Watching Blu-ray movies on Amazon Fire TV via Plex Server on Synology

John Salley

May 15, 2015 08:43 am / Posted by John Salley to BD/DVD Backup, Media Players

For instant viewing you can stream online audio/video content to your local HDTV, eg. Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and HBO GO to Amazon Fire TV connected Beamer, while playing Blu-ray on Amazon Fire TV via Plex on Synology is still out of the question.

Can I play commercial Blu-rays on Amazon Fire TV via Plex with 3D effect?

My Fire TV will hopefully arrive next week. I have a BD drive lying around, which I want to use with the Fire TV. Will I be able to play Blu-rays on my Beamer via Amazon Fire TV with 3D effect? I currently use Plex Server on Synology which has some problems with some Blu-ray discs but since Fire TV is based on Android, there should be a Blu-ray player app on the store, right? Or any other solutions?

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