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    bd player on m17r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by av8or13, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. av8or13

    av8or13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    wondering where i can get one that will work with my system.. bought my r3 refurb and it came with just a dvd drive... chatted with alienware support a couple of times and was told they would let me know when the part i needed was available.. then i get an e-mail saying it is no longer available..
     
    av8or13, Jun 3, 2012
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    search google for a Panasonic UJ-230-A drive. That's a blu-ray & DVD burner, slot-loading, and SATA interface so it should be compatible with the m17x.
     
    radji, Jun 3, 2012
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    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    or a sony bd-5850 blu-ray burner, got it for 79 bucks.
    is slot loading sata bdrw drive and works in r3/r4
     
    Xenn0X, Jun 3, 2012
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    Someone should do a comparison of the two & see which performs better.
     
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    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    Have both but the sony writes blurays so thats why i got it.
    Writes dvd just as fast as the stock bdrom/dvdrw drive.
     
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    The Panasonic UJ-230-A writes blurays too. That's why I wonder which one stands taller in a performance test.
     
    radji, Jun 3, 2012
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    aha, my bad, thought the panasonic was a reader..
    dunno about that but my sony does 6x on a bd-re 50 gb disk

    only by comparing them with specs the sony can write 4x faster on any disc and sony can write bd-xl 100gb discs. seems to me an easy win for the sony drive.
     
    Xenn0X, Jun 4, 2012
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    I installed the Panasonic on a laptop for my neighbor. He wanted to burn his HD camcorder movies to bluray. He says its been working pretty good so far.
     
    radji, Jun 4, 2012
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