[Solved] Can we Play 3D 4K Blu-ray on PS3 without Blu-ray Drive?
Answer: PS3 can play 3D Blu-ray disc from the same region, but it can't play 4K Blu-ray movies. So, how to play 3D 4K Blu-ray on PS3?
“Who can help me? Does PS3 support 3D 4K Blu-ray disc playback? I have heard that PS3 can play Blu-ray disc, but, I don’t know how to do it.”
When it comes to PS3, you may think about playing games because it is a famous game console. But there is something you don’t know, it also can function as a Blu-ray drive. What’s more, it was the first console to use Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. Based on the above theoretical facts, we can play Blu-ray disc on the PS3 without trouble.
However, most of the time, we can’t play Blu-ray discs on the PS3 successfully. The most likely reason is region restriction. (The region code of your Blu-ray disc is different from the PS3’s.)
So, how to play 3D 4K Blu-ray disc on PS3 without region restriction? Now, it’s time to introducing f2fsoft Blu-ray Ripper for you. Keep reading to find more information.
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Part1: What is f2fsoft Blu-ray Player for PS3
f2fsoft Blu-ray Ripper works perfectly to break the region code of the Blu-ray disc and then allows you to copy Blu-ray contents in Blu-ray disc to the computer. It is exactly the tool we need.
Detail information of this Blu-ray Ripper tool.
Input formats :
BD25/BD50 disc, folder (in BDMV and BDAV), and ISO image file
DVD-5/DVD-9 disc, folder (DVD Video only), and ISO image file
Output formats :Video: MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, TS, 4K/1080p video…
Audio: FLAC, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, M4A, MP2, MP3, OGG, RA, AU, WAV, WMA, MKA
Part2: How to Play 3D 4K Blu-ray on PS3 without Region Restriction?
Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that supersedes Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are incompatible with existing Blu-ray players, so does PS3.
3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception for adding a third dimension. By the way, we need 3D glasses to watch 3D movies.
Step1 Free download and install Blu-ray Ripper on your computer and open it.
Step2 Connect the 4K Blu-ray drive to a computer with HDMI cable and then insert 3D 4K Blu-ray disc into it.
Step3 Click Add Blu-ray/DVD button on the top of the interface to load Blu-ray disc information.
Step4 Click the button beside Add Blu-ray/DVD button, click Option, it will jump to another window: choose Device > Sony > PS3.
Click Edit, it also will jump to another window where you can see Trim, Crop, Watermark, Effect, and 3D options. You can adjust the output video effect by clicking these buttons one by one.
Step5 Click the green Convert button on the primary interface.
Step6 When the process is done, this software will remind you of the place where the converted files are stored on your computer. We just need to copy the converted files on USB, and then we can share the videos with friends or play the converted Blu-ray videos on PS3 with USB. (How to play videos on PS3 with USB? Download the Media Player from PlayStation Store> Plug the USB that contains the ripped Blu-ray video on your PS3>Enjoy the videos.)
By the way, if you have PS4, we can also have the way to play Blu-ray on PS4.