Spiderman 3 blu ray won't play!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DirtyKarlos]

So my free copy of Spiderman 3 finally arrives, my first blu-ray disc!!!!

Bang it in the drive and it won't play. I get some stoooopid error saying that windows is now changingthe colour scheme to vista basic, which it is already set as anyhow!!!

What the heck?!?!

Blu-ray won't play!

[Andy.enigma]

hi,
i had a similar problem. the solution lies in the support home page.
go to drivers and utilities
download windvd application update, install it and ur blu-ray dvd will play
cheers

[helloimgeoff1]

Does this error only appear on certain BluRay films? I've watched a few BluRay films on my laptop, but not Spiderman 3 yet as I'm still waiting on it's arrival.

I use WinDVD BD and don't have the update that is shown on the vaio-link yet - could it already be pre installed on my vaio as it is pretty new?

Geoff.

[Andy.enigma]

hi Geoff,
that's quite strange. i bought my vaio on 28/12/07---- just 20 days ago.
it's a possibilty that my particular piece has been in store for a while, hence the update had to be downloaded.
can't think of anythin else.
cheers

on second thought, if sony was selling a blu=ray laptop, it should have been playable before they packed it up??????

[kevclark7]

Thanks pal; sound advice and worked a treat. Again, thanks.

[helloimgeoff1]

One would asume that if one is buying a laptop which is labeled as being able to play BluRay disks, then it should definatly be able to play them. Not just have the ability to play them.

But that happens alot with technology these days, they're not false advertising, just mis advertising. They say one thing, but actually mean something slightly different, that makes a big difference.

Say with TV's, they're often sold as being "1080p HDReady" when they have 768 maximum, what it actually means is that it can take 1080p input, although it doesn't output 1080p.

Geoff.

[stone69]

The update fixes some problems that may occur with newer Blu-ray editions; that's how I understood the explanation in the support section. However I got my AR31S with blu-ray in March last year and it was able to play Blu-ray from day 1 on...and still is with the update.

Agree with you on the HD mistery. Almost every TV now states HD-ready but the real thing is FULL HD 1080p.