Packard Bell Laptop upgrade optical drive to blu ray drive

[Terencefisher]

Hi all,

I am Terence. begginer on computer.

i need help with upgrading my laptop optical drive into a blu ray drive.

i been watching the youtube upgrading clips.

i don't know which one is best deal to buy.

can someone give me some advice.

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Terence Fisher

[Plastic Nev]

Hi Terence and welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help.

It is always best to stick to well known names when buying new hardware, Sony, Samsung, Lite-on seem to be the main manufacturers.

Have a look at those on sale here as an example, there is a Sony on there for a reasonable price.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/blu-ray-dvd-drives/blu-ray-laptop-internal

 

Bear in mind that if you wish to burn disks as well as play them, make sure you get a drive marked as RW for DVD or CD. As yet and as far as I know, you can only read Blu-ray disks and not burn new ones, so no drive will offer that function, just DVD or CD-RW.

 

Nev.

[RandyL]

It seems you can get Blue-Ray burners but.....

 

Can you even utilize Blue-Ray disks? To watch Blue-Ray movies on your PC and get the full effect your hardware will need to be good. A good graphics card and monitor for instance.

 

As far as a storage medium CD's or DVD's are a lot cheaper and the write speed will be better.

 

Depending on the specs of your PB laptop will tell you more if you can even add a combo drive. Chances are with a laptop a DVD/CD with a Blue-Ray Player combo might be your only option. If you are lucky. Laptops don't lend themselves to upgrades readily. Not every combination will be compatable for a variety of reasons.

 

Prices vary but you get what you pay for. External models will probably be slower. Again it matters on your entire system specs.

 

There are so many factors to consider whether or not you just want to add a Blu-Ray player or burner.

 

There are a few laptops that will offer the burner built in. I'm sure they will be higher end models as the laptop would need better hardware then low end laptops.