The Dark Knight - Problems with playback - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

dadkins · 12-10-2008, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Papi4baby

I had an Acer laptop with a 1.5 dual core that play blu ray fine. Well some blu rays. Most of the would now play(software related). So i got rid of it, and bought a laptop with a dvd drive.

The truth of the matter is blu ray for computers is so lacking in support is a money pit a headache.

Get a Sony!
They work so well, I bought a second one!

eddgreen · 12-10-2008, 06:16 AM

I'm going to get this movie at the weekend
Are there other peaple that has had probloms playing Dark knight
I have Win dvd soon to get cyberlinks power DVD 8
Just to make sure
I live in the Uk and Arcsoft TMT can't find a dealer that stocks it
Dark knight at The Asda store today sold out

blckman · 12-10-2008, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sebcesc

I dont have many Blu-Ray DVDs and I am not very savvy with computers and this will probably become apparent the more I write! I recently bought the Dark Knight on Blu-Ray and want to play it on my Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21S. It played but the frame rate was slow and unwatchable. I'm playing it with WinDVD which came with the laptop.

Any help would be greatly received.

Hello Sebcesc. I think many solutions to your problems have been answered. I bought the Blu-Ray Dark Knight today as well and just put it in. It plays flawlessly with the Powerdvd Suite 1.0 that came with my LG/HD-DVD Drive. Every disc works accordingly. I want to say wow.....Sebcesc. This laptop sports an 8600 Nvidia GS Graphics card. Make sure the drivers are correct from Nvidia and that they are up to date. Now, the T7500 duo core CPU is fine. You have a Sony NEC Optiarc Blu-ray ROM/DVD writer. Some people have had problems with the Sony Blu-Ray drives. Make sure you get the model number under the device manager and head on over to the firmware page, http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php and see if their is a new update for that specific drive. I have also heard that some people are having problems with Windvd Blu-Ray. Try Arcsoft Total Media Theater Extreme or Power DVD Ultra 8. They seem to work very well. You might shell out anywhere from $69.00 to $100.00 for each software though. Lastly, I have to say that this laptop is one of the best I've ever seen. It even has HDMI outputs on it. Now, that is some heat in a small package baby. Hopefully, this worked and welcome to the forum. Hello all of you guys. I'm still here causing trouble. Just kidding. Take care and enjoy that Dark Knight people.

RustyK94 · 12-10-2008, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Papi4baby

I had an Acer laptop with a 1.5 dual core that play blu ray fine. Well some blu rays. Most of the would now play(software related). So i got rid of it, and bought a laptop with a dvd drive.

The truth of the matter is blu ray for computers is so lacking in support is a money pit a headache.

Well considering it's Microsoft your dealing with who have proven not to be to friendly towards Blu-Ray it's hardly surprising.

Having Vista as your OS does not help things ether. How much RAM comes in these laptop like 2 gig

You need full scalable memory (4 gig) to get it running properly.

Pretzel · 12-10-2008, 12:45 PM

If your laptop has a 8600 in it, make sure to buy a player that supports purevideo. That will offload a substantial amount of strain from the CPU to the GPU.

dadkins · 12-10-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyK94

Well considering it's Microsoft your dealing with who have proven not to be to friendly towards Blu-Ray it's hardly surprising.

Having Vista as your OS does not help things ether. How much RAM comes in these laptop like 2 gig

You need full scalable memory (4 gig) to get it running properly.

Dude!
This is an XP MCE 2005 machine 7600GT and 1GB RAM - played BDs fine.
Recently upgraded to 2GB RAM(it was onsale) - still plays BDs fine.
My other VAIO is Vista Home premium 8400GT 3GB RAM - plays BDs fine.

What other OS(s) will allow BD playback? Yeah.

RustyK94 · 12-10-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dadkins

Dude!
This is an XP MCE 2005 machine 7600GT and 1GB RAM - played BDs fine.
Recently upgraded to 2GB RAM(it was onsale) - still plays BDs fine.
My other VAIO is Vista Home premium 8400GT 3GB RAM - plays BDs fine.

What other OS(s) will allow BD playback? Yeah.

Yeah well you need Direct X10 and XP don't have that. About the only reason to have Vista is for Direct X10.

lpfan71 · 12-10-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sebcesc

Went onto Sony's updates pages and the last firmware update was in June so I dont know what else to download

Thanks for correcting me on the blu-ray and not blu-ray dvd!!

Told you I was an amateur!

You can get away with calling it a Blu-Ray Disc too.

dadkins · 12-10-2008, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyK94

Yeah well you need Direct X10 and XP don't have that. About the only reason to have Vista is for Direct X10.

No you don't!
Google VGN-AR190G friend - it's XP!
The first BD enabled laptop sold in the United States - I got one!

Here:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...mber=VGNAR190G

RustyK94 · 12-10-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dadkins

No you don't!
Google VGN-AR190G friend - it's XP!
The first BD enabled laptop sold in the United States - I got one!

Here:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...mber=VGNAR190G

Im impressed but software must be pretty limited on an XP system for Blu-Ray playback.

dadkins · 12-10-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyK94

Im impressed but software must be pretty limited on an XP system for Blu-Ray playback.

In what way?
I have WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray
ArcSoft TMT
*and* PowerDVD 8 Ultra.
Pretty sure Nero has a plugin that will play BDs too...

Trust me, XP machines can play Blu-ray Discs.

Just so you know, the AR190G was first sold June of 2006 - a few months before Vista was released in 2007.
BD drives were available before that.
What Windows OS was available in the first part of 2006?

RustyK94 · 12-10-2008, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dadkins

In what way?
I have WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray
ArcSoft TMT
*and* PowerDVD 8 Ultra.
Pretty sure Nero has a plugin that will play BDs too...

Trust me, XP machines can play Blu-ray Discs.

Just so you know, the AR190G was first sold June of 2006 - a few months before Vista was released in 2007.
BD drives were available before that.
What Windows OS was available in the first part of 2006?

Cool i was just quizzing i have never investigated fully Blu-Ray playback on computers. Thanks for the info.

dadkins · 12-10-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyK94

Cool i was just quizzing i have never investigated fully Blu-Ray playback on computers. Thanks for the info.

No worries!

I pestered... er uh, convinced a friend to get a LG drive for his desktop - XP... he couldn't be happier!

Go get one!

Under $100 for a BD ROM Combo drive...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136154

RustyK94 · 12-10-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dadkins

No worries!

I pestered... er uh, convinced a friend to get a LG drive for his desktop - XP... he couldn't be happier!

Go get one!

Under $100 for a BD ROM Combo drive...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136154

I have two PS3 already which do the job thanks any way

dadkins · 12-11-2008, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RustyK94

I have two PS3 already which do the job thanks any way

There is a task that computer drives can do that PS3s cannot... but the Mods get upset if we talk about it.
Plus, you can get a BD burner(more $$$) - no PS3 can burn.

DOOM 2012 · 12-11-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dadkins

There is a task that computer drives can do that PS3s cannot... but the Mods get upset if we talk about it.
Plus, you can get a BD burner(more $$$) - no PS3 can burn.

GET A SONY IT"S THE BEST AND I HAVE 3 PS3 !!!!!

RustyK94 · 12-11-2008, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadkins

There is a task that computer drives can do that PS3s cannot... but the Mods get upset if we talk about it.
Plus, you can get a BD burner(more $$$) - no PS3 can burn.

You can PM me about this task if u want i would be interest to here.

dadkins · 12-11-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DOOM 2012

GET A SONY IT"S THE BEST AND I HAVE 3 PS3 !!!!!

I have 2 BD VAIO laptops... yes, Sony is the best!

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eddgreen Junior Member Member since:Nov 2008	I'm going to get this movie at the weekend Are there other peaple that has had probloms playing Dark knight I have Win dvd soon to get cyberlinks power DVD 8 Just to make sure I live in the Uk and Arcsoft TMT can't find a dealer that stocks it Dark knight at The Asda store today sold out

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Pretzel New Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Virginia	If your laptop has a 8600 in it, make sure to buy a player that supports purevideo. That will offload a substantial amount of strain from the CPU to the GPU.

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