Problems playing BD movies.

I've had my laptop for about 2 months now, and Saturday, when I rented some movies from the local video store, I decided to rent BDs. When I got home and tried to play them, 1 wouldn't play at all and the other would play for awhile--approx. 45 mins.--and then say it encountered a problem reading the disc. There are no visible problems with the disc. No scratches, fingerprints, etc. But if I reloaded the disc and fast-forwarded to where it left off, I could continue watching the movie for a short time--maybe 20 mins. or so, and then I'd get the error message again.

I have Corel WinDVD and Toshiba DVD player installed on my laptop. I had no success with either player. Any suggestions?

 

Try it in high performance mode (instead of balanced).

Try it with a notebook cooler (is the notebook overheating?).

Try it with different software - or, maybe your software needs updating.

Good luck.

 

Yes, it's the discs; they're crappy. A common problem I've encountered many times with rented material. Take them back to Blockbuster (or whom ever?) and let them know so you don't have to pay for them. Blockbusters will give you store credit.

 

Thanks, Krane. If you've had problems with rented movies, I'll take them back. I got them from a Family Video. They're pretty good about things like this.

Just a quick question though, does it pay to get different discs? Is it a problem just with that disc, or the way that they were burned to the disc?

Thanks!

 

Not to dismiss what tellofteearth said--since some programs are more forgiving than others. But in my experience, the weakest link is in the discs. And they're not all created equal.

p.s. If you read the fine print (usually on the back at the bottom) you'll notice the warning that not all discs will play on certain players.

I haven't researched this much, so I can't say for sure. But from what I've learned about discs in the past, some are of a much sturdier quality (which you can feel) than others.

I'm not sure however, how much this effects the playback ability. But I'm pretty sure it effect the discs stability over time.

Since I'm one of the proponents of optical storage, I will endeavor to look into this further.