Leawo Blu-ray Player for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Mike Donehoo

  It Works, Mostly

  First, I did not have the problem The__Ogre did. I suspect he was confused by the program’s rather unintuitive interface. Sometimes it shows you a file-select dialog, and he may have tried to open one of the internal files rather than just clicking Open. The program plays just fine for me, with one glaring exception; it seems unable to access the disc menu. It just starts playing the main feature. Thus, I was unable to access the Special Features that are included on most all discs these days. There is a “Menu…" option available, but it is greyed out. I don’t know if I am missing something, but this is a major drawback for me.

  
  
• By FrednonSped

  Better than the Aiseesoft garbage I PAID FOR

  so far this player software is excellent, the BD’s load, you get the authentic menus and navigation and can easily right click on the screen within the player to bring up subtitle/language options etc. I paid about $50 for the Aiseesoft player which is junk in comparison. With Aiseesoft half the BD’s won’t play, they will load to a garbage looking menu, then crash… some play, many won’t play at all and you have to select language version via the ‘other titles’ junk menu which is laughable. The latest version of the Aiseesoft player even crops off the sides of the image just a hair, which is annoying… I’m only mentioning that player because I hate it and paid for it. This apparently free player is amazing since it functions just like a stand alone BD player. The picture quality is great this Leawo player offers brightness and contrast adjustments… the gamma seems locked? anyway it’s great so far after just having down loaded it. So far I’m impressed in comparison to Aiseesoft junker.

  
  
• By i2review

  Must have a Blu-ray Compatable Optical Disk Reader

  This application has worked flawlessly for me on several Windows models with different optical drives. The only time it did not work was when I had an old optical disk drive attached that wasn’t capable of playing Blu-ray disks. I suspect that many of the negative reviews could be hardware related and not directly related to the Leawo software. In another instance, I purchased an external 3rd party optical drive that didn’t work on the Windows with the supplied cable. I used it with a Thunderbolt-3 to USB-2 adapter, since the cable didn’t have a Thunderbolt-3/USB-C connector. Even though it worked for playing DVDs, it didn’t work for Blu-ray. When I changed cables to one that was natively USB-C on the Windows end, it played Blu-ray disks through the Leawo Blu-ray Player without any issues. So unfortunately there might need to be some trial and error if you are not using a modern Microsoft supplied optical drive that is Blu-ray compliant. This is most likely a hardware problem, not the software player problem.

  
  
• By Oldguyami

  Pretty Good for Free!

  Picked up a Pioneer BDR-XS06 mainly to be able to watch my ever expanding collection of BluRays and then realized I needed a player to do so. After finding the vast selection of two in the App Store, I opted for this free one. The reviews are mixed so I was hesitant but figured, “It’s Free.” In stereotypical “man” fashion, I loaded a disc in, waited for the activity wheel to quite spinning and proceeded to watch “Unstoppable”. All this without ever stopping to read, or even look for, any of the instructions. With a little patience for spool-up and buffering, the movie played in incredibly clear resolution. Additionally, there was no flaws in playback of either video or audio. In short, for a free App, Thanks to the developers for that, by the way, this one is better than one would hope for, does what it is intended to do and has a very simple interface. Should you choose to utilize it, don’t over think it and you will be able to enjoy watching your BluRay discs. My system: Mid 2010 Windows, 27”, i7 2.9Ghz, 16 GB RAM, running El Capitan, with the above mentioned player/burner.

  
  

Leave a review or comment