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    Blu-Ray on XPS m1330 ETA?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Synthesia, Jul 22, 2007.

  1. Synthesia

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    Was wondering whether anybody had any word on when Blu-Ray would become available as an option for the XPS m1330?
     
    Synthesia, Jul 22, 2007
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    Haven't heard anything.
    Inquired about an ETA for the european M1330, but there is no ETA at the moment.
    My guess is the US will get it a couple of weeks earlier then europe.
     
    Cloudhopper, Jul 22, 2007
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  3. Brian

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    I doubt it's going to happen, not enough room for the drive in the current design.
     
    Brian, Jul 22, 2007
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    So the Slot-loading blue-ray drives are physically bigger than the slot-loading DVD drives in there now?
     
    Squishylizard, Jul 22, 2007
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  5. Cloudhopper

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    Are the Blu-Ray drives physically bigger then "normal" drives?
    Never seen one "naked" just the usual 5.25" stuff.

    And whats the point of having HDMI on the M1330 without having the ability to playback HD-content? Well, ok i don't care too much about the HDMI at all, but why put it on the feature list in the first place i mean?
     
    Cloudhopper, Jul 22, 2007
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    Its not coming any time soon...=\
     
    pogiboi, Jul 22, 2007
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  7. Brian

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    I've been told by several manufacturers that yes, the HD drives are physically larger. I haven't seen it myself, but I have no reason to think they're fibbing.
     
    Brian, Jul 22, 2007
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  8. Cloudhopper

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    Fair enough.
    Either there are smaller Bluy-Rays in development or they put on an HDMI connector for pure show.
    And that would make me mad, thats one, maybe two USB connectors or an esATA port sacrificed for something utterly useless. Complete waste of real estate.
     
    Cloudhopper, Jul 22, 2007
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  9. chuck232

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    The HDMI could be used for more than merely HD content output from a Blu-ray drive. A DVI's port and required PCB space is much larger than that of HDMI. In an ultraportable, using HDMI would be an acceptable compromise if they wanted to add some sort of digital video output.
     
    chuck232, Jul 22, 2007
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    The m1330 manual speaks of the blu-ray drive as though it is an option. Maybe after the initial flood is shipped, they will add the blu-ray drive as an option to spark the second flood.
     
    kmatzen, Jul 22, 2007
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    The fact that the blu-ray drive is mentioned in a manual is pretty tantalizing. This far out from the announcement, I wonder if this is still a possibility?

    BTW, which manual is it in?
     
    Thermionics, Jan 13, 2008
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    There was a thread on this subject..... I started it.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=192565

    Bottom line: not with the current drives they are using. The Panasonic Blu-Ray UJ-225 (DPN RX602) is ~11mm tall. The stock drive is ~9mm tall.
     
    Nessnet, Jan 14, 2008
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  13. ageha

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    I think the bigger problem is the GPU, it's probably not advanced enough for Blue-Ray decoding.
     
    ageha, Feb 2, 2008
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    You will see them, just not yet.
     
    vengance_01, Feb 2, 2008
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    the gpu is more than enough to play bluray. if it can run fear all maxed @ 25fps, it can run bluray

    plus, it runs x264 just fine, so bluray is probably just a little bit more hardware taxing
     
    ihaveabu, Feb 2, 2008
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    I'm not even sure if the 8400 in the 1330 supports HDCP. Without HDCP the screen stays black anyway.
     
    ageha, Feb 2, 2008
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    Not to mention the 1420 has 8400GS and has the blu-ray option.
     
    jedolley, Feb 2, 2008
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    HDCP has nothing to do with the GPU.
     
    ageha, Feb 2, 2008
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    Novifex, Feb 3, 2008
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    Why Blu ray? Why not hd-dvd?
     
    ljhfasfdadds, Feb 3, 2008
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    Because it's now widely believed that the former has a future.
     
    L.Rawlins, Feb 3, 2008
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    because all the major movie companys endorse blu ray not hd dvd...... i hate to say but hd dvd is dieing on the vine
     
    Rnewman612, Feb 3, 2008
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    ageha, Feb 3, 2008
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