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    M11X R1 Suport blu-ray?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by sufdog, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. sufdog

    sufdog Newbie

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    I have an m11x R1 and i was wondering if i could hook up a external blu-ray drive via USB and watch blu-ray movies on my m11x R1.

    Maybe even connect the laptop to the TV via HDMI

    So can the m11x R1 support blu-ray?
     
    sufdog, Apr 26, 2011
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  2. Spydweb

    Spydweb Notebook Consultant

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    As long as you have software that can play Blue ray then yes.
     
    Spydweb, Apr 26, 2011
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  3. sufdog

    sufdog Newbie

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    like PowerDVD?
     
    sufdog, Apr 26, 2011
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  4. Spydweb

    Spydweb Notebook Consultant

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    Yes that will work fine.
     
    Spydweb, Apr 26, 2011
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    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    There shouldn't really be any laptop situation where you couldn't run blu-ray... Unless you were dealing with a REALLY old system. You just need a blu-ray drive and software decoder. I suggest PowerDVD.
     
    djjosherie, Apr 26, 2011
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    anthonykit Notebook Consultant

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    I just used PowerDVD for a blueray movie using hdmi and it looks good.
    My ideal though is to just use the usb blueray drive to decrypypt, copy and convert to divx and later play it all from the harddrive as divx.
     
    anthonykit, Apr 26, 2011
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  7. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    or use total media theatre.
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 26, 2011
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