Joe C
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can it play a dvd or is it only blu-ray's?
Blu-ray Playback
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C0RR0SIVE
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Do you have multiple HDMI inputs/outputs on either the GPU or monitor?
If so, try swapping them around, as some cards will let only one output be HDCP compliant... Also, do you have a second monitor per chance hooked up that isn't HDCP compliant?
Download and run this to see what passes/fails when it comes to Blu-Ray support. CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Support
If so, try swapping them around, as some cards will let only one output be HDCP compliant... Also, do you have a second monitor per chance hooked up that isn't HDCP compliant?
Download and run this to see what passes/fails when it comes to Blu-Ray support. CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Support
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Honestly, haven't tried a DVD since purchasing the drive. I can try it after work tonight.
Joe C: I tried a standard DVD; it played just fine.
c0rr0sive: Nope: Just one HDMI output on the GTX 770, and only one HDMI input on the Samsung monitor.
And hey, how about that: I've run that Cyberlink program before, but, I ran it again just-in-case. It "claims" that my graphics card driver did not pass (Nvidia 9.18.13.2049), nor did my monitor pass. How can this be true? I've used this same monitor before to watch Blu-rays.
And isn't the graphics card I have now - the GTX 770 - better than my previous one, the GTX 470?
Does this all come back to the Windows 8 Pro thing? What the heck's going on?
Pez
c0rr0sive: Nope: Just one HDMI output on the GTX 770, and only one HDMI input on the Samsung monitor.
And hey, how about that: I've run that Cyberlink program before, but, I ran it again just-in-case. It "claims" that my graphics card driver did not pass (Nvidia 9.18.13.2049), nor did my monitor pass. How can this be true? I've used this same monitor before to watch Blu-rays.
And isn't the graphics card I have now - the GTX 770 - better than my previous one, the GTX 470?
Does this all come back to the Windows 8 Pro thing? What the heck's going on?
Pez
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It shouldn't come back to the OS, it is possible the drivers aren't working as they should? Are they the latest version? Not really an Nvidia guy so I don't keep up with what driver revisions are what.
Only thing I could think of at this point is faulty drivers in all honesty.
Only thing I could think of at this point is faulty drivers in all honesty.
I am using Win 8 Pro right now, and it doesn't come with Media Center Pack. It is an additional $9.99 purchase.
OK....I feel kind of foolish 
I figured out what it was (the issue causing the problem of no Blu-ray playback) and I fixed it.
Kind of simple, really.
I almost wish that it had turned out to be something complicated and involved, so that that way, I could have gone, "Dang! I never would have thought of that!"
Yes, it was a driver thing. But, not a driver I would have thought of, or, at the least, that it would have been taken care of during the Windows 8 installation I just did recently.
My monitor. My Samsung HD monitor. It, too, has drivers. I didn't catch this at first in Device Manager, but my monitor was showing up as a "Generic" device.
I installed the drivers (chose "digital" during the install, not "analog"), popped in a Blu-ray disc.....and it played.
I knew my graphics card and drivers were solid and good to go (GTX 770 with latest updated drivers), and I knew my monitor was HD, plus, I had watched Blu-rays on it before, before I had done this new system build.
Didn't remember the monitor's drivers, though. Duh.
Thanks for all the suggestions anyway, though; I always get great feedback and info here!!
Pez
I figured out what it was (the issue causing the problem of no Blu-ray playback) and I fixed it.
Kind of simple, really.
I almost wish that it had turned out to be something complicated and involved, so that that way, I could have gone, "Dang! I never would have thought of that!"
Yes, it was a driver thing. But, not a driver I would have thought of, or, at the least, that it would have been taken care of during the Windows 8 installation I just did recently.
My monitor. My Samsung HD monitor. It, too, has drivers. I didn't catch this at first in Device Manager, but my monitor was showing up as a "Generic" device.
I installed the drivers (chose "digital" during the install, not "analog"), popped in a Blu-ray disc.....and it played.
I knew my graphics card and drivers were solid and good to go (GTX 770 with latest updated drivers), and I knew my monitor was HD, plus, I had watched Blu-rays on it before, before I had done this new system build.
Didn't remember the monitor's drivers, though. Duh.
Thanks for all the suggestions anyway, though; I always get great feedback and info here!!
Pez
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Never would have thought of drivers for the display it self, since Vista and up is pretty good about not using "Generic" for the display drivers these days.
