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October 27th, 2008 14:00

Blu Ray Drive issues on my new xps m1530 laptop

Hi guys and Moderators and Technical

 

 I have spent days upon days trying to resolve this problem with my Dell XPS M1530 2.0ghz dual core 4 meg ram Blu ray machine. Upon receiving the machine i rented four blu ray movies and could only play 1 out of 4 discs rented with Dell Media Direct . Spoke to dell technical and reset bios and full system restore with all discs provided. Dell have since sent an engineer to replace the drive and problems still persist. Dell have now sent me Dell application cd Cyberlink Power Dvd Dx 7.0 software for dvd playback after promising to send me Power dvd 8.0 ultra which as i understand is the only software that will play all Blu-ray discs without problem. Please can some one help me resolve this dilema as i am frustrated beyond belief that Dell knows that this problems exist and that the huge volume of xps returns are being sold off through resellers is testament that the blu ray functionallity in dell machines powered by Matshita drives and playback software Dell Media Direct powered and designed by Cyberlink just does not work. All i can say is that i am just the little guy in this chain of current Dell |Customers and cant believe that Dell would expose such a brilliant new product to the market with such a inherent flaw in the software/hardware ,and lose profit and so many potential high end customers who embrace technology only to return the product within 7 days only to re sell the product to re sellers with the same inherent flaw in software/hardware, has this globally admired brand now lost it's shine to capitallism and become so big it just does'nt care and passes the problems on.

 My suggestions Dell, is to  set up a specialist help desk within your technical team to address these issues and also to train staff to better train staff to re-direct blu ray discs issues to staff who are specially trained to deal with these issues instead of spending hours and hours pursuing non productive fixes that resolve nothing.

How come Dell has not not acknowledged this problem as honesty would have been the best policy as there is no reference to this issue except by frustrated end users on forums around the world in the dark about what to do and how to fix it, or the lucky ones who sent there machines back early.

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October 28th, 2008 01:00

I have the same issue. I have an XPS M1730. I called tech support at dell they couldn't solve the issue.

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October 28th, 2008 02:00

Welcome to the forums both of you.

 

 

I believe the problem with some Blu-Ray discs not playing might be a DHCP issue, for which you need PowerDVD 8 Ultra, WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-Ray, or AnyDVD?

October 28th, 2008 07:00

When I upgraded my dvd player to a Blu-Ray Burner I Purchased PowerDVD 8 Ultra and It Works FINE.

 

I have Not changed my drive 0 yet so I Have Not loaded MD 3.5 which is suposed to play BR Movies so I'm not shure on that one.

 

I did Play a BR Movie in my bosses XPS M1530 w/BD RE and it Played Fine,  But that was only One Movie so His May have the same Problem.!.

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October 28th, 2008 11:00

I am using windvd 9 plus blu-ray for software. I have the same issue. I have 4gb of ram, raid 0 config, dual 512 8700 GT Nvidia graphic cards. Sound blaster audio, and 1920x1200 res. I am still having issues.

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October 28th, 2008 14:00


@twebb86 wrote:

I am using windvd 9 plus blu-ray... I have the same issue.
 

 

Then I'd suggest you contact Dell tech support, because (as I'm sure you're aware) you should be able to play any Blu-Ray DVD using that program?

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October 28th, 2008 14:00

Nero 8, 9 plays the all lot and further more, better.

 

But if they sending you it for free great.

 

there are other options but erm not completly legal.

 

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November 16th, 2008 21:00

Hi there,

Same problem.  I purchased an XPS1530 2.5ghz, 4gb RAM, 80GB SSD and blu ray writer.  Tried to play blu ray discs and only 1 out of 4 played and that even struggled.  Dell tech staff helpful (even suggested buying third party software that indicates a known problem that they cannot resolve) but then passed me to some software support guy who wanted to charge me $100 for the privelege of trying to resolve my problem with no guarantees, this on a machine that was 6 weeks old with a 3 year support package.  I did a rebuild but that hasn't worked.  I am in discussion with my vendor as I believe that the machine is not fit for purpose (uk trading standards) This laptop in the package purchased has a Dell price of nearly $3000.

If no resolution forthcoming from either Dell or my supplier I will be looking for a refund and buying a laptop that does what it says, ie Asus, Sony. 

My comments basically are 'Get Your Finger out Dell and sort out the problems with Media Direct, or Ship out some softweare that works -PDQ!!!'

It is evident from all the blogs that this is a major issues and not just affecting a few people.

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