Sony Vaio Blu-ray problems

[Roymus]

All: I scanned the threads for an answer to this question but didn't see anything directly. I bought a new Sony Vaio VGNFZ285U (Windows Ultimate with WinDVD 8 and a Blu-Ray drive). The laptop has an HDMI connector so you can watch Blu-Ray movies on your 1080P HDTV (in my case a Mitsubishi 75831). I bought "300" and popped it into the Sony to see how it looked on the laptop...ok but not impressive (the screen does not support 1080P). I then hooked up the laptop to my HDTV via HDMI. The laptop display looks great on my TV, but when I tried to play the movie using WinDVD I received the message "Stop. Your display environment does not support protected content" and playback stops. I tested playing a regular DVD and it worked fine. I assume this is some kind of newfangled macrovision copy protection to prevent routing the signal to another device and copying the movie. So here's my questions:

1. Is it possible to play the movie on my HDTV using another player besides WinDVD? If so, which one? I don't mind buying another software player if I know it works.

2. Is the copy protection specific to Mitsubishi (i.e., is there something in the TV firmware that's telling WinDVD to stop playing)? If so, is there a way to defeat it?

3. If #2 is correct, are there Blu-Ray movies that don't have this kind of protection? If not, shouldn't Sony compensate me for selling me a player that won't work under any circumstances?

Sorry if this has been covered...thanks!

Roy

[sfdoddsy]

Sorry to bump this thread but I'm unable to make new posts yet.

I have a Sony VAIO VGN-AR190 laptop with Blu-Ray drive. Unfortunately, it won't play commercial Blu-Ray movies. It burns and reads Blu-Ray RAM discs, but not movies. At least not Casino Royale or Dead Man's Chest.

Sony phone support say this means I have a bum drive, but I'm wondering if this is so why will it play RAM discs?

Any thoughts.

Thanks.

[jorg]

Originally Posted by Roymus

All: I scanned the threads for an answer to this question but didn't see anything directly. I bought a new Sony Vaio VGNFZ285U (Windows Ultimate with WinDVD 8 and a Blu-Ray drive). The laptop has an HDMI connector so you can watch Blu-Ray movies on your 1080P HDTV (in my case a Mitsubishi 75831). I bought "300" and popped it into the Sony to see how it looked on the laptop...ok but not impressive (the screen does not support 1080P). I then hooked up the laptop to my HDTV via HDMI. The laptop display looks great on my TV, but when I tried to play the movie using WinDVD I received the message "Stop. Your display environment does not support protected content" and playback stops. I tested playing a regular DVD and it worked fine. I assume this is some kind of newfangled macrovision copy protection to prevent routing the signal to another device and copying the movie. So here's my questions:

1. Is it possible to play the movie on my HDTV using another player besides WinDVD? If so, which one? I don't mind buying another software player if I know it works.

2. Is the copy protection specific to Mitsubishi (i.e., is there something in the TV firmware that's telling WinDVD to stop playing)? If so, is there a way to defeat it?

3. If #2 is correct, are there Blu-Ray movies that don't have this kind of protection? If not, shouldn't Sony compensate me for selling me a player that won't work under any circumstances?

Sorry if this has been covered...thanks!

Roy

for u im like 90% sure it becuase your hdmi connector on that laptop dose not suport hdcp but there are two work arounds i see u can use correct me but that laptop has a 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) rite? u mite be abel to buy a hd d-sub -to- hdmi adapter but im not 100% could u list the ports u have on your laptop (picture would be aideal) im basicaly woundering if u have a dvi connector



that would work so i suggest getting this from slysoft(or u can [pirate the pirate program from pirate bay heres a link if u wanna seehere (: ) is removes bd encryptions so u don`t need at hdcp enviorment for u to to transfer video to your tv

[jorg]

Originally Posted by sfdoddsy

Sorry to bump this thread but I'm unable to make new posts yet.

I have a Sony VAIO VGN-AR190 laptop with Blu-Ray drive. Unfortunately, it won't play commercial Blu-Ray movies. It burns and reads Blu-Ray RAM discs, but not movies. At least not Casino Royale or Dead Man's Chest.

Sony phone support say this means I have a bum drive, but I'm wondering if this is so why will it play RAM discs?

Any thoughts.

Thanks.

oka is your prosesor abel to play high definection video best way to find out would be i suggest to try and play elephant dream its an open source hd video u can find it at this tourrent site here if your cpu it pushed to max when watching that(its only 9 min) then u should tweek your pc and get rid of bs programs running i suggest clossing anything not nessacery

if u can play it find then try sly softs any dvd hd to remove encryption to see if it is becuase your pc dosent suport hdcp u can find here if u wanan buy/try

if that dosent work then your drive dosent suport blu-ray movies(but probly a bad drive)

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by jorg

oka is your prosesor abel to play high definection video best way to find out would be i suggest to try and play elephant dream its an open source hd video u can find it at this tourrent site here if your cpu it pushed to max when watching that(its only 9 min) then u should tweek your pc and get rid of bs programs running i suggest clossing anything not nessacery

if u can play it find then try sly softs any dvd hd to remove encryption to see if it is becuase your pc dosent suport hdcp u can find here if u wanan buy/try

if that dosent work then your drive dosent suport blu-ray movies(but probly a bad drive)

Yes, the AR190G processor will play HD content. I know first hand(I'm typing this post on an AR190G)
The VGN-AR190G was the first Blu-ray enabled laptop.

sfdoddsy, will the machine play the BD that came with it?
Mine came with House of Flying Daggers.
Will it play any Blu-ray Disc?
Have you updated the WinDVD BD software from VAIO Support website?
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...?mdl=VGNAR190G

[sfdoddsy]

I have upgraded everything I can find. It will play BR RAM discs I have burned, but not movies. I've tried the US version of Dead Man's Chest and the Australian version of Casino Royale.

[dadkins]

Can't comment on those movies - don't have them.
Do you have access to any other BDs?

[dkingvr6]

Hi all,

I have got exactly the same problem just bought a brand new Sony laptop VGN-FZ21M, and got a free Spiderman Blue Ray disc, plays fine on the laptop when i then use the HDMI connection to my Pioneer Plasma i get the same message.
"Your display environment does not support protected content playback"

Its driving me mad!

Would be so grateful to find a solution to this

cheers

[jorg]

for u im like 90% sure it becuase your hdmi connector on that laptop dose not suport hdcp but there are two work arounds i see u can use correct me but that laptop has a 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) rite? u mite be abel to buy a hd d-sub -to- hdmi adapter but im not 100% could u list the ports u have on your laptop (picture would be aideal) im basicaly woundering if u have a dvi connector



that would work so i suggest getting this from slysoft(or u can [pirate the pirate program from pirate bay heres a link if u wanna seehere (: ) is removes bd encryptions so u don`t need at hdcp enviorment for u to to transfer video to your tv

[dkingvr6]

Solved the problem thanks to Justjayn!!
I was also running both my laptop screen and my Pioneer Plasma, when i switched the laptop to display only on the plasma hey presto works fine.
Although i am now trying to figure out the best screen settings, cant seem to see the whole desktop on the plasma what ever i do???

[shadowskill]

Hi first post,

I've just got a vaio vgn-ar630e and I think I accidently deleted the blu-ray driver. Now the computer is not recognizing the bd drive . I've searched all over for drivers for but found nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

[jorg]

Originally Posted by shadowskill

Hi first post,

I've just got a vaio vgn-ar630e and I think I accidently deleted the blu-ray driver. Now the computer is not recognizing the bd drive . I've searched all over for drivers for but found nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Your combo drive model is Sony CRX810E?, so google that to get find your driver I found


http://list.driverguide.com/list/company965/
scrooll down for u drive


http://support.dell.com/support/down...&os=WW1&osl=EN

or try that and go to the cd dvd section

good luck

[SVTRacer]

Originally Posted by dkingvr6

... cant seem to see the whole desktop on the plasma what ever i do???

I had the same problem with my Vaio. I never could get it to display right.

[C6 Z06]

Originally Posted by shadowskill

Hi first post,

I've just got a vaio vgn-ar630e and I think I accidently deleted the blu-ray driver. Now the computer is not recognizing the bd drive . I've searched all over for drivers for but found nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Welcome to the forum. I have the same laptop and just did an update from the Sony web site for the BD player. Take the time to update yours. My laptop loads my BD's faster than my Panasonic 30 standalone now.

[sokkary]

Hello
i've a problem
i bought sony laptop vgnfz260e with bluray
suddenly the driver of the bluray rom is corrupted & then disappeared from "my computer"
i need a driver to upgrade its installion.. its model is matshita bd-cmb uj-120
please help i dont to reinstall windows

[TroyTrojan]

Originally Posted by sfdoddsy

Sorry to bump this thread but I'm unable to make new posts yet.

I have a Sony VAIO VGN-AR190 laptop with Blu-Ray drive. Unfortunately, it won't play commercial Blu-Ray movies. It burns and reads Blu-Ray RAM discs, but not movies. At least not Casino Royale or Dead Man's Chest.

Sony phone support say this means I have a bum drive, but I'm wondering if this is so why will it play RAM discs?

Any thoughts.

Thanks.

I have the same system with the same issue as you described. Did you get it working? I find it hard to believe the drive is bad. I think there is a problem with Windows MCE and the WinDVDBD software. Did you load another program or are you still having this issue?

[Tyler_Durden]

I just bought a few weeks ago a Vaio VGN-AW120D. The BD drive croaked a few days later (wouldn't recognize any movies, but it did recognize data discs). I took it back and exchanged it for a new one. So far, the second one hasn't died, but last night I popped in "Australia" only to be treated to a "Your Blu-ray Player requires an update in order to play this disc." error message. I went to the esupport Sony website, downloaded the update and installed it, all to no avail. Java automatically updated shortly thereafter, again with the same result. The same message keeps appearing.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

<rant>
If I may vent for a second, the entire BD experience on the Vaio has been incredibly frustrating. I don't care about BD Live content, updates, blogs, chatrooms, or whatever is apparently necessary to watch a movie at home these days - I just want the freaking thing to show the movie when I put a disc in. I'm by no means technically incompetent, but it seems that one needs to start coding drivers in binary these days for everything you buy.
</rant>

Again, any guidance will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[dadkins]

What playback software are you using?
If it is the OEM provided WinDVD... lose it!

I prefer ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre, although the newest PowerDVD 9 is very good too.

On my VAIOs, the OEM WinDVD sucked!
WALL-E will not play - at all!
ArcSoft - no prob!
PowerDVD 8 and now 9 - no prob.
You will see people here with various different brands of laptops and some of them are having the same problems with their OEM software - it sucks!

[crh]

I had the "Stop. Your display environment does not support protected content" on my Sony Vaio too. I used the "Projector Only" mode for the display and it worked fine. The only drawback was not being able to use the laptop display during playback.

[SAL1]

Hi there

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW47GY and am having the samme problems with the new Avatar disc I bought. Can anyone tell me where to find the firmware to suit my model...the two listed on the sony support page both say they are not suitable...thanks so much