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Is a Blu-Ray Drive Worth It?

post #1 of 7
1/21/10 at 2:42pm
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I've seen two acer aspire 5740, one comes with a blu-ray drive and 640GB hard drive. The other doesnt come with a blu-ray drive and has a 500gb hard drive. The price difference is £100.

As I'm sure the 500gb hard drive would be more than sufficient for my storage needs, I have one question is the blu-ray drive worth the price or would it be cheaper if its even a possibility which I'm sure it is to upgrade to a blu-ray drive myself.


Thanks

Khurram
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post #2 of 7
1/21/10 at 2:55pm
Very enticing with only 100 quids to have an extra 100gig of disk space and a blu-ray with it.

Tough call, as both items will get cheaper as time goes on. I personally save the money on the notebook blu-ray and invest it in a real blu-ray 3D player, coming soon.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 7
1/21/10 at 6:27pm
with the price difference so low i would probably get the blu ray player equipped model.
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post #4 of 7
1/21/10 at 11:48pm
I have a blu ray drive in my comp i love blu rays movies but imo its not worth it unless you have 1080P HD
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post #5 of 7
1/22/10 at 1:34am
All comes down to will you make use of? If yes then go for it. If not then pass. I hate to admit but DVD's do almost nothing for me. I am a dinosaur.
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post #6 of 7
1/22/10 at 6:43am
if you're not sure that you need it, you probably don't.

/$.02
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post #7 of 7
1/23/10 at 11:06am
I have yet to use a dual layer disc, let alone a blue ray one... My Vaio has a blue ray reader which I have used once for a blue ray disc... Not worth it untilblue-ray becomes full mainstream and consigns DVD to the bin (much like VHS did with betamax)...
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