BluRay for 1720?

Hello there. I am currently looking to possibly purchase a Bluray drive for the 1720. I just need to know, what would be the cheapest BluRay drive for a laptop would be? I heard that Pioneer was making one, but I don't remember if it was for the PC or was also available for laptops. Either way, I think something like this was great. I just don't want to spend the $600+ to upgrade, since that's how much my PS3 was.

 

With all do respect, if you can watch bluray on your tv with the ps3, why would you want to put it in a laptop too?

 

So I can take it wherever I go and show it to friends. A lot easier to carry around a laptop than it is a PS3 and TV.

Not to mention, I currently do not own an HDTV, so having the benefit would be great. It's either that or HD-DVD, but I'm still deciding.

 

The $700 dollar upgrade is completely absurd. Why anyone would want blu-ray on a laptop at this point is beyond me. Give it a year or buy a PS3.

 

Some other companies are offering HDDVD, which is usually cheaper. Like HP (on their Pavilion line) and Acer are offering an HDDVD drive in some of their laptops. Toshiba too, I'm sure. Although actually, I don't really like any of those companies' laptops too much.

Edit: I wonder if Asus has anything....

 

Well, it's a $600 upgrade, and I own a PS3. I was just wondering if there are any cheaper drives now or coming in the near-future is all.

 

I think the Sony FZ has the cheapest available blu-ray upgrade....but I would bu a PS3 over that any day...

 

I'm with you...I'm considering the blu ray drive on the 1520 and 1720 (the 1520 has near 1080 ability and I dont thinkt he 30p less would be humanly noticeable).

The prices are coming down pretty fast for Blu Ray. I think another 2 months, it'll be even lower and it'll be more clear as to which format is going to win out.

I like the idea of being able to watch a blu ray movie on occasion and take it on travel, especially specials like the Planet Eart set. I think HD-DVD, though I like MS, is soon to be dead in the water due to lack of studio support.

If you like blu ray movies and am a movie fan in general, get the drive for laptop viewing...a lot of ppl watch fixed TVs that aren't any bigger than 20 inch anyway, especially the older TVs like in thier kitchen or bedrooms. And I'm not yet ready for an HDTV set in the living room right now anyway, but I could get a jump start on the collection.

 

1680*1050 isn't "30p less". 1680*1050 is a 16:10 and most bluray/hddvd movies are ~2.3:1. 1680*1050 would really be "945p" which to you would be labeled "135p less" and your movies would have to be stretch/shrunk to accommodate the higher/lower width. (depends on whether your source is 720p or 1080p)