Gaming consoles are innately gaming-orientated, but if you own an Xbox Series X, its Blu-ray drive can turn your Xbox into a great media player. And, while you have to rely on the Xbox Blu-ray player application, you’re able to fine-tune your consoles to get the most out of your Blu-rays.
On Xbox Series X, you can alter dedicated settings and processes to craft and improve your Blu-ray experience on the platform. But what exactly are these Blu-ray improving settings, and how can you access them? Let’s find out.
The Ways Your Xbox Can Enhance Playing Blu-rays
Using your Xbox Series X as a Blu-ray player may appear less convenient than using a dedicated device designed for that very purpose. But the supported Blu-ray features on your Xbox can at least help close the gap between consoles and media players.
To be specific, the following features from your Xbox Series X can help to improve your experience of Blu-rays:
And aside from the dedicated Blu-ray settings and features, you can alsoenable closed captioning on your Xbox Series Xusing other experience-supporting features of the console. Closed captioning, however, will only work for supported games or media.But with the above Xbox Blu-ray settings, you can universally alter and improve your experience of Blu-rays on your Series X. But how do you actually access and use these features?
How to Fine Tune the Blu-ray Settings on Your Xbox
Now you know the supported Blu-ray settings on your Xbox Series X, let’s take a look at how you can actually enable and set them up. To access and adjust the Blu-ray settings on your Xbox Series X, follow these steps:
From theBlu-rayscreen, you should be able to access all the previously mentioned settings and preferences available for your Xbox. But some of the features require a few more steps.
For instance, to alter theDolby Digitalsettings and set up Dynamic Range Control, you need to selectDolby Digitaland choose eitherDynamic range control onorDynamic range control auto. If you keep the setting on, it will always be enabled, whereas the alternative will only enable Dynamic Range Control when audio requires correcting.
Similarly, to allow your receiver to decode audio and silence any unwanted intrusions from your Xbox, selectLet my receiver decode audio. Wait for a pop-up to appear on your screen, and selectPass Audio To Receiverto enable the feature.
But whether through limiting potential interruptions to your Blu-rays or smoothing out audio for better sound, you should be well on the way to improving your Blu-ray experience with Xbox.And even outside the built-in Blu-ray features of your Series X, you could look to improve the quality of your Blu-rays even further.Optimizing your sound settings on Xbox Series X, for instance, is a perfect next step to honing the media player aspects of your Xbox Series X.
Optimize Console Gaming for Blu-rays With Xbox Series X
While console gaming may not intuitively be the best media player for Blu-rays, with Xbox, you’re able to at least fine-tune and better the experience to your own taste.So in the end, console gaming can make a useful substitute for a Blu-ray player, especially with the dedicated features on Xbox. But much like anything else, even with adjustments, you may find you’ll need to keep tweaking settings to find the perfect combination of preferences for your Xbox and Blu-rays.
