R70 upgrade to blue ray drive

Could anybody advise if i could upgrade the internal drive to a blue-ray drive? is it possible / will it work? ((if yes where could i buy it from))
also want to output to HD TV 32' via HDMI output on laptop
or would i have to buy a desktop drive and palce into a caddie hope this makes sense.

Cheers

Ninja

 

I assume so, but they're not cheap to buy as a separate part.
Unless you want blu-ray on the go I would suggest an external drive.
Here the cheapest one I found on Amazon .co.uk...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-GGC-H20L-DVDRW-DVD-ROM-retail/dp/B000XH402E/ref=pd_cp_ce_0?pf_rd_p=136153791&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001031P64&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1EA2E3ZWKCMKJ1XWRS3F

 

thanks for the reply , well i'm after outputting Blu -Ray to my HD TV really. but i didn't want to buy another unit to sit ontop of my cable box & dvd cinema system etc, its stupid that i have this HD tv thats not used really to its potential, so could i use a desktop unit and put it in a caddie & plug it into my laptop and if i wanted to output to the tv? as you have suggested?

Cheers

Ninja

 

When I think about it, it should, but I've never done so before, I've only done it with harddrives.

I'm doing this all from Amazon btw...

You can either buy a proper external one with all drivers and cables ready to run, I found one for £136 and its 4x but only a BD-ROM.

However, you cound try buying the drive itself and buying a caddy and just hope it works. Total should be around £80, only 1x but it is a BD-RW.

If you did a little more research you might find someone thats done it and you could save yourself quite a substantial amount of money

 

yes thats what i thought, but its good to see what others think, thanks for your help will look into it further, i think you can get more for you money if could use a caddie but just not sure if it would work?
will take a look a CD freaks

Cheers
Ninja