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    Blu-Ray laptop questions.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jack, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. Jack

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    1) Is the quality of blu-ray noticeably better than regular DVDs, on a laptop screen. My screen in question is an RGBLED, 1080p screen.

    2) Does Blu-Ray "Combo" mean rewriteable? Not specific enough to be satisfied.
     
    Jack, Jan 31, 2011
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Depends on who is doing the advertising as a 'Combo'.

    Usually, it just means BR read DVD/CD r/w though.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 31, 2011
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  3. Jack

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    Oh, combo as in
    DVD/Blu-Ray combo? I get it.
     
    Jack, Jan 31, 2011
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  4. tilleroftheearth

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    Yeah, that's about it.

    If it was Blu-Ray rewriteable, trust me they would be advertising that pretty obviously. :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 31, 2011
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ya, Blueray looks a lot better than regular DVDs on the laptop screen (I watched a few on my Qosmio, big difference).

    Like Tiller said, combo is usually READ only. If it is Bluray writable, they will specifically state it because that's a HUGE bonus (and a lot more expensive).
     
    alexUW, Jan 31, 2011
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  6. Jack

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    Sure enough, there it is. Can also have a BD-RE Drive.
     
    Jack, Jan 31, 2011
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    SHoTTa35 Notebook Consultant

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    IMO HD is a waste on a anything smaller than 27" screens. Surely your laptop has 1920 x 1080 pixels so Blu-Ray will match 1:1 ratio but a huge difference i doubt it, especially on a 15" screen. People are used to watching "HD" on Youtube and that's certainly better quality, noticably also than the normal 320/480p crap they normally have. DVD however is higher "quality" than "480p" on Youtube. Usually 480p is just resolution but not detail on youtube. 720p however brings up the detail to a higher level which makes it look better.

    Put it this way, Blu-Ray 1080p runs at 40Mbps (max). Imagine if youtube had to push out that much bandwidth to everyone on it's network watching videos in high quality. That would be 40Gbps for just 1000 users are we all know youtube has probably 100,000 users at any given time. So their 1080P is more like 6Mbps. You can find out by searching for the "nvidia 1080p test" changing to 1080p mode and then right click the video and and choose show info. Maximize the video also because it uses a lower bitrate in Windowed mode.

    Change from 720p to 1080p and see if you see much of a difference in video quality. If you do then it's probably just your imagination. :)
     
    SHoTTa35, Feb 1, 2011
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  8. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    DVD (480p) quality to BD (720p or 1080p) quality is quite noticeable, even on my Acer's HD (1366x768) screen.
     
    sgogeta4, Feb 1, 2011
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    HRK Notebook Consultant

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    Sure, you can. I shoot my kids' concert, sports (football, basketball etc...) in HD, so owning a Blu-ray burner is a must to me. :)

    Agree. :)
     
    HRK, Feb 1, 2011
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    what does watching youtube 1080p have to do with watch high def material on your laptop?

    even on a 15" 1366x768 screen you can tell a noticeable quality difference between a dvd and blu ray (or 1920x1080 source)....did you even try comparing the two before you typed out your response?
     
    spacejamz, Feb 1, 2011
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  11. Jack

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    Well, I think that the BD-RE will be worth it for the future... If I can afford the 200 upgrade, I will.
     
    Jack, Feb 1, 2011
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