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Posted at 12:13 PM on Sunday 08/16/09 by
Ben
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Shop4Tech has the Panasonic UJ-120 Blu-ray BD-ROM/8x DVD±RW DL Notebook IDE Drive for $55 - coupon code B2S17 [Exp 8/18] + $0 shipping = $61 shipped. Reads Blu-Ray discs at 2x and writes DVD+/-RW Media at 8x. [Compare]
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    dr_toddsucks - Posted 12:15 pm PDT 08/16/09 (772 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is a great deal!

    sincerely,
    toddsucks

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    mrmorality - Posted 12:43 pm PDT 08/16/09 (570 Posts)  Report Spam

    Nice one Dr. Todd

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    qtn2x - Posted 12:46 pm PDT 08/16/09 (396 Posts)  Report Spam

    reads at 2x?

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    benhimself - Posted 12:46 pm PDT 08/16/09 (328 Posts)  Report Spam

    are these standard form-factor? e will they fit any laptop?

    I've never seen any form factor spec such as ATX for laptops

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    schmoe90 - Posted 1:51 pm PDT 08/16/09 (1256 Posts)  Report Spam

    Just a shame it's IDE, really Sad

    #4 Yeah, most notebooks use the same size drives - worst case you'll have to swap the front panel to suit.

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    jessewh - Posted 2:08 pm PDT 08/16/09 (638 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is an amazing deal to have!

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    montezuma - Posted 2:14 pm PDT 08/16/09 (474 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have this and it works great as an external drive for playing bluray on a laptop.

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    montezuma - Posted 2:20 pm PDT 08/16/09 (474 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have this and it works great as an external drive for playing bluray on a laptop.

    external case $12
    http://www.centrix-intl.com/details.asp?productid=433

    or case + drive $79
    http://www.centrix-intl.com/details.asp?productid=7276

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    rellikeht - Posted 3:23 pm PDT 08/16/09 (292 Posts)  Report Spam

    This seems like a really good deal as the price is about the same as a desktop Blu-Ray player.

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    Oio - Posted 3:27 pm PDT 08/16/09 (1382 Posts)  Report Spam

    thx #8

    PS: use the Edit post feature Smile

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    jl - Posted 4:25 pm PDT 08/16/09 (359 Posts)  Report Spam

    Does anyone know if netbooks, specifically the Asus 1000HE, are capable of playing Blu-ray disks?

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    jhwynn - Posted 4:35 pm PDT 08/16/09 (165 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have a Thinkpad T61. Does anyone know if this will fit?

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    krusty - Posted 4:35 pm PDT 08/16/09 (1132 Posts)  Report Spam

    Hmm. $55- coupon +$0 shipping = $61 shipped?

    Apparently you get a free flashing beer mug. Confused

    #8 You should mention the $6.23 shipping.

    Odd. The case + drive is $79 for 1 or $99 each for 2.

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    digh - Posted 5:24 pm PDT 08/16/09 (481 Posts)  Report Spam

    krusty, it says - 25% after the $99.... It is confusing at first

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    digh - Posted 5:25 pm PDT 08/16/09 (481 Posts)  Report Spam

    #11 & #12 ever heard of Google? This is not tech support.

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    krusty - Posted 5:46 pm PDT 08/16/09 (1132 Posts)  Report Spam

    was referring to Ben's famous math skills.

    Coupon comes to about 17% off.

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    afntrn - Posted 5:53 pm PDT 08/16/09 (33 Posts)  Report Spam

    Right digh it ISN'T tech support but some folks here are techies and nice enough to help out SO CHILL....Smile Ever hear of being nice? or helpful? LMAO

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    morphiend - Posted 6:46 pm PDT 08/16/09 (107 Posts)  Report Spam

    Love my blu ray drive I had configured with my laptop at purchase time. I'd recommend it to anyone with a beefy enough system for on-the-go BluRay watching (any type of travel, subway commute, etc).

    Remember I said "beefy" decoding the A/V stream off Blu-Ray ain't cheap. If you want to know if you have enough processing power, go find a h.264 encoded HD file from somewhere on the Internet and see if you can watch it properly. If you can you would have at least some of the minimums to use the drive (remember that the drive will be slower than playing straight off your hard drive).

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    tedtropy - Posted 9:19 pm PDT 08/16/09 (76 Posts)  Report Spam

    To answer a previous question, your average cheapie netbook will not have enough power to provide adequate Blu-ray playback.

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    jl - Posted 9:41 pm PDT 08/16/09 (359 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks #18 & #19.

    To #15, I did do a Google search and was frustrated by not finding an answer. This is what a community means.

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