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    Upgrade to Blueray drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by obsolete, Sep 2, 2008.

  1. obsolete

    obsolete Notebook Evangelist

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    So my matcrapa dvd burner no longer burns in my lappy. My question is, since there are blueray drives out now or will soon be out, is it worthwhile to upgrade? I mean, will the image quality be that much better on my 1680X1050 screen? I'm not too interested in the increased capacity for burning materials as of yet.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    DVD quality for movies is still fine, especially if you are watching them on your laptop screen. I have a blu-ray drive, and the image looks no different than a dvd quality movie on my laptop screen.
    If you were playing the movie on a high end external screen, you may see some difference, but I dont think that small difference is worth the extra money.

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    Thanks! You just saved me a couple of hundred dollars.
     
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