Blu-Ray Questions

I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the blu-ray drives offered by dell on the new inspirons. I was contemplating buying the drive from dell seperatley and putting it in my vostro 1700 with the 1080P screen and the 8600gt and was wondering what my experience will be? Also whats the best software for playing blu-ray in vista?

 

you'd probably be better off just buying a notebook with inbuilt blu-ray since it's a lot easier.

 

it is an inbuilt option on the inspirons (which are the exact same physical spec as the vostro) I just didnt order it initially, I am just upgrading to the inbuilt option

 

I wouldn't bother. Get a PS3 if you want blueray. Your laptop screen is too little to tell the difference.

 

even the 17" WUXGA?

 

Most likely, Blueray really only makes a difference on massive high definition screens of like 40inchs etc. On a laptop you would need x-ray vision to really notice a difference. For the current price it's not worth the upgrade.

 

Yeah, I agree with all the above. Save BluRay for the big screen. The only time I can see BluRay becoming good for computers is once the price of writers come down and for archiving purposes.

Its probably more cost effective to slap a .mkv on your lappie than get a bluray!

Luckily I've got a puss3, so that handles all the blueray action.

 

My current 13.3" notebook which plays up to 720p there is a massive difference in quality between a dvd and hi def on that screen, it is alot sharper, the sound is better, and an all round amazing quality. Literally you see everything to the smallest thing.

To me now ive watched dvd's and blu-ray disks, dvd looks like a old vhs did when dvd first came out i wouldn’t like to go back to dvd now!

Its your money, if you wont a portable blu-ray drive, and like the quality of blueray movies then get one, but if you think dvd quality is good then just stick with the standard dvd!!

 

here you go, should help regarding resolutions:

 

So being sat right up against the screen, I guess its worthy. But the real benefit of bluray is for that big screen experience. Plus outputting TrueHD audio to an amp.

 

I think this is just right, as with a laptop you are really close to it, so if you put a 13.3 screen on your scale, at 1 1/2 to 2 feet in distance this would work perfectly for 720p or 1080p.

Of course with a bigger screen you have to sit further back or it will look really crap! So it would be perfect to have a 17 inch laptop displaying 1080p! and for you to sit back in a chair and watch it!

 

I will be getting my new M1530 with blu-ray, when ive got the money, and i think it will e defiantly worth it, But i don’t know if you can upgrade the drives once they are fitted!

 

I think its worth it. Ive just bought a BluRay movie from eBay to try it out on my laptop, and I think it will definately make a difference - especially when sitting back on a chair in front of the laptop for example.

 

Counterpoint: the great thing about the M1530 (I'm hoping, it's on order) is the HDMI output with Blu-ray. In theory, you now have (among other things) a portable Blu-ray player. I have a PS3 which works great, but I have four HD TV's in my house. If needed, I'll have the option to play Blu-ray on any TV in the house WITHOUT gutting my entertainment center where my PS3 is connected. It also means Blu-Ray to go: take your M1530 to your friend's house/hotel room, plug it in to their HD TV, and you're off to the races...

Lastly, while a regular DVD is quite watchable on a notebook screen, it is none the less a 480 resolution output, so if you run your screen resolution at anything over 640x480, there IS quality degradation. Watching even a 720p movie on your notebook is NOTICEABLY different. Try an .HKV (I think) HD movie vs. its DVD counterpart. No comparison.

 

.mkv



I was slapping the odd .mkv on my PS3 and the quality is fantastic. You still get divx blocks, but the resolution increase in quality is easily visible

 

I was told by our Dell rep about a week ago that slot loading (i.e. not removable/modular) optical drives are NOT upgradeable.

 

i got my blu-ray drive on sale through dell's christmas offers, and i output it through HDMI to my TV and bam! i got high def... i say its worth it!

 

Yep this is true! /\ /\