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    wont play dvds or blue ray

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by TigerHoods, Jan 23, 2009.

  1. TigerHoods

    TigerHoods Newbie

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    Hi, i have a FW290 CTO that is about a month old. since today, i havent been able to watch a dvd or any blu-ray movie. when i put in a dvd i got this message:

    Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

    so after this message, i tried to put in my dark night blu-ray disc and my intervideo BD player would not work.

    what happend?

    what do i do????

    edit: when i try to run a BD it states " your display environment does not support protected content playback.

    i used to be able to play the BDs...what happend?
     
    TigerHoods, Jan 23, 2009
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  2. bongwater

    bongwater Newbie

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    try doing a Windows system restore to the last known date when you were able to view the discs. See if that works
     
    bongwater, Jan 23, 2009
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  3. laptodd5

    laptodd5 Notebook Consultant

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    Are you using an external monitor? If so, you need to turn off the laptop's lcd to watch a BD on another monitor.
     
    laptodd5, Jan 23, 2009
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