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    This BDPlayer fit 6831FX?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by crodriguez, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. crodriguez

    crodriguez Newbie

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    Hello,

    I was looking for a BD player and found this one. Wanted to know if anyone knows if this is compatible with the 6831fx.



    Mfrg: Panasonic
    Mfrg Code: UJ-120

    Black Blu-ray 2x BD-ROM/ 8x DVD+/-R Notebook IDE/PATA Internal Drive Bulk (UJ-120) by Panasonic

    Thanks in advance for the help.
     
    crodriguez, Jun 4, 2009
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  2. BlackSheep5

    BlackSheep5 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes it will fit, you will just have to swap out the bezel on it with your "stock" one.
     
    BlackSheep5, Jun 5, 2009
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  3. predatorramboxxx

    predatorramboxxx Notebook Deity

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    yeah you will need to get powerdvd or something like that to watch the movies. all you have to is take of the gateway bezel and put it on the blueray one. its really simple
     
    predatorramboxxx, Jun 5, 2009
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  4. wootage

    wootage Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought this one from Compgeeks (they seem to have sold out on Amazon). It's the Sony BC5500a, and it seems to have somewhat higher DVD specs than the Panasonic. I should be getting it today or tomorrow, so I'll post the results of the installation.


    Oh and you might be able to use XBMC (Xbox Media Center) to play the movies. Open source (free), nice look, seems to work ok, although I've yet to try out a Blu-Ray.
     
    wootage, Jun 5, 2009
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  5. wootage

    wootage Notebook Consultant

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    Yep, the BC5500A works like a champ - swapping the faceplate was easy once I figured out to push on the little black tabs that were holding the stock one in - they're about a quarter inch down from the plate on one side of the drive. There's a guide thread here somewhere, but the new Google search can't find it, even though I remember it started with @@ to make the title unique.

    I have a Blu-Ray disc ordered from Netflix, but I need to find player software now - XBMC will not do Blu-Ray until someone releases the decoder so they can put it in.
     
    wootage, Jun 8, 2009
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  6. sparkyman2000

    sparkyman2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Try Power DVD BD, DvD flick, WinDvd, TMT(ArcSoft's TotalMedia Theatre), Nero Ultra and HP Quickplay thats all i can come up right now. TMT is the better of them.
     
    sparkyman2000, Jun 8, 2009
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    xarthos Notebook Evangelist

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    If I go this route will the player with the right software play all Blue ray discs?
     
    xarthos, Jun 9, 2009
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  8. predatorramboxxx

    predatorramboxxx Notebook Deity

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    get powerdvd. i think i saw it on ebay for like 5 bucks not sure the legality of that one..
     
    predatorramboxxx, Jun 9, 2009
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  9. wootage

    wootage Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, but no way I'm going to pay as much for the player software as I did the DRIVE lol. It shouldn't be long before someone puts out a library that the freeware players pick up. VideoLan latest can already play the M2TS streams within a Blu-Ray, so that's half the battle right there :)
     
    wootage, Jun 12, 2009
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