No mate,it wouldn't read any type of disc,all you got was the main menu screen.
They said that the console has 2 laser types,(I guess one is for HD discs),but if one goes,they have to change both types.
Maybe they share the same mount or something & can't be seperated.
What I can say for sure is, of the 2 ps3 consoles in the house,one is older & used only for gaming,while the other is used more often for Blue Ray films & I from my post,you can guess which one had the problem!.