PAID for Blu-ray player/burner - how is that the included software won't let me play blu ray disc? Am I missing something? Where is the play button?
1370390
Its really stupid but there is no bluray playing software,its a rip off,the best I can recommend is buy cyberlink powerdvd 14 ultra,or torrent it if you do that sort of thing.Sounds illegal but guess what,you
1370391
you should be able to play the disk through whatever your default media player is, ive tried VLC and MCP-HC and both have worked, I honestly have never used or seen said included software, id suggest looking at the setup guide it comes with to see if it's being detected properly
738043
This one doesnt come with any software, however i recommend powerdvd from cyberlink. Its the best software for blu ray playback ATM. As far as burnable discs, i recommend either optical quantum or memorex from newegg.com. Cyberlink power2go is a good burning program.
55163
Yes, you are supposed to be able to use this on blu rays. I haven't tried it myself yet. I caution you though. The machine doesn't really work all that well. Just today I tried to get a regular cd working properly. I went through the steps twice but I'm still having a problem with the picture freezing up and I can't even see where there is a scratch visually. So I'm probably going to have to buy something else to try anyway.
1369356
the blu-ray must have a different/unique frequency. different than others i would try ordering the remote from the company that made the dvd player(i am a certified microsoft programmer ask away i love to answer)
322759
Well, Alicia B: The Manufacturer does not exclude Blu-Ray Disc - I think they would have if they found it would have been harmful or not be useful in that particualar type of Disc. I have used this a number of times with success on DVD's and CD's. But I believe probably how severe your damage is makes all the difference. Now Alicia, all you have to do is to make a decision. Is it worth the $25.00 investment + shipping if applicable to take a chance to see if it works , or improves it or not. Also, I don't know, but maybe the Manufacture has a good return policy if not satisified, Oftentimes they do. You can also check with Amazons customer service, I'm sure they would know about return policies. I hope I have helped you at least to some extent. Isn't everything about decisions? - decisions?, the right one the wrong one. Good Luck with everything, and I hope for you that it everything works out well.
1945472
Honestly I can't tell you I have no use for the disc player however there are programs to burn bluray for free if you have the appropriate disc,Screen works now after restarting a few times
939710
Thanks. I've done all that with no results. My last resort is to test the player with a few other Blu-Ray discs. If they play with no problem, I'll return this set to Amazon and ask for another one.
787487
you must have software to play blu-ray discs, i recommend cyberlink PowerDVD or you can download the VLC player its free, you must dowload the libbluray libraries to get vlc play Bluray.
35899
Your download must be corrupted. You can download and burn it again. It has to be burned as ISO image and I read in some forums that some have problems if burned with Windows Vista. Also, version 1.8 is available now. If you can run a cable from your router to the Blu ray player, internet update is the best way to go. I hope this helps.
841021
See, here's the thing. The way it's worded makes it seem as though it burns bluray disc. It plays bluray disc and then allows you to burn dvd disc. I've tried a couple of softwares, including the one that came with it, but still does not burn blurays. Should work with any format going to a cd or dvd, though.
2015410
The only thing I use mine for is to play regular DVD's. It is supposed to play blu-ray, however mine will not play them. The streaming function is pretty bad too. I would not recommend this player.
841632
This unit is not a Blu-ray player, if you are trying to play a Blu-ray DVD than that is the problem. This unit will play conventional DVDs, all I did was inserted a DVD into the player and it launched Windows media player, I'm sure you can use any media player that you want to use that will play DVDs. If nothing else you can go to the windows menu and click on my-computer and find the icon that represents the player and double-click on it and you should get a menu of possible programs to open the player and click on one of those, one should be Windows media player and any other media player that you have. But it will not play Blu-ray DVDs. This unit is not a Blu-ray player, if you are trying to play a Blu-ray DVD than that is the problem. This unit will play conventional DVDs, all I did was inserted a DVD into the player and it launched Windows media player, I'm sure you can use any media player that you want to use that will play DVDs. If nothing else you can go to the windows menu and click on my-computer and find the icon that represents the player and double-click on it and you should get a menu of possible programs to open the player and click on one of those, one should be Windows media player and any other media player... » Read More This unit is not a Blu-ray player, if you are trying to play a Blu-ray DVD than that is the problem. This unit will play conventional DVDs, all I did was inserted a DVD into the player and it launched Windows media player, I'm sure you can use any media player that you want to use that will play DVDs. If nothing else you can go to the windows menu and click on my-computer and find the icon that represents the player and double-click on it and you should get a menu of possible programs to open the player and click on one of those, one should be Windows media player and any other media player that you have. But it will not play Blu-ray DVDs. « Show Less
939705
That sounds like a problem with your individual unit. My wife got me the Blu-ray edition of Planet Earth for Valentines Day and I've been watching them constantly.....no problems detected...not even the slightest hiccup. Have you loaded the latest firmware patch from Sharp? I loaded it the day I bought my player (a couple months ago). Good luck with getting this working!!
670280
Apparently its a format issue. Any disc with BD-Java encoding will not resume. I like the higher res of bluray but hate pretty much everything else about the format. It is not consumer friendly in the least.
2265920
It doesn't appear to be able to with the software provided. You probably can get it to play if you purchase something like Arcsoft's total media player software, another $60 or so. I gave up after downloading few freeware programs and it still wouldn't play commerial Blu-ray discs & returned the player, as the item's decriptions never mentioned that problem beforehand.
939712
I have the same player you have and have played those very same blu ray dvd'sI would unplug the player.wait a few min. allow it to reboot........andtry it againif all else fails...I would try a different disc from that collection.and If that doest work you may have gotten a defective set of discs.
1758260
I'm probably going to cancel my order and go with a Blu-Ray player... also can then try to find a model that will meet 2.0 profile (as it appears this unit will clearly not) from the specs that have now been made available