Technology Why won't DVDs play from my laptop to my LCD monitor?

[Dr Trek 1]

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Hey guys,

I hooked up a 19" Dell LCD monitor to my laptop via the typical monitor cable (with the pins at each end). It works fine, but whenever I play a DVD on like Media Player on my laptop, it appears as blank on the 19" Dell LCD monitor. Why is this? Do I need to connect my laptop to the computer with a USB cable or something??

Thanks,
Jonathan

 

[16846]

Sounds like an overlay failure of some kind, or the video card is misconfigured. Start with your video cards overlay properties and go from there.

 

[Dr Trek 1]

Sounds like an overlay failure of some kind, or the video card is misconfigured. Start with your video cards overlay properties and go from there.

I went to the overlay controls in my control panel under Display and it just gives Overlay adjustments but doesn't let me adjust them. What should I do?