DVD player doesnt play movies

I have the HP dv7-1270us laptop with integrated blue ray dvd/cd drive
when i purchased this machine it has windows vista 64 bit. I have since upgraded to win 7 64 bit
This machine has been runing fine for 1 yr or so with this upgrade
I have NOT used the dvd drive before to play movies
It wont seem to play blockbuster movies
Is that normal - is there some type encryption preventing playback ?

Hi,
What type of media will not play Blockbuster movies? DVD or Blu-Ray? Did you try both media types?
What movie playing software have you tried?
Try Windows Media Player on a standard DVD. Does that work?
Try this free Blu-Ray player software and see if it works.
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