So I bought a Light-On LG Blu-Ray drive from worst buy the other month. I installed the drive, and all the software provided. I've played a few rented BluRays and a bunch of DVDs on the drive, and no problems. Now I rented Transporter3 BluRay and it doesnt work!! It seems glitchy, like the MPEG compression only updates the screen about once a second. Anyone else had this problem with their HTPC BluRay on any new titles? I'm using PowerDVD Plus BluRay (the version they send along with the drive). I've tried updating, and nothing fixes. I'm downloaded a copy of WinDVD and that doesnt even play the BluRay.

See when I start the movie, the audio is fine, and the "lion gate films" intro looks perfect and crisp. Then it moves into the preview films and it becomes glitchy, and ghosty. Then it moves to the main menu and looks good. Then you play the main feature and the same thing happens. Audios fine, and the frame rate seems fine, just it has a glitchy ghost images in it. Not even watchable.

Anyone come across this, or maybe know whats going on?

P.S. - It's not my system, it's def fast enough for HD, plus I played about a dozen older movies without an issue.
3800+ Dual Core
PNY 8800GT
Using VGA cable to LCD TV (so no HDCP)

Have you tried updating you're blu player software. I personally use Arcsoft TMT, and Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra. But with blu ray atm you'll have to upgrade these every few months.

Well I was using a power DVD software that came with my disk drive. It played other fine then this. I tried to update it (went to their site, and downloaded a 88Mb file) and it did nothing. No change. I used a "borrowed" copy of PDVD Ultra and installed that, no change. Updated that, no change. I tried using a copy of WinDVD Ultra, but it wouldnt even tempt to play it. It would just stop immediately. I'll look into Arcsoft TMT and see what that has to offer. Thanks!

Does the Blu-Ray disc play on a stand-alone Blu-Ray player (not a PC drive)?
Do other Blu-Ray discs play on your PC?

If the answer to both of these questions is yes, I would suspect that the problem was the disc. I had a problem with a Superbad DVD that I bought recently. It wouldn't play on either my PC or standalone. I got a replacement DVD and that wouldn't play, either. Must have been a bad batch.
I was able to rip it from the disc and play with VLC, though.

Well I returned the disc back to BlockBuster and got the DVD instead. The DVD worked fine. See I've watched over a dozen blu rays on the drive with no problem. And 4 BluRay apps have the same issue? It has to be the disc. After speaking with the people at BB they said they had some customers come in complaining a movie was "glitchy", so they replaced it with another copy of the same movie and it worked fine. Apparently some discs in burning process mess up and are just duds.

When I have time again I'll have to rent a different copy of the same movie so I can prove this right/wrong.

A lot of the time it is going to be your Video Card Driver.

Make sure it is updated to the latest drivers. And if the latest drivers are still older , then you might need to get some unofficial but "signed" drivers.