Laptop Blu-Ray Drives

naldo

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Do any companies sell standalone laptop blu-ray drives? or is the only way to get one is to buy one that was ripped from another laptop?

Also do you have to have a DVI/HDCP monitor to watch blu-ray movies on an external monitor? (I'm connected via VGA and my laptop doesn't have DVI out).
 

corkyg

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It is very new - only two have fielded them - Sony and Dell, and Panasonic is in the wings. I would suggest you consider an external B/R drive. It is too expensive to limit it to one machine.

BR

In order to get the full HD effect you should have an HD monitor or TV. Look for a HD PCMCIA card.

In some ways, you might be better off, to include total cost) to get a new Sony or Dell laptop with it built in.