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    External Blu Ray drive on n80nv (or Asus in general) questions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Wolfpup, Dec 20, 2008.

  1. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    I stuck this in the n80nv thread, but I guess really I should stick it here since probably the same info would apply to any Asus notebook (?), so...

    I've been debating between basically a Macbook Pro, Sony AW, or Asus n80nv for ages...I had been leaning towards an AW until 1) Nvidia's new drivers don't support them, and 2) Nvidia's reference drivers work fine for everything...except Blu Ray playback. So...I guess that's basically out.

    So I need to know, can anyone tell me about Blu Ray playback on the Asus n80nv with an external drive and Nvidia's newest drivers? I'm pretty sure people are playing Blu Rays on the n80nv, but I don't know what drivers they're using (whether Nvidia's updated drivers work) or if it works okay to an external monitor, or that type of thing.

    Anything anyone can share would probably be helpful as I'm confuzled :confused: :(
     
    Wolfpup, Dec 20, 2008
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  2. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    Bump for the OP.

    I have an N80Vn sitting in a UPS truck right now. It has a blu-ray drive.

    I ordered under the assumption that it would work fine on the native screen and also the HDMI output to an LCD HDTV. Do I have some reason to suspect otherwise? If so, why would places like gentechpc and xotic sell them with blu-ray drives?
     
    stallen, Dec 21, 2008
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  3. Wolfpup

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    Did you have to have them add it, or is there an n80 model that ships with it? I *think* you'll be okay, but it would sure be nice to know all the details...!
     
    Wolfpup, Dec 21, 2008
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    gentechpc and xoticpc both offer them as upgrades. I custom ordered from gentechpc.
     
    stallen, Dec 21, 2008
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