Bad experiences with the new BluRay

My BluRay player was 80 dollars at Wal-Mart. What on earth could be the problem?

ironically (or not) Daniel above me it's quite right...

a cheap blu-ray player does all the right work...

or even better, why not gettin' a full Power DVD version 11 with an "illegal" serial?

it works (it always works) perfectly for me...

give it a go to my last advice, Pete !

sometimes the RIGHT way it's the  WRONG way :P

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[b]Freddie rey wrote: [/b] I had the same problem as you. I can play it finally on my computer with a program called Any DVD HD. That program can remove all the copyright and anti-copy things and play the bluray disc. Please, try it :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the tip. I don't like the idea of having an illegal program running in the background only to be able to watch a legally BOUGHT BluRay, but it looks like I will have to do it

Why didn't you just simply buy a bluray player instead of trying to get it to play on your computer?

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[b]popy wrote: [/b] You're being to harsh.

Just because you can't play the disc, it doesn't mean you have to post "do not buy the new blu-ray". At least write something like "i can't play the Blu-Ray". A friend of mine bought it, and he showed me and it plays without any problem on his PC.

Just because you can't play it, does it mean that no one should buy it?

I'm pretty sure that there are people who bought the Blu-Ray and didn't find any problems playing it. [/QUOTE]

Yes, you're correct, but please consider I was extremely pissed off yesterday - I spent the whole evening trying to watch it, that's why my post is "slightly" more angry than usual

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[b]Daniel Nester wrote: [/b] My BluRay player was 80 dollars at Wal-Mart. What on earth could be the problem?[/QUOTE]
I have under my LED HDTV

- a Samsung DVD recorder
- a LG DVD player
- a Sony (?) VCR (I haven't used it this year and I think I used it once last year, so I don't really remember the manufacturer)
- an Asrock HTPC

which means it takes up all the space, there are tons of cables etc. I hope you understand that I really don't want another player, even now my living room is a huge mess.

It's not about money. It's about the fact, that one company tries to order you what you should do with your computer hardware, and with your flat. It's about the fact that the BD manufacturers come with new  "copy protection" methods every year, so there is a very real chance that even if I buy a BD player I will not be able to watch more BluRay discs if they feature NEW copy protection

I have MANY BluRay discs - all of them of course official. I have never had ANY playback problems - I had ONE problem with the Star Wars 9BR set, but it was solvable with an PowerDVD update, so I don't count that one. This documentary is the ONLY problematic disc

I bought a PS3 especially for this release. Needless to say, I haven't bothered getting the disc yet.

I totally understand you, Peter :-) From reading this thread it looks like you are the victim of industry attempts to protect BDs from piracy although you did buy a legal copy and now you must adjust your hardware which is not your own decision but you feel blackmailed! If I may add another unwanted advice here: you do not need a DVD Player AND  a recorder because a recorder also plays the DVD. Personally I removed both my DVD player and recorder (my old player was region-free, lol) after buying the standalone BDplayer/recorder. The BD player/recorder also plays DVDs, DVD-Rs and CDs.  I still have a VCR like you, you know why :-) And like you I hate all these cables from TV, BD player, surround sound and CD player :-)

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[b]YourValentine wrote: [/b]  If I may add another unwanted advice here: you do not need a DVD Player AND  a recorder because a recorder also plays the DVD.
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Well I know, but the DVD player was the first player I bought, and since it's still working I don't wanna throw it away :)

That monitor isn't HD just standard VGA, so there's your problem, I know QPL make many fuck ups, I don't mean to offend but they are not responsible for PC specification. The monitor is just standard VGA so there is no HDMI or DVI connections (the difference being DVI only carries an video signal (no audio) i.e. like my HP250i which I am using now where as HDMI carries both audio & video)

 When I use my monitor for PS3 I have to use the DVI cable for the visual side but also connect the bog standard scart connection & split off the red & white phono connections to my hi-fi system & tell PS3 through the setting the audio is being carried by the scart/phono and the picture is being carried separately. Sometimes you just have to juggle things such is life

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[b]maxpower wrote: [/b] That monitor isn't HD just standard VGA, so there's your problem, I know QPL make many fuck ups, I don't mean to offend but they are not responsible for PC specification. The monitor is just standard VGA so there is no HDMI or DVI connections (the difference being DVI only carries an video signal (no audio) i.e. like my HP250i which I am using now where as HDMI carries both audio & video)

 When I use my monitor for PS3 I have to use the DVI cable for the visual side but also connect the bog standard scart connection & split off the red & white phono connections to my hi-fi system & tell PS3 through the setting the audio is being carried by the scart/phono and the picture is being carried separately. Sometimes you just have to juggle things such is life [/QUOTE]
1920x1080 = HD RESOLUTION.  The term "high definition" only says how many pixels must the screen be capable to show, it says nothing about the way how the screen is connected to the source of the signal

Use for it only one player - Arcsoft Total MediaTheatre! It works nice with it!

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[b]Crazy_Nights92 wrote: [/b] Use for it only one player - Arcsoft Total MediaTheatre! It works nice with it![/QUOTE]
Even when I have connected my PC via the good old analog cable ?

What on earth did you expect?  Did you ever try to play a CD on a turntable?  Same result as with your Blu-Ray disc.