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    Help with external blu ray player and PH151M1

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Trewhela, Oct 29, 2011.

  1. Trewhela

    Trewhela Notebook Consultant

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    Hi i bought a external blu ray player (UJ240AS) from e bay and im trying to play blu ray movies but it says format not supported i have firmware 102 help
     
    Trewhela, Oct 29, 2011
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  2. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

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    You need a software bluray player such as Power DVD. I bought a retail external LG player and it came with a very very nice software package from Cyberlink including Powerdvd. It cost about $150.00 but the software package alone was worth $100.00.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Oct 29, 2011
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    When you got your PH151M1, you should have gotten a blue DVD that has the Blu-Ray software on it.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Oct 29, 2011
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  4. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    It sounds like you didn't receive any software when you purchased it. What player are you trying to play disks in? Only a handful of software out there can play back Blu-ray right now (and you have to pay for it). If you'd bought the drive brand new, it probably would have contained the disk for one of them. There are a few options:

    * PowerDVD
    * Arcsoft Total Media Theater

    These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head, but there are definitely others out there. Windows Media Player/VLC/etc cannot play Blu-ray as it's a pay-for licensed feature.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Oct 29, 2011
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  5. b0b1man

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    Download some codec packs like K-Lite or CCCPack.....I use CCCPack (its free, google it) and it has Media Player Classic integrated that you can use for playing various types of formats. Im NOT sure if it can play blue-ray though.....

    Best check in Google!
     
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  6. Trewhela

    Trewhela Notebook Consultant

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    it came with power dvd 8 but doesnt work, even with media centes, but the weird is only with windvd works !! hahaha thanks for the help !
     
    Trewhela, Oct 29, 2011
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