Windows 7 Media player will not play back BluRay disc's

I came across this thread you people started in 2009 and we are now in 2013.

I as well am trying to sort out my BlueRay issue with the Windows Media Player on WIN7 PRO. This thread has been going on for 4 years now and it sadly seems that Microsoft has done absolutely nothing about it. Am I wrong?

Motherboards, GPUs, CPUs, PC Monitors and most PC hardware are nowdays built to support FULL HD and BLUERAY play back...... and don't forget that the 3D BlueRay is out now....everything is advancing and Microsoft is going into a hibernating mode....Microsoft, WAAAKE UUUP!!! We need your support and dedication on this.

Windows Media Player is more than capable of playing Blueray DVDs and the solution is simple: Microsoft needs to wake up, get a grip and release an update for the Media Player to support Blueray Playback on WIN7 and all their other WIN operating systems products instead of recommending a 3rd party software that could potentially cause problems. They are simply being Hypocrites and ignoring the fact that more people need support with the Blueray playback software on their PCs and we need it NOW!!! after all it would be an improvement with a positive impact to their products that millions of people have bought in good faith, instead of wasting more money on a 3rd party software, since Microsoft OS (Operating System) Software doesn`t exactly  come cheap anyway....

Instead of improving WIN7 to its full potential in such a short time line after the release of WIN7, they go and release WIN8 that regretfully I have purchased and found it to be yet another WIN VISTA repeating itself with all the incompatibility errors and system crashes, waste of money (WIN8 is totally unstable, rubbish by the way, I have now uninstalled WIN8 and reinstalled WIN7 PRO)

Also AMD,ATI and NVIDIA support HD and BlueRay with their GPU products, Why don`t Microsoft step up to it and sort this out?

Any of you found the solution to solve the BlueRay playback problem with the Media Player other than buying a 3rd party software?

my system:

CASE Coolermaster HAF 922, Asus P7P55D PREMIUM ATX motherboard, Quad core I7 860, memory 8GB 1333 > 1800 DDR3 dual channel, GPU Asus GTX660 Factory Oveclocked, HD OCZ AGILITY 120GB SSD, LG BLUERAY DVD RW + 2X SONY DVDRW, CREATIVE Sound Blaster Z, OS WIN7 PRO 64-bit, AKASA PSU 1000W.

wow! I sure started a fire there!lol..I'm no serious computer guy, but not a total rookie either, but it just seems really dumb to me that my computer came with a Blu-ray drive, and won't play blu rays...what's next, "Supercharged" badges on cars with a hamster in a wheel on crack under the hood?? lol I got myself a playstation, and watch my blu rays on there now anyway...besides, the puter's in the bedroom, and who wants to doze off watching a movie, only to find the puter's been on all night?..(no remote), so, screw it..I think Microsoft has made an error there either way...just sayin'..

Sony is the reason Windows cannot support Blu Ray.  Sony and the MPAA are the reason you cannot play blu ray discs on a PC that does not have HDCP compliant hardware.  In order to prevent piracy, they treat their consumers like criminals.  I don't worry about this, as I never purchase Sony products, and I only have 4 blu ray titles.  Fortunately, streaming is the future, and once the genie has been let out of the bottle, they can't stop it.  But they'll sure try.

Sony was also part of creating the DVD format and that eventually became a native part of the Windows OS.  People should expect to pay royalties for products they do not develop yet incorporate in there products. This goes for all companies, who usually pass down this cost in some form to the consumer in an attempt to recoups associated costs of providing the service. The idea here is that they now add it to Windows 8 Media Center since it is a stand alone product not affecting the cost of the operating system. Just remember that for every Media Center currently sold there are royalties paid for using the DVD format built in natively. With that said, a stand alone Media Center could (AND SHOULD) have native Blu-ray Movie playback where it can be treated in the same way native DVD support is treated. And yes it leads good for Sony, but it already had with DVD.