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    Is bluray important?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by dzyubin, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. dzyubin

    dzyubin Notebook Enthusiast

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    After going through other models of G73jh it feels like only Best Buy model didn't have the bluray dvd player.. Since I am stuck with a regular dvd drive; I was wondering if bluray is important or not and it would be just a waste of money to upgrade.
     
    dzyubin, Aug 25, 2011
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    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    nope unless you plan to watch a lot of bluray films on your laptop
     
    long2905, Aug 25, 2011
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    Do you plan on ripping BluRays to your PC? You can always upgrade to a full BR Burner and have the option of burning BR for movies or archiving.
     
    Chastity, Aug 25, 2011
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    I never understood why people ask these sorts of questions. The importance of Blu-ray depends entirely on your personal preference.
     
    KuroLionheart, Aug 25, 2011
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    That, i don't really care for blu-ray on my PCs. I have the PS3 hooked to the HDTV to play blu-rays and i don't plan on ripping blu-rays to my PC given the amount of space BDrips take, i would need to purchase extra storage to go with it.
     
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    its not like you cant buy a portable hard drive for a very reasonable price now
     
    long2905, Aug 25, 2011
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    i agree, ask yourself the question
     
    polish_pat, Aug 25, 2011
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    dzyubin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I was just wondering how many of you actually use it and have it. I personally do rent only blu-ray dvd's from Blockbuster and just watch it on my TV; but I was thinking is it actually worth watching it on your laptop when you have a seperate bluray dvd player.
     
    dzyubin, Aug 25, 2011
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    I personally don't see the point in watching a Blu Ray on a small screen. Big 1080P screen or it's not worth it to me.
     
    Yazzinit, Aug 25, 2011
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    Unless games start being released on Blu-ray, I don't see that much of a reason... even though I would prefer to have the blu-ray just in case. :p
     
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    You can always get a bluray burner drive for your laptop down the road. I wouldn't bother getting 1 now. Maybe wait until holographic optical drives start coming out :)
     
    ickibar123, Aug 25, 2011
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    Unless you plan to watch/burn a lot of Blu Rays then its not important at all. I never understood why people got upset when their computers did not have Blu Ray players, I could care less because I never use it anyway!
     
    Lazer77, Aug 26, 2011
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    dzyubin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well when I payed almost the same for the same laptop it would be nice if I had the same features as you with a bluray player.
     
    dzyubin, Aug 26, 2011
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    Do you have bluray discs? Are you unable to upgrade it yourself later?
     
    DCx, Aug 26, 2011
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  15. Kingpinzero

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    I prolly will never use the BR drive in my g53, but it wasn't my choice to have it installed.
    It came with my model (check specs in sig) and I think I bought it for cheap (1,169.00 shipping included, 3 years warranty plus 1 year accidental damage).

    I don't think it's a bad idea to have it. I mean BR is the new disc media, prolly it will replace DVD soon, it's not a bad thing.
    Speaking about my experience i saw it as a nice added bonus. I mean I don't need anything else, as long as it burns DVD I'm completely happy with it.
     
    Kingpinzero, Aug 26, 2011
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    You don't need BluRay, but it's more "future" proof than DVD. But by the time Bluray is the standard, you won;t even being using your laptop anymore.
     
    alexUW, Aug 26, 2011
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