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post #1 of 11
4/20/08 at 6:20pm
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UJ-120,UJ-120B, UJ-210, UJ-210B, UJ-220, UJ-225 notebook harddrives can be found here for $300-$500 dollars (new)
I just purchased one, and hope to recieve it in the next week or so! (UJ-220)
Ebay:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...6fsoo%3D2&fgtp=
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post #2 of 11
4/20/08 at 6:23pm
are they just the players or burners...
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post #3 of 11
4/20/08 at 6:27pm
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Burners.


The UJ-225 retails for $1000. 12.7 mm drive (fits most notebooks)

Matshita/Panasonic blu-ray UJ-210/UJ-210B/UJ-220/UJ-225 Burner/Player

Blue-Ray 1xBD-RE write (50GB double layer)/ 2xBD-R write (25GB single layer)/ 2xBD-ROM read

8xDVD±R / 4xDVD±RW / 2.4xDVD±R DL / 5xDVD-ROM
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post #4 of 11
4/20/08 at 10:57pm
hmm... i must say it is still kind of expensive along with a undesirable 2x burn speed, but i would like to hear your feedback when you do get it.
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post #5 of 11
4/20/08 at 11:12pm
Im going to wait for the prices to come down more... DVD burners use to be really high and now they are cheap so over time they will too...
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post #6 of 11
4/30/08 at 9:47pm
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Update-
Got the drive yesterday, and installed it, watched "I am legend". To be honest I couldnt really tell that much difference between the dvd/blu-ray on my 17" screen with 1920x1200 resolution. Blu-ray is clearer, and sharper, but is it really worthy of all the 1080p hype? Jury is still out on that one.(Still though I got 50 GB of storage if I ever want it on a rewritable disc! So that's cool.)

Here are the specs:

CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-+R DL/DVD-+RW/BD-R DL/BD-RE DL

Manufacturer
Panasonic Communications Inc.
Model Name
UJ-220
Type
Internal
Interface
ATAPI (IDE)



System Interface
Data transfer speed
Max. 33.3 MB/s (UDMA Mode 2)

Performance
Read BD-ROM 2x
Read BD-R/BD-RE 2X
Read BD-R/BD-RE DL 1.6x
Write BD-R/BD-RE 2x
Write BD-R/BD-RE DL 1x
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post #7 of 11
4/30/08 at 10:36pm
the only real difference you can see it probably the texture on clothes, deeper colors, and facial textures (makes your favorite stars look ugly lol)
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post #8 of 11
4/30/08 at 10:50pm
I cant tell the difference from my upconvert HD DVD player and a Blu-ray player... maybe its just me but the difference is not worth the extra 5 bucks per DVD...
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post #9 of 11
4/30/08 at 11:10pm
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Originally Posted by littlefrankus View Post
I cant tell the difference from my upconvert HD DVD player and a Blu-ray player... maybe its just me but the difference is not worth the extra 5 bucks per DVD...
How big is the screen you're watching movies on? And is that screen capable of High Def?
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post #10 of 11
4/30/08 at 11:28pm
I have new a 32 inch Samsung High Def flat screen so yea its capable of high def and really good picture...the upconvert DVD player does a terrific job of putting really close to High Def viewing and it whole lot cheaper than a $400 blu-ray player plus all the extra cost of the DVD's
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post #11 of 11
5/1/08 at 12:48am
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Update-

The above linked ebay store is now selling UJ-120/UJ-120B Blu-ray BD-RE drives for $300
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