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blu ray play back on lg ggc h20l

 
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lukem



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:29 am    Post subject: blu ray play back on lg ggc h20l

i know this has been posted somewhere else but just wanted a little bit of advice.

i get unsupported disc with blu ray.
i am using vista 32bit
32" lcd hd ready TV
geforce 7950 gt (hdcp compliant) graphics card.
i read that the software that came with the drive is no good.
so just wanted to know what would be best to get the blu ray drive to play blu ray discs?

regards
luke
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MikeEby



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 5237
Location: Osceola, Indiana

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: blu ray play back on lg ggc h20l

lukem wrote:
i read that the software that came with the drive is no good.
so just wanted to know what would be best to get the blu ray drive to play blu ray discs?

regards
luke


IMO that is an untrue statement. I currently run the retail version of PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 but for several months I did use the bundled version because I misplaced the serial number of the retail package. When running the bundled I had no issues, after installation you do should apply the latest patches from the Cyberlink webside.

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lukem



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:40 pm    Post subject:

going to need to find keygen for pdvd8 then...
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Mark_A_W



Joined: 15 Mar 2006
Posts: 3068
Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:03 am    Post subject:

Anydvd HD.
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jkruger



Joined: 24 Oct 2007
Posts: 2435
Location: Carlsbad, CA

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:20 am    Post subject:

My LG combo drive has been a PITA from day one. Some days it works, some days it doesn't. Seems to be finicky about the latest updates or something. I'm going to buy a dedicated BD player.
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Mark_A_W



Joined: 15 Mar 2006
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Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:21 am    Post subject:

Mine is rock solid.

I use to to convert BDs/HD-DVDs to MKV and occasionally play direct from disc using MPC-HC.


PowercrapDVD is not even installed. It is a disaster area.
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lukem



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Posts: 85


Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:35 pm    Post subject:

i gave up.
think i will have to get another motherboard.
the motherboard is an asus a7a266-e Athlon XP1600

so to raise this money i am selling my geforce 7950 gt 512mb gddr3 graphics cards.

i am so annoyed
i have tried all the software: powerdvd 7.3, AnyDvd, Arcsoft totalmedia theatre...
none work with the blue ray.
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Zebu Fellenz



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:38 pm    Post subject:

lukem wrote:
i gave up.
think i will have to get another motherboard.
the motherboard is an asus a7a266-e Athlon XP1600

so to raise this money i am selling my geforce 7950 gt 512mb gddr3 graphics cards.

i am so annoyed
i have tried all the software: powerdvd 7.3, AnyDvd, Arcsoft totalmedia theatre...
none work with the blue ray.


Sounds like your CPU is way to slow. I use an Athlon 4800 X2 overclocked and at stock speed it is marginal for BD. I also use a 7950gt card.
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lukem



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:44 pm    Post subject:

i am thinking about buying a motherboard bundle AM2+ 6000
i think this would do it £119
so i will have to wait till i sell graphics card.
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perisoft



Joined: 29 Aug 2007
Posts: 2920
Location: Ithaca, NY

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:07 pm    Post subject:

An Athlon 1600 running Vista? Jesus, it's amazing the thing even got to the desktop, much less playing bluray!
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AnalogRocks
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject:

I use a dual core 4400+ AMD to play bluray.

Kai told me that a friend of his got it foing on an Athalon XP 3200 with a next gen ATi card but I'd say that would be the barest minimum.

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lukem



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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:37 am    Post subject:

so what would you recommend me to upgrade to as far as motherboard and cpu for gaming and blu ray playback??
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jask



Joined: 17 Mar 2006
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:25 am    Post subject:

AnalogRocks wrote:
I use a dual core 4400+ AMD to play bluray.

Kai told me that a friend of his got it foing on an Athalon XP 3200 with a next gen ATi card but I'd say that would be the barest minimum.


I tried the same and had it running...not well enough to watch, but running....right to the computer shop Thumbs Up
a quad core 6600 took care of that problem and with the X1650pro video card it runs fine.
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