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Learning the Basics
Using the optical disc drive
NOTE
NOTE
Viewing Blu-ray Disc™ movies
Your system may come with a Blu-ray Disc™ drive. Due to
differences between High Definition and previous viewing
capabilities, consider the following:
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Use an HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
HDMI™ cable to view High Definition content via your
Blu-ray Disc™ drive on an external monitor or television. The
external monitor or television must support HDMI™.
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Some Blu-ray Disc™ movies have online content that can be
accessed from the disc. To view this content, your computer
must be connected to the Internet.
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While viewing online content, your system may not view it in
High Definition on an external monitor, even though your
display setting is set to simultaneous. This is due to the lower
resolution used in the simultaneous setting. For more
information on your computer's display settings, see
"Directing the display output when you turn on the computer"
on page
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When an HDMI™ cable is used to send a High Definition
signal to an external monitor the audio signal is automatically
sent with the video signal. If you want to change the
destination of the audio signal, use the Sound properties in the
Control Panel.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Your optical disc drive is set to play region 1
(North America) for DVD-ROMs or BD-ROMs, depending on the type
of drive. If you play a DVD or BD from another region, the drive will
automatically change to play in the format of the other region. The
drive will allow you to change regions four times. On the fourth
change, the region will be "locked in." That is, the drive will only play
DVDs and BDs from that last region. Note that changing from region
1 to region 2 and back to region 1 is counted as two changes.
For optimum DVD and BD performance, it is recommended that you
play DVDs and BDs while running the computer on AC power.
When viewing DVD and BD movies use the DVD or BD player
software that came with your computer.
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