Blu-ray Laptop to HDTV issue

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I have a new VGN-AR730E/B from Sony. I have a Grand Wega KDF-55WF655. MOnster HDMI cable between the two and both are HDCP compliant. You can see the beginning of any Blu-Ray disc begin to play then WinDVD appears to kill the connection with a cryptic "Stop Your display environment does not support playback of protected content".

Called Sony for both Vaio and TV Support. Neither can help as they do not know what is wrong.

1. Tried displaying to TV only- the usual fix
2. Tried re-installing WindDVD 8 again as well as the patch and that still did not help.

Personally I think it is the software because it appears to start playing then gets killed. I have seen threads here but no one has given a repeatable answer that works.

Can anyone help me with this one. It really sucks that I cannot play this on an HDCP compliant TV. The handshake is happening but get stopped for some reason.

I personally think the laptop display is still on even though you are outputting it directly to the TV and this is the problem. Is there a way to turn your display of your laptop off entirely? Unless there is another solution out there.

Thanks!!