support - no one will know until it's released.

rustyk123 said:

Also, will snow leopard e adding support for play back of blu-ray?

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Not until blu-ray is no longer a "bag of hurt".

I think there is a hint of blu-ray in the current iTunes beta.

I tend to agree with the assessment made here regarding the mention of blu-ray. While there very well could be support in the future, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

It would be nice to see the support for BR but I for one am not in a hurry to jump on the BR bandwagon. Nonetheless, the option is always nice.

apple has add hdcp support in the new macboks i am not sure if this included the new macbook white. i did read somewhere that apple was working on adding at least burn support for blu-ray in itunes and some other programs. Is anyone able to lead me to the burner at least so i am able to prepare for this support.

Toast already supports burning to B-R on Mac's. You might check their tech specs and see if they list supported burners.