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    Studio 1555 DVD region error

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hurley81388, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. hurley81388

    hurley81388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, i just received my brand-new studio 1555 in the mail today! so far it's amazing. but i just put a dvd in the dvd drive, tried to play it using powerdvd, and telling me that the dvd is for a different region...which it's not because i've played this dvd numerous times on my regular dvd player without any problem.

    it's prompting me to change the region of the dvd drive in the computer in order to be able to play the dvd. did any of you have to do this when you received your studio 1555?

    also, its the blu-ray drive read only. thanks!

    EDIT: however, when i play the dvd in windows media player it runs fine...this is very strange
     
    hurley81388, Jul 17, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    You'd be way better off without PowerDVD. If Windows Media Player can play it, then there's nothing wrong with your drive's region.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 17, 2009
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    Stabilo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Get VLC media Player... Better than WMP.
     
    Stabilo7, Jul 17, 2009
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    PowerDVD IMO is crap software. VLC media player will play your DVDs and I think maybe even your bluray discs
     
    truebullfan, Jul 17, 2009
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    hurley81388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ah i got it to work. it turns out there was an updated version of powerdvd available and in order to get it you had to open the program with no dvd in the drive.

    i find the upscaling using powerdvd a ton better than either wmp or VLC and it's especially noticeable on my 720p 32 inch tv which is why i prefer to use it
     
    hurley81388, Jul 18, 2009
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