Blu-ray problem, help!

[pink_koala]

My parents bought a Lionel Richie blu-ray dvd in hmv hongkong. When we tested it back home, it only had the commericials at the beginning. The main menu was not there. Is that even possible? What do i do with it?

[brett_day]

sounds like it was not a legit blu! piracy is huge in that part of the world! i think your parent got burnt

[crazyBLUE]

Check the region code . Or you may need firmware update !

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Check the region code . Or you may need firmware update !

if it was region or firmware, would it even begin to play?

[ixlegitballinxl]

let the boot leg blu fun begin!

[dv8pdx]

Did a little research...
when did you buy it? - the only Lionel Richie Blu-ray is "Lionel Richie - Live in Paris" blu-ray released 5 days ago on 11/24/08 according to dvdsource.co.uk & zavvi.co.uk. BUT its not officially listed even on his website or amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. plus only the DVD versions of "Live in Paris" and "The Collection" are listed on Universal Music's website. Plus I've noticed that the bar code for the blu-ray is the exact same number as the DVD version. So I think everyone is right, you got a pirated version of the dvd. Did you try it in a regular DVD player?

[andyman1970]

Use it as a drink coaster?

[Clark Kent]

Make sure it is a Blu-ray first. Pop it into a dvd only player and if it plays on that it is not a BD of course. It is also possible it is region coded and your particular Blu-ray machine is the wrong region.

[NickBalto]

i just bought this blu off ebay, now im worried lol

[dv8pdx]

Originally Posted by NickBalto

i just bought this blu off ebay, now im worried lol

keep us posted, cause officially no record exsists with the artist or studio, but that doesn't mean that their sites are up to date.

I could only find the DVD on eBay.

[pink_koala]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Did a little research...
when did you buy it? - the only Lionel Richie Blu-ray is "Lionel Richie - Live in Paris" blu-ray released 5 days ago on 11/24/08 according to dvdsource.co.uk & zavvi.co.uk. BUT its not officially listed even on his website or amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. plus only the DVD versions of "Live in Paris" and "The Collection" are listed on Universal Music's website. Plus I've noticed that the bar code for the blu-ray is the exact same number as the DVD version. So I think everyone is right, you got a pirated version of the dvd. Did you try it in a regular DVD player?

They bought it in HMV, Hong Kong. It's a place where they really sell original stuff. They bought it last November 28. It didn't say live in paris though. It's "Lionel Richie Live - His Greatest Hits and More". I really don't think it's pirated because inside, it contained the little booklet and the blu-ray ad. Is it possible to have defective original blu-ray dvds? Aren't they supposed to be well processed first before they get released? Hmff.

[Bobby Henderson]

They bought it in HMV, Hong Kong. It's a place where they really sell original stuff.

How do you really know?

Piracy, intellectual property theft and patent infringement is very widespread in several Asian nations. That sort of thing is working on the most massive scale in China. If I was vacationing in China I wouldn't trust anything I bought there as being legit unless it was a state-produced product sold directly by the Chinese government.

The problem is bad enough that Microsoft recently shut down all software distribution in South Korea. More than 90% of all computers in that country are running on pirated versions of Windows. Nearly all copies of MS Office are counterfeit.

Ultimately, people get what they pay for in buying pirated movies: crap. The video quality is never as good as the legit retail product sold here in the United States. Same goes for the sound quality. But then that kind of exposes something about the people who often watch pirated versions of movies: they don't care about audio-video quality.

I am VERY picky about presentation quality of movies. If I am going to spend 2 hours of my life watching a movie, the presentation quality in the movie theater or via the Blu-ray disc had better be really good. Pirated movies and movies downloaded via torrents are a complete waste of time. When someone wants to brag about seeing a movie before it has even been released in theaters I just kind of laugh at that person for having watched the show in such low grade quality.

[raven1138]

It's Blu-ray, not blu-ray dvd. Sorry but I hate it when people say it wrong.

[dv8pdx]

Originally Posted by pink_koala

They bought it in HMV, Hong Kong. It's a place where they really sell original stuff. They bought it last November 28. It didn't say live in paris though. It's "Lionel Richie Live - His Greatest Hits and More". I really don't think it's pirated because inside, it contained the little booklet and the blu-ray ad. Is it possible to have defective original blu-ray dvds? Aren't they supposed to be well processed first before they get released? Hmff.

Its not legit, there are no other Lionel Richie Blu-rays out there. According to Universal Music and they said there are no LR blu-rays released. Chinese pirated DVD's and Blu's are a huge business for the bad guys. It doesn't cost much for those inserts and ads, which in the Pirates eyes, makes the product look more legit. Plus on November 21st, Sony was the first and only company to release blu-ray titles in China, with only 30 titles at about 205 yuan ($30), and those were imported, not made there, which Sony wont be doing until next year.

Sony article

[gentrycoach]

I can't believe someone would pirate Lionel Ritchie. There's a market? jk

[Jeff Kleist]

HMV is a huge international chain. They would only sell legit stuff

You probably need to upgrade your firmware

Did they reaLLY buy it there, or did they buy it from a bootleg booth outside? Those are quite common

I believe I've read about a release of LR somewhere

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by gentrycoach

I can't believe someone would pirate Lionel Ritchie. There's a market? jk

I can't belive someone bought a Lionel Richie BD much less pirate it..."Say you, say me. Say it together....naturally."

[dv8pdx]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

HMV is a huge international chain. They would only sell legit stuff

You probably need to upgrade your firmware

Did they reaLLY buy it there, or did they buy it from a bootleg booth outside? Those are quite common

I believe I've read about a release of LR somewhere

The Summer Olympics are big too... but when in China in 2008, look at the international drama there... Just a little too suspisious in my eyes, specially when Sony Pictures is the first and only company to offer Blu-ray's in China, which only started Nov. 21st.