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    Blu Ray Blurner for Laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by RainMotorsports, May 27, 2009.

  1. RainMotorsports

    RainMotorsports Formerly ClutchX2

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    This is common and i feel like a newb. Glad to see things seem to be much more standard then they used to be. I took the face plate off my dvd burner to end my concern of how the button and light placements dont match up with other drives. With the face plate off I can see the offsets on the plate and that the actual drive matches up with other drives.

    Are the tabs/connections pretty standard? Its seems like it is but wanted to make sure.

    So what burners are available? Any of them known to be better then another model? I searched around found Read Only for under 100 dollars on amazon, buy.com. As far as non burners alot of people say get them on ebay for 100 bucks so i was suprised to see externals for 100 and internals for less.
     
    RainMotorsports, May 27, 2009
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  2. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Your choice is pretty limited to Panasonic UJ-220/210 - almost $200 (if you have standard connector) and LG GBW-T10N - close to $270 (if you have SATA connector) :) At least this is what I know.
     
    triturbo, May 28, 2009
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    ASUS G50VT and other current Montevina (Centrino 2) notebooks is using a standard SATA optical drive connector
     
    Gophn, May 28, 2009
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