I bought this Blu-Ray drive to play Blu-Ray discs on my projector, which I have set up to my computer. The physical set up was pretty easy and fast. Then, I configured VLC (open source, so totally free) so that it can play Blu-Ray discs. If you want to do this, see my directions below. Once set up, I watched the Planet Earth series on Blu-Ray, and it was beautiful! The drive played smoothly without skipping or waiting at all, and it was completely quiet. The only thing I regret is not paying a bit extra to get the Pioneer drive that can also write Blu-Rays.Setting up VLC to play Blu-Rays:Google "play blu ray on VLC" to get a few useful links. You will want to see two of them.1) If you don't have VLC, download and install it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html2) Next, go to the link: http://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ From there, you will need to download the key database and the AACS dynamic library Make sure you get the correct version (32 or 64 bit)3) Check out the YouTube tutorial at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZAbZQDOOioAfter you have copied both of those files to the correct location, open VLC.Under "Media" click "Open Disc..."Click on "BluRay"Change the "Disc device" to the appropriate drive (after obviously first inserting the disc)Click "Play"