Can NOT get new Pioneer BDC-202 Bluray Player to work

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Originally Posted by marky

Hi Guys I just got a Pioneer BDC-202 Player and I cannot get it to read Bluray DVD, it reads reg DVD's but not Bluray, I tried Win XP and Vista as I have a dual boot system, I tried different players (VCL, Power-DVD, Win Media) but I still cant get it to work.

When I try to play Bluray in Power DVD it crashes, I tried to install the software that came with the drive but it hung up while installing Win DVD which I did not think I needed.

Am I doing something wrong? do I need a driver?

Here is my setup:
Gigabyte: GA-K8N51PVM9-RH Motherboard here: http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Products...A-K8N51PVM9-RH
AMD X2 4400+
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX
160GB IDE Hard Drive (Vista)
80GB SATA HD (Win XP)
300GB SATA (Storage)
430W Power Supply

From your post - you may have a few problems - First are you using 32 bit versions or 64 bit versions of your OS?

Second: Are you using PowerDVD Ultra? (the ultra makes a big difference - only the ultra addition will play BD). If you are using WinDVD BD (oem version) chunk it and get WinDVD 9 Plus BD make sure you do all of the updates for PDVD 8 ultra or WinDVD 9 Plus BD. You may want to try Total Media Theatre by Arcsoft also.

Third - there have been problems with the 8800 video cards and BD. The 9600,9800,8600,8500, and 8400's play BD without a glitch (you may also look at the new ATI 4850 cards).