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    Blu Ray player recommendations

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by orion7144, Dec 22, 2009.

  1. orion7144

    orion7144 Notebook Consultant

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    Can any of you recommend a BD player to replace the stock DVD RW drive in the Asus laptops?
     
    orion7144, Dec 22, 2009
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    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Which Asus laptop do you have? The old Asus units uses an IDE interface while the newer ones use SATA.
     
    David, Dec 22, 2009
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    orion7144 Notebook Consultant

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    It will be a newer one. I have ordered (and should have tomorrow) K61IC-X4.
     
    orion7144, Dec 22, 2009
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    orion7144 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone? Just got it in today and will be writing a review soon
     
    orion7144, Dec 23, 2009
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    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    I got this one for $89 but they don't seem to be readily available anymore. The Sony/NEC Sata drive is about $100 and there are a few slot load drives with no bezel on e-bay in the mid to upper $60s.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=435910

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Dec 23, 2009
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    orion7144 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks it looks like it is a standard 12.7mm sata drive
     
    orion7144, Dec 24, 2009
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  7. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    i snagged an LG tray loading drive on ebay a couple weeks ago for $69 plus shipping. It is working great so far, snapped the trim cover off the old drive, onto the new drive, and looked totally stock and tested just fine.
     
    be77solo, Dec 25, 2009
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    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    Truly awesome isn't it? What software do you use to play the blurays and what seller did you buy the drive from?

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Dec 27, 2009
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    be77solo pc's and planes

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    Using a copy of CyberLink DVD that I had from my Toshiba, works great. I found it from a link on here someone posted, maybe even you. I bought it from lets-Win, something like that. Just looked though, and it appears they have raised the price to $99 plus shipping. As mentioned, mine was $69 for the CT-10N
     
    be77solo, Dec 27, 2009
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