The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Blu-Ray upgrade for dv6500?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mattsesar, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. mattsesar

    mattsesar Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I bought a dv6500 back in October and chose the standard DVD-RW over the HD-DVD player as the war had not yet finished, but now that it's over, I wonder... can I upgrade my current drive to a Blu-Ray player? I have the upgraded video card (8400M) and plenty of processing power (C2duo, 2.2) and system memory (2 gigs).
     
    mattsesar, Apr 13, 2008
    #1
  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

    Reputations:
    877
    Messages:
    3,707
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    106
    I guess you can, there are slim BD drives available on newegg for 300 I think.
     
    Ayle, Apr 13, 2008
    #2
  3. TheGreatGrapeApe

    TheGreatGrapeApe Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    322
    Messages:
    668
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yeah, personally I would say do what I did, get and external BR player and use your bundled PowerDVD software to decode the BR stream.

    That way when you sell this laptop and move to a new one the drive comes with you.
     
    TheGreatGrapeApe, Apr 14, 2008
    #3
  4. obsolete

    obsolete Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    104
    Messages:
    458
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Easiest method is to call HP and see if you can purchase the drive from them.
     
    obsolete, Apr 14, 2008
    #4