Upgrading Blu Ray Player on Asus

Soon I will buy ASUS G51JX or maybe N61JQ
Is it easy to change the internal DVD player to Blu Ray Player?
because it is pretty expensive if i buy with the blu ray player upgraded directly.
or maybe its better to buy the external blu ray player?

and also another question.
is most of the blu ray player for laptop compatible to any laptop?
What is the different between IDE and SATA?
Is it SATA= the external BD?
and IDE is the Internal One?

Thanks in advance ^^

 

In theory it's easy enough.
Take out a few screws and exchange.

I've looked into the pricing before.
Unlike desktop (optical) drives, laptop units are more like spare parts - which are expensive in general. Harder to obtain too.

SATA / IDE refers to the connection between your notebook and the drive.

I would advice to obtain the drive with the notebook itself. You will probably get a better deal.

 

if i upgraded directly it will cost me around 195 AUD..
but if i see at ebay US some bluray cost around 100 US.but some of them didnt have bezel..

and also is the blu ray external is good?

 

external not good... unless u have an e-SATA one which is rare... ur better off with an interal blue ray player...

 

It's not rare anymore, but and internal drive is more convenient, that's all.

You'll also need a blu-ray player software, so be sure to calculate that in when you're choosing your purchase. Some drives come bundled with this software. But I've only seen that on the external drives.

IDE is the predecessor to SATA.

 

He's right. Most all of the drives that I've seen that come bundled with BD playing software are desktop drives. All you have to do is take out 1-2 screws off the bottom of the notebook, and slide the old drive out and the new one it. And IDE was used on optical drives up until recently. Blu-Ray was the tipping point for really pushing SATA on optical drives because SATA provides more bandwidth than IDE. I would recommend going the internal route. You can do a BD writer or a BD combo drive.

 

It is far more convenient to have an internal drive. Internal drive is built-in so no need to carry an extra drive with you where you go. No need to connect any cables everytime you want to watch Blu-ray. Besides, external drive might be slower due to USB 2 bottleneck. Although, USB 2 is more than adequate for most movies.

Both SATA and IDE are internals.
IDE or rather ATAPI/PATA and SATA aren't interchangeable. If your current drive is SATA, you must use SATA drive. If your current drive is ATAPI/PATA, you must use ATAPI/PATA drive. Most newer notebooks are SATA but you should double check just to make sure.

Install Everest Ultimate http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?ps=UE&lang=en&page=1 to find out which drive you have.

 

USB2 will most assuredly not be a bottleneck for any movie. The limitation most people see with USB2 is with some HDD's read/write speed. It can more than adequately handle a full uncompressed 1080p movie from a BD drive.

 

It's certainly true that any external device does add the inconvenience of additional bulk, but you should also keep in mind that that an external drive is also more robust and can provide a substantially faster (using eSATA cables) copy rate--in addition to the aforementioned included software.