Bluray Laptops

[JagLover]

I will shortly buy myself a laptop for use outside the home (I will be spending at least one night a week in a hotel)

I notice that for about another £150 you can get a laptop with built in Bluray drive. Given that I was planning to get a Blu Ray player at some point I was considering this. How easy are they to hook up to your TV and what is the quality like in comparison to a stand alone player?

[10 Pence Short]

Although the quality isn't as good, free porn downloads will be a lot cheaper than BluRay disks.

[OJ]

JagLover said:

How easy are they to hook up to your TV

Considering the episode with my first DVD drive that was fitted to a laptop I purchased, my first thought would be ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Although I suppose if you have a decent flat screen with a DVI input (and associated output for the laptop) it might not be a disaster. Still a pain mind you unless you've got a remote control for your laptop.

[Plotloss]

Theres a chap thats littered the forums with advice on getting this very thing to work.

For around £150 you can get a standalone bluray player, which would seem to be the best option for your sanity.

[Kuroblack350]

Plotloss said:

Theres a chap thats littered the forums with advice on getting this very thing to work.

For around £150 you can get a standalone bluray player, which would seem to be the best option for your sanity.

+1

But to answer the OP our Dell has a HDMI port, which makes the connection very, quality is pretty good, although you'll spend 17 hours playing with the laptop display settings *and* the TV display settings to get it perfect. Not really worth the effort

[DJC]

Was pondering this very recently. Given the above Im glad I decided against the Bluray requirement now and kept the Laptop price beneath £500!

[JagLover]

Thanks for the advice guys

Looks like a standalone is the way to go.

Edited by JagLover on Monday 27th October 14:48