PS3 won't recognize DVDs - Blu-ray Forum

Blu-man08 · 08-24-2008, 11:50 PM

Hello. I've got a 40GB PS3 which has been incredible. I love everything about it. However, I tried playing a DVD and it was not recognized. Is there some sort of setting I need to enable or change? This is kind of troublesome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

WriteSimply · 08-25-2008, 03:26 AM

A movie DVD or a data DVD-R/+R?

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Blu-man08 · 08-25-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WriteSimply

A movie DVD or a data DVD-R/+R?

fuad

A movie DVD. I tried "The Little Mermaid" and then tried "Revenge of the Sith" with no disc recognition, whatsoever.

Xerios · 08-25-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-man08

A movie DVD. I tried "The Little Mermaid" and then tried "Revenge of the Sith" with no disc recognition, whatsoever.

maybe it has something to do with the 40gb models having no reverse compatibility with ps2 and ps1 games... i dont know

jeabombers · 08-25-2008, 03:02 PM

The reason the 40s are not PS2 BC compliant is that they don't have the Emotion Engine in them, nor an Emotion emulator. It doesn't have anything to do with the DVD itself. It would be nuts for Sony to release a 1080p upconverter without the ability to play said DVDs. Unfortunately, I can't imagine what could be wrong that your DVDs can't be seen. There *are* certain settings specifically for the upconversion, but I doubt they affect reading the discs themselves.

Odd note, apparently upconversion isn't a "word" yet

kpkelley · 08-25-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-man08

A movie DVD. I tried "The Little Mermaid" and then tried "Revenge of the Sith" with no disc recognition, whatsoever.

Is it recognizing other types of discs? Games, blu-rays, cd's?

Jackeroo75 · 08-25-2008, 03:56 PM

Did you check and clean your dvds?

WriteSimply · 08-25-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kpkelley

Is it recognizing other types of discs? Games, blu-rays, cd's?

What he suggested. Sometimes the OPU (optical pick-up) needs to reset itself to read a different kind of disc. So play a CD/BD and then put those same DVDs back in. Or put other DVDs and THEN the DVDs that won't play.

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raven1138 · 08-25-2008, 04:04 PM

do you have the newest update? i heard that it can cause problems.

08-24-2008, 11:50 PM	#1
Blu-man08 Expert Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Michigan 4K collection:160 Blu-ray collection:518 Trading Score:123	PS3 won't recognize DVDs Hello. I've got a 40GB PS3 which has been incredible. I love everything about it. However, I tried playing a DVD and it was not recognized. Is there some sort of setting I need to enable or change? This is kind of troublesome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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08-25-2008, 03:26 AM	#2
WriteSimply Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	A movie DVD or a data DVD-R/+R? fuad

08-25-2008, 03:02 PM	#5
jeabombers Expert Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:CoMo	The reason the 40s are not PS2 BC compliant is that they don't have the Emotion Engine in them, nor an Emotion emulator. It doesn't have anything to do with the DVD itself. It would be nuts for Sony to release a 1080p upconverter without the ability to play said DVDs. Unfortunately, I can't imagine what could be wrong that your DVDs can't be seen. There are certain settings specifically for the upconversion, but I doubt they affect reading the discs themselves. Odd note, apparently upconversion isn't a "word" yet

08-25-2008, 03:56 PM	#7
Jackeroo75 Active Member Member since:Nov 2007	Did you check and clean your dvds?

08-25-2008, 04:04 PM	#9
raven1138 Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Carlsbad, CA Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:494 Blu-ray reviews:2	do you have the newest update? i heard that it can cause problems.

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