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Rhylliam · 10-28-2013, 03:52 AM

Just got an external LG BD drive today(BP06LU11), and since the provided PowerDVD 9 software was awful, I opted for PowerDVD 13. Drive loads discs no problem, and PowerDVD 13 plays the audio fine (well, the menu audio anyhow) but all I get is a purple-ish screen. This is pretty damn irritating since I've spent the past couple hours trying to solve the problem myself by searching online but no one seems to have the same issue.

Cyberlink's BD Advisor gave me a 'Fail', but from what I understand its not that reliable of an "advisor". Anyways, it indicated that my AMD Radeon HD 7660G graphics card was not BD ready, and that I have no 'Hardware dual video decoding capability' for H.264, MPEG-2 or VC-1.

My laptop is new-ish (Samsung 355V5C-A03) so I guess I just assumed it was ready to go.

Anyone have any ideas?

10-28-2013, 03:52 AM	#1
Rhylliam Contributor Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Calgary, Alberta Home Theater Gallery:16 4K collection:1499 Blu-ray collection:9004 DVD collection:9438 Blu-ray reviews: 49 Trading Score:109	No video playback w/ PowerDVD 13 & LG external Just got an external LG BD drive today(BP06LU11), and since the provided PowerDVD 9 software was awful, I opted for PowerDVD 13. Drive loads discs no problem, and PowerDVD 13 plays the audio fine (well, the menu audio anyhow) but all I get is a purple-ish screen. This is pretty damn irritating since I've spent the past couple hours trying to solve the problem myself by searching online but no one seems to have the same issue. Cyberlink's BD Advisor gave me a 'Fail', but from what I understand its not that reliable of an "advisor". Anyways, it indicated that my AMD Radeon HD 7660G graphics card was not BD ready, and that I have no 'Hardware dual video decoding capability' for H.264, MPEG-2 or VC-1. My laptop is new-ish (Samsung 355V5C-A03) so I guess I just assumed it was ready to go. Anyone have any ideas?