Blu-ray drive issues

[imported_solstice]

Hi,

just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this. recently i purchased and Acer Aspire 8920G with a blu-ray drive.

some blu-ray cd's wont run and i get the same error as the review on anandtech.com for the 6920. i tried what they tried like forcing hacked drivers etc, but nothing will resolve the issue,

could this be due to the revision of blu-ray menu's? i remember something about this a while ago on some blu-ray cd's on the playstation 3 whereby they would not play as they have had a menu revision?

anyone got any thoughts?

cheers.

 

[zerogear]

Check and see if there is any firmware upgrades for your drive, and also update your playback software to latest version.

 

[imported_solstice]

hi, thanks for the reply.

acer has provided an update for "Acer Arcade Deluxe" (from cyberlink) which is the software you use to watch blu-ray - so i've updated that - and still no luck.

unfortunateley, acer do not provide firmware updates for their drives, so that leaves me in a bit of a rut.

any other ideas?

cheers

 

[zerogear]

You might want to check if the blu-ray drive is made by acer or not. Most of the time the optical drive from Acer is from another company.

 

[corkyg]

Actually, I can't see any advantage in watching Blu-Ray on a laptop. The screen is simply too small to take advantage of the B/R resolution...Everything I have read on the subject says that you really need a 40-inch screen or larger to really notice any difference visually.

 

[Spicedaddy]

check device manager to find out what kind of drive it is... Post it here and we'll look for a firmware update.

And maybe try the latest version of PowerDVD.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Actually, I can't see any advantage in watching Blu-Ray on a laptop. The screen is simply too small to take advantage of the B/R resolution...Everything I have read on the subject says that you really need a 40-inch screen or larger to really notice any difference visually.

Ah but you don't sit 6 feet away from a laptop.

 

[corkyg]

True - for movies 2 to 3 feet usually - but who wants to watch movies on a laptop when there is a 42-in plasma in the next room.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: corkyg
True - for movies 2 to 3 feet usually - but who wants to watch movies on a laptop when there is a 42-in plasma in the next room.

Travel?

 

[corkyg]

Man . . . when I travel there ain't no time for movies. But - I suppose you could do that, but is it worth the extra $? To each his or her own.