Connecting an external Soiny blu-ray player to my envy pc

[Beaker72]

Trying to hookup an external blu-ray player to my Envy HP laptop to play/copy blu-ray discs, i have tried the HDMI input with no results. What is procedure?

[banhien]

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@Beaker72 wrote:

... i have tried the HDMI input with no results. What is procedure?

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@Beaker72 

No, this won't work, HDMI port on your notebook/laptop is an OUT port and HDMI port on your player is also an OUT port. Connecting two HDMI out ports together you won't go to anywhere.

Please try:

   https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-XD05B

I tested this one and it is very reliable, it can burn BD's too.

Regards.

[Beaker72]

Will this device let me copy blu-ray discs to my hard drive for archivale purposes using DVDFAB software? Thanks for the reply, by the way. The Sony DVD playeralso has a USB and what looks like a RCA jack output that says digital output. 

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

If this is a DVD-BR player designed to be used with a TV it is not going to work with your laptop. You need a Blu-Ray SATA drive you can find at Amazon.com. Also you are going to find commercial Blu-Ray movie disks have copy protection that makes it hard to rip them to your hard drive. The USB port on your player is for playing media stored on a USB disk.

[Beaker72]

Thank you so much for your reply. I figure as much, that it wouldn't hook up directly to my computer. I have returned it to Amazon and will be buying a better one for my purpose. Thank you for yoiur help.