Posted on 03/29/2013 4:57:22 AM PDT by Scooter100
I've had it with the Blu Ray format; how about you? It's left a mouth-puckering, sour, stinking taste in my mouth.
When the new (complete!) Star Wars (Blu Ray) came out, I waited patiently for two months for my PowerDVD software to be "updated", or "fixed", or "patched", or whatever code word they use now for "we messed up". I similarly waited weeks for Disney's "John Carter" updaters in order to watch that one. Buy a Blu Ray and you never know what's going to happen when you get it home. Great, huh? What a product.
Heaven knows how many Win7, Java, Cyberlink/PowerDVD, LG Blu Ray Disc Firmware downloads, updates, and expensive software upGRADES (my PC is my A/V system) that I've performed. And because of all this fiddling and tweaking, I am now the proud owner of Blu Ray movies that NO LONGER PLAY. Silly me, I thought the more updates you perform, the more movies you could watch….unh-unh, no way. These prize goofs can turn off half your library with one little code blunder, or worse, at a deliberately designed whim……and then have the gall to tell you that you need a new disc drive, or a new player, or a new $49.95 software upgrade to play discs THAT USED TO PLAY JUST FINE. And don't think I haven't tried. I spent months in a four-way futility with LG/Cyberlink/Win7 over who caused my Blu Ray of "The King's Speech" to stop working.
Listen up Blu Ray industry. Last weekend, I bought a movie and purposely got the DVD version because I really wasn't sure that my software/hardware system would be able to play the Blu Ray version. Now there's confidence, huh? And while I'm at it, let me bring to your attention the REAL REASON that they are packaging movies with both the DVD and Blu Ray versions in one box……it's not because you might want to upgrade from DVD to Blu Ray some day. Nope….no it's not. It's because the copy protection updates and "patches" they are constantly performing on Blu Ray, will most likely render your system unable to play them…..even though they USED TO PLAY. Want to watch it, well get out your wallets.
Blu Ray, you've lost me. I'm frickin' through with you forever. Not going to play your software games anymore. I took all your "Godfrey Daniel" BLUE discs down to the local public library and donated 'em. See ya later Blu Birds, best of luck.
You appear to have a stand alone player, looks as though the poster’s problem involves his use of a personal computer “(my PC is my A/V system)” as a go-between the DVD reader and the TV. imo
I can understand the OP’s frustration. I’ve had it with other stuff.
Am I the only one that does not notice a big difference between a plain DVD and a blue ray? I have a 47” Visio and a Playstation 3.
Buy yourself a stand-alone blu-ray player. No more problems.
When was your last eye checkup? If your’re not corrected to 20/25 or better, you’re not going to notice the improvement.
ps3 is the best blu-ray player, I’ve never had any trouble at all in years, it’s fast, reliable and it’s Sony heh. I actually don’t even play games on my ps3, I simply use it for blu-rays and netflix.
Huge difference I have a ps3 as well, and I can barely watch dvd anymore, blu-ray is far better.
Try a Sony. They don’t do that kind of thing.
Oh mannnn SING IT BROTHER! PRAISE the Lord and pass the peas!
I am soo sick and tired of Cyberlink/PowerDVD. A few years about I purchased a $600 video card because it was top of the line and was 100% bluray compatible. Worked perfectly, even though I had to update it to play new movies grumble grumble grumble!
Up until last year when they decided to stop updating the keys for my version. Now they want me to buy a new version of PowerDVD in order to play BluRay! And of course there are no free versions or discounted upgrades. They want me to shell out another $100 bucks for this new software. And the software wont run at all anymore. So I can’t play any DVD’s or Blurays using PowerDVD. I have had it with them! I wont buy their new crappy software! GGGRRRRRRRR
“Try a Sony. They don’t do that kind of thing.”
That’s because Sony owns the standard. It’s as if betamax won the tape format war.....
YMMV
What he said. You can also run free PS3 media server software on your PC and stream all kinds of stuff from it to your PS3.
Are you running a HDMI cable between the two?
Many older televisions and projectors do not do HDCP and will therefore not play newer content.
There are also HD projectors an televisions that do not have an HDMI connector at all.
Hollywood should not be dictating how our players, computers and TVs are built so they can control what you do with media you purchased/licensed.
I no longer own disc players, cd or dvd, or a single disc.
My collection is all digital and all absent HDCP.
Try VLC, it is free and plays almost everything without issue.
Forcing my DVD player to run the notice on a legally purchased DVD without being able to bypass it.
The book is better.
I have an HD video camera and video editing program and make my own Blu-ray discs on my computer then watch them with a Sony Blu-ray player on my HD TV. The image is FAR superior to DVD.
You’re right, that’s exactly like the gestapo. Good catch.
The way around that is to get DVD ripper software, and use it to copy “just the movie” to your HD, eliminating the FBI warnings, previews, spam, and disk software it tries to load on your computer, etc.
Then, after you watch your movie, you just delete the files, and save the production disk in case there is any copyright argument against you.
My older Panasonic requires a broadband connection for its occasional firmware update, as I posted yesterday I had to e-mail Panasonic for a software upgrade disc, but though my house has no broadband my cellphone the Galaxy does have the optional wi fi hotspt, so after some thinking I went to Walmart and they had a more modern version BD Panasonic player with wi-fi, and it was marked down from 4100 to $70.
So I bought it yesterday, got the password thing all set up with my phone, it got its latest version, it loads much faster than the old player and has a ton of options like Netflix Youtube and such, now I can if I choose select more content online while I’m watching certain movies.
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