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    want to swap out to a blu-ray burner, quick question....

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by zero7404, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. zero7404

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    if anyone is experienced with this, i'd greatly appreciate the feedback.

    my m1730 came with a toshiba/samsung dvd burner (IDE) and i want to switch it out for a blu-ray burner. there are very few slim blu-ray burners out there, and i can get dell's swap out from ebay fairly cheap. but the problem is it's a panasonic, and the brand is known to give me problems with a specific dvd burning software i use.

    i'd like to know if anyone has used another brand, such as sony or lenovo in their m1730, working ? able to transfer over the bezel easy ?

    thanks again
     
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    Ive got a Mat****a BD-RE UJ-220 which came in my M1730 what dvd burning software you using?
     
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    i use anydvd for reading my discs and clonecd to backup/convert to image.

    it's been said that those drives have poor quality and errors with region coding, etc.
     
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    anyone know if thinkpad's ultrabay enhanced is the same shape/size as the standard slim optical drive size for laptops/notebooks ?
     
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    Matsu****a is Panasonic. Panasonic is Matsu****a.
     
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    yep, Mat****a=Panasonic, this i know
     
    zero7404, Oct 27, 2008
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