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Allin4greeN · 12-24-2007, 08:08 PM

I finally got my Dell Inspiron fired up! I plan on purchasing a different player for BD, either Cyberlink or Arcsoft (if it gets here soon enough) but, I'm wondering about the Dell Media Direct player and people's experience with it...

From what I can tell, Media Direct uses a plug-in from Cyberlink for BD playback. I patched in the most recent update and can play all of my Die Hard Collection BD's but, none of my Spiderman Trilogy BD's will play.

I was under the impression that it would be the other way around, since the Die Hard Collection was released after the Spiderman Trilogy? When I pop one of the Spidy's in, it will begin to play, a spiderman emblem flashes on the screen then... nothing. These are the only BD's I have so far so, I can't test with anything else. I've installed AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD thinking that this might resolve the issue but, no joy.

Dell tech support is not a great resource for BD playback issues so, I present my case to the kind folks here. Any thoughts?

EDIT: Almost forgot, here are my PC's spec's...
Dell Inspiron 1720
Intel C2D T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
3Gb SDRAM (DDR2 at 667MHz/Asymmetric Dual Channel)
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (256Mb)
Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio (Express Card)
250Gb HDD (5400 RPM)
Matshita BD-RE UL 220 (2x BDD)
Windows Vista Ultimate (x86)

Happy Holidays everyone!

toolman46and2 · 12-25-2007, 02:13 AM

I am having similar isues with the movie Crank, it gets to the menu and will not let you select anything to include play. I have

Inspiron 1520
4 gigs 667mhz dual channel ram
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (256Mb)
Matshita BD-RE UL 220 (2x BDD)
120 gig hard drive(5400rpm)
Vista Premium

I have also spent some time on the phone with Dell, but outside of online update throught the Media Direct utility there was no help.

jorg · 12-25-2007, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by toolman46and2

I am having similar isues with the movie Crank, it gets to the menu and will not let you select anything to include play. I have

Inspiron 1520
4 gigs 667mhz dual channel ram
nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (256Mb)
Matshita BD-RE UL 220 (2x BDD)
120 gig hard drive(5400rpm)
Vista Premium

I have also spent some time on the phone with Dell, but outside of online update throught the Media Direct utility there was no help.

yours sounds like a bd-j problems which is just the software manufactures fault

12-24-2007, 08:08 PM	#1
Allin4greeN Member Member since:Dec 2007	BD+ and OEM SW updates... I finally got my Dell Inspiron fired up! I plan on purchasing a different player for BD, either Cyberlink or Arcsoft (if it gets here soon enough) but, I'm wondering about the Dell Media Direct player and people's experience with it... From what I can tell, Media Direct uses a plug-in from Cyberlink for BD playback. I patched in the most recent update and can play all of my Die Hard Collection BD's but, none of my Spiderman Trilogy BD's will play. I was under the impression that it would be the other way around, since the Die Hard Collection was released after the Spiderman Trilogy? When I pop one of the Spidy's in, it will begin to play, a spiderman emblem flashes on the screen then... nothing. These are the only BD's I have so far so, I can't test with anything else. I've installed AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD thinking that this might resolve the issue but, no joy. Dell tech support is not a great resource for BD playback issues so, I present my case to the kind folks here. Any thoughts? EDIT: Almost forgot, here are my PC's spec's... Dell Inspiron 1720 Intel C2D T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) 3Gb SDRAM (DDR2 at 667MHz/Asymmetric Dual Channel) nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (256Mb) Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio (Express Card) 250Gb HDD (5400 RPM) Matshita BD-RE UL 220 (2x BDD) Windows Vista Ultimate (x86) Happy Holidays everyone! Last edited by Allin4greeN; 12-24-2007 at 08:12 PM.

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12-25-2007, 02:13 AM	#2
toolman46and2 Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:46 Trading Score:2	I am having similar isues with the movie Crank, it gets to the menu and will not let you select anything to include play. I have Inspiron 1520 4 gigs 667mhz dual channel ram nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (256Mb) Matshita BD-RE UL 220 (2x BDD) 120 gig hard drive(5400rpm) Vista Premium I have also spent some time on the phone with Dell, but outside of online update throught the Media Direct utility there was no help.

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