Why won't my blu-ray or dvd drive not play movies?

It may be the encoder that is going faulty in the unit i had the same problem with my dvd player after using different regional discs in them.

Besides the Blu-ray drive, you also need a Blu-ray player software to play the Blu-ray disc. You can try Leawo Blu-ray Player which is a free program and a 4K player.

If you follow the link below you can download the newest firmware for this Blu-ray player . You need to put this file on a USB drive , Do a reset on the Blu-Ray player and insert the USB drive into the USB port on the player it should then do the update. If it doesnt do it automatically just follow the on screen prompts
http://www.blu-ray.com/firmware/firmware.php?action=download&id=23

Insert a DVD movie.
Open "My Computer".
Right-mouse click on the icon for your CD/DVD drive, and click "Explore".
If the hardware is working correctly, you should see a list of files & folders.

Search online for the free 'VLC' software for playing DVD-movies. Download it, and install it, to "play" your DVD-movie.

Open "My Computer".
Click with the RIGHT mouse-button on the icon for the CD/DVD drive.
Choose 'Explore'.
If your DVD drive is working, some files/folders should be displayed.

Are you using the free 'VLC' software to play your DVD-movie?
If not, search for VLC online, download it, and use it to "play" the movie.

Hi, I have a 5536, Although they have Blu ray on the sticker, they do not have a blu ray player. Sorry.

HI! this is the specs of your video: Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 8200 graphics
or
Discrete NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300GE graphics

VGA and HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface™) ports

TV tuner (select models only)

Aspire® X3200-B3530A: 22" LCD ..

this are the interface ports:
RJ-45 LAN
VGA
Headphones
Microphone
HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface™)
FireWire® (IEEE 1394)
Two PS/2®
Five audio
Nine USB 2.0 (five front, four back)

AX3200-ED5600A, AX3200-EF9100A only: DVI-D (graphics card), optical SPDIF
AX3200-EF9100A only: eSATA
AX3200-ED5600A, AX3200-U3792A only: RJ-11 modem

DVI-Digital - is a 24 pin digital DVI you can find that at the back or infront of your pc.. if there is a cover, try to push the door to open it..

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I had the same problem. Try this. Contact Sharp and have them email you the firmware update. You will need to download it from the email and transfer it to the player via a flash drive. See if that works. I am about to return my Sharp Blu Ray player to Costco and go back to DVD. There seem to be a lot of problems with the technology. Even when movies start to play, they have freezes and it is sometimes hard to get the menu to show up