got an HP laptop, want a Blu-Ray drive

[hendra]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

True, though these are just now hitting the channel and are going for quite a bit still. Hopefully, prices will settle down soon, though the notebook burners still go for more than I think they should.

You can also buy internal SATA drive for desktop and use an external enclosure for your laptop. LG offers BD/HD DVD combo drive with PowerDVD player included (2 audio channels version) for $300. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136133
No BD or HD DVD burner but it burns regular DVD including Double Layer DVD and CD. Very good deal except that with an external enclosure and an external power brick, the drive gets very bulky.

Thanks for providing that link. They've offered that software package to OEMs forever now... it's nice that they're selling it directly to consumers finally. To anybody wanting to try it out though, be warned: the Intervideo player is only designed to work with a select few Nvidia graphics cards. ATI cards and the rest of Nvidia's lineup don't work. That was the main reason for only bundling the software with prebuilt systems initially. Hopefully they'll be able to expand that as time goes on. Cyberlink's now even supports the latest Intel IGP... in addition to a wider range of Nvidia cards plus most recent ATI cards.

My GPU is GeForce Go 7400 which is not officially supported by either software. But so far, it plays very smooth with both software. But I still recommend that if your GPU is not officially listed, try to get a drive with bundled software from a store that accept returns.