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    Acer 8930 Blu-ray

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by true, Sep 4, 2008.

  1. true

    true Newbie

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    Hi All,
    a quick one, the BD drive of this notebook (8930) can only read BD or also write them to store information ?
    Thanks for clarification.
     
    true, Sep 4, 2008
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  2. satwar

    satwar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Player only
     
    satwar, Sep 4, 2008
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    true Newbie

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    So only Sony Vaio can provide HD notebook with BD writer ? Noone else ?
     
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    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    HP, Dell, and a few others, including Sager (and their resellers). Pretty much everybody offer this.
     
    f4ding, Sep 4, 2008
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  5. true

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    ok, but noone of them is Full HD, still only Sony Vaio ?
     
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  6. Ahkhira

    Ahkhira Notebook Guru

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    Some of the 8920's are Full HD. You just have to check the specs.
     
    Ahkhira, Sep 4, 2008
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    Correct but they are not BD writer, or ?
     
    true, Sep 4, 2008
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  8. Ahkhira

    Ahkhira Notebook Guru

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    No BD writer. Just the reader.
     
    Ahkhira, Sep 4, 2008
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  9. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    They're full HD. Check for example Dell XPS 1730, full HD with blu-ray burner.
     
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    Checked, Dell XPS 1730 is only Blu-ray ROM.
    Can't belive that to buy a Full HD notebook with Blu-ray writer I can choose only a Sony Vaio.
    What are doing the other producer ? Sleeping ? We are in year 2008 !!!
     
    true, Sep 5, 2008
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  11. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    you could always buy a BluRay burner and install it into the laptop of your choice couldn't you?? or do they require special inputs beyond the ATA/IDE connection most ODDs currently use??

    if the BluRay burner needs a different interface, then i'd bet that's why you are having issuse finding a PC with the SPECs you desire.
     
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    aleicgrant, Sep 5, 2008
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  13. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    BD writers haven't gone main-stream yet....(And probably won't for the next few years)
    This is the DVD/DL era !! :D
     
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  14. f4ding

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    Are you in the US or somewhere else? In the US Dell site at least, you can configure the XPS 1730 to get the blu-ray ROM or blu-ray burner.
     
    f4ding, Sep 5, 2008
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    Many sites that offer customizing when you purchase your computer offer the BD burner but has of now, in the laptop, the speed of writing is 2x, which is very slow and quite expensive (250.$+). Some external burner can go up to 4x, and the futur talks about 6x or even 8x. Also, a new technology (Prism I think, but not sure), which can read and write info on different angles can translate to a dvd able to stack up to 250g, compare to 50g with Blu-ray disk. And its almost ready technologically. What will happen to Blu-ray then? Finally, blu-ray disk are very expensive, and theres not much HD out there yet to record, except movies but we are not aloud to do that. So, I'd wait. My ,02cents
     
    gib11ca, Nov 3, 2008
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