Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: asterose on January 03, 2015, 04:14:13 PM
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I recently bought a blu-ray player. My laptop has an HDMI port, but when I attach the blu-ray player using HDMI cable, nothing happens. My computer does not seem to know it is even there. Is the HDMI port broken? Or is there a secret to getting the computer to recognize it? Thanks for any insight/help. I'm usiing Windows 8.1, my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite C55D-A, and my blu-ray player is a Samsung BD-HM51. I also downloaded and installed a driver/update from Samsung.
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The HDMI port on a laptop is only for output, you cannot connect a Blu-Ray player to it.
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I recently bought a blu-ray player.
The blu-ray player has an HDMI output port. You can use this to connect it to a suitable display device (a TV or monitor) with an HDMI input port. Not a laptop or other computer.