Sony patches BWU-100A Blu-ray drive to play movies
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 19th 2006 8:49PM
posted Dec 19th 2006 8:49PM
Yet another debacle in the Sony world is finally getting some closure today, as Sony's much-anticipated BWU-100A Blu-ray drive is finally getting an official update to allow BD movies to play back. While it was almost unbelievable that a Blu-ray drive would be offered up sans the ability to watch flicks, especially considering the CyberLink PowerDVD that was bundled in, Sony managed to pull it off. Of course, it shifted the blame and gave us all the run around, but in the end, disgruntled owners of the device can finally get their movie watching on. So if you threw down the massive coinage to get this bad boy awhile back, and haven't tossed it on the eBay market in sheer frustration just yet, be sure to hit the read link and get to downloading.[Via HDBlog]
This patch has been out for almost 2 months. Furthermore, this DVD drive suffers from Giant Face Syndrome, where the drive bay door is so large you can not use the drive in cases where a false drive door has been built into the unit. The tray will not be able to open.
What do you mean? I have this drive and it opens normally. I use it every day for (hope RIAA doesnt hear me) backup purposes. :)
Apparently, your PC has a case where a the drive does not fit behind a false door or bezel.
btw here is the download link for the upgrade:
http://sony.storagesupport.com/BDupgrade/index.htm