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    Acer 5920 and blue-ray

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by adamus2001, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. adamus2001

    adamus2001 Notebook Enthusiast

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    HD disc format war is over. So now we can safetly invest in blue-ray drive. Acer has already made a 5920's version with blue-ray. Here is a proof: http://notebook.cz/clanky/recenze-notebook/2008/Acer-Aspire-5920G. They used Optiarc BC-5500A. So I suppose we can safetly say that this drive is fully compatible with older version of 5920 (like mine). And moreover it's not so expensive (unfortunately not cheap too). Some examples:

    http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NEC-5500A


    http://www.priceguidenetwork.com/co...1-8x-dvdrw-2x-bd-pata-blu-ray-black-bulk.html

    http://www.nextag.co.uk/SONY--10101151/internal-dvd-cd-combo-drive/zzukzB1z5--brand-html

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    adamus2001, Feb 23, 2008
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    paynej Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Acer 7720 came with this exact same Blu-Ray drive in it and it works pretty good (I guess).

    I've played a Blu-Ray sampler I got from Best Buy - and it played Ratatoui beautifully.

    But it flat out refuses to play Close Encounters. I was notifed of a software upgrade to the arcade and I downloaded it with no better results.

    So I am pretty much sure the drive is perfect, it's got to have something to do with the new profiles in Blu-Ray. Hopefully there will be a software update that will play everything.

    Do the acer units that come without a Blu-Ray drive include the arcade software that plays Blu-Ray? Or do you need to use some other software?
     
    paynej, Feb 23, 2008
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  3. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    That's great! I'm thinking about to upgrade mine as well
     
    bigspin, Feb 23, 2008
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  4. Mike.P®

    Mike.P® Notebook Consultant

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    The newer versions of Powerdvd are supposed to play blu-ray very well according to the hi def forums that I visit.
     
    Mike.P®, Feb 24, 2008
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  5. adamus2001

    adamus2001 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have to say that 5920 is perfect platform for blue-ray movies:

    -8600M - h.264 (full hardware encoding) and vc-1 (partly hardware encoding - not full process. Still enough however, even for T5250 CPU). Most blue-ray movies uses h.264; vc-1 was more popular on hddvd.

    - realtek ALC888S - 7.1 audio support via hdmi (DTS HD, TrueHD - not sure but it is 7.1 so probably yes)

    -720p screen for some mobile watching, and hdmi for true hd experience

    So only think to buy is blue-ray drive ;) . Acer software supports hd disc.

    Isn't it greate? ;)
     
    adamus2001, Feb 24, 2008
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  6. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    I wonder if i can get a rebait on my HD-DVD drive?

    regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Feb 24, 2008
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