Geeks.com has the Panasonic UJ-120 Blu-ray BD-ROM/8x DVD±RW DL Notebook IDE Drive for $85 + $7 shipping = $92 shipped. Reads Blu-Ray discs at 2x and writes DVD+/-RW Media at 8x.
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#1
Towncivilian - Posted 1:44 pm PST 03/4/09 (1135 Posts)
IDE???
#2
papeluv - Posted 2:03 pm PST 03/4/09 (429 Posts)
I'DE like to have one.
#3
BenO - Posted 2:04 pm PST 03/4/09 (99 Posts)
Find me a slot-load version at this price. It'd make for a sweet HTPC.
#4
Crash And Burn - Posted 2:05 pm PST 03/4/09 (2029 Posts)
Doesn't say what it works in. Are laptop optical drives universal? I didn't think so.
#5
eeraser - Posted 3:08 pm PST 03/4/09 (91 Posts)
I would just worry about the outside bezel. I don't know if you can change that to match your laptop. It is my experience that the optical drives are still IDE connectors, so that shouldn't be an issue.
#6
adol7 - Posted 3:53 pm PST 03/4/09 (192 Posts)
There are definitely sata blu-ray drives out for laptops, so that's an issue along with matching the bezel (as #5 said).
#7
nolonemo - Posted 4:15 pm PST 03/4/09 (842 Posts)
First better make sure your lappie has the horsepower to play Blu-ray, a lot of intergrated graphics won't cut it. Also this is a 12.7mm height drive, so it won't fit in 9.5mm slots.
#8
dandragonrage - Posted 6:16 am PST 03/5/09 (441 Posts)
I'll wait for 6x or better, thanks
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