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  • Re: Blu Ray Player

    From Koopa@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Fri Aug 19 15:46:17 2022
    Jeff Gaines <[email protected]> wrote:

    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around £80 why does
    a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it doesn't make sense?


    I’d just get an external one like this…

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Bluray-Reader-Windows-Linxus/dp/B08CTV2C3P/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3OEOFXBHXYE1I&keywords=blu%2Bray%2Bexternal%2Bdrive&qid=1660923840&s=computers&sprefix=Blu%2Bra%2Ccomputers%2C82&sr=1-3&th=1

    A lot of high end computer cases don’t cater for 5 1/4 inch internal drives anymore, mine doesn’t.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 19 15:22:59 2022
    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around �80 why does
    a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it doesn't make
    sense?

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his
    life.
    (Jeremy Thorpe, 1962)

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Aug 20 09:48:45 2022
    On 19/08/2022 16:22, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around £80 why does a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it doesn't make sense?

    is the PC drive a reader, or a burner?

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 09:01:08 2022
    On 20/08/2022 in message <[email protected]> Andy Burns
    wrote:

    On 19/08/2022 16:22, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around £80 why
    does a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it doesn't >>make sense?

    is the PC drive a reader, or a burner?

    It is a burner, didn't think of that difference.

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
    (Ken Olson, president Digital Equipment, 1977)

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Koopa on Sat Aug 20 10:21:21 2022
    On 19/08/2022 in message <tdob89$1qvg$[email protected]> Koopa wrote:

    Jeff Gaines <[email protected]> wrote:

    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around £80 why
    does
    a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it doesn't make >>sense?


    I’d just get an external one like this…

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Bluray-Reader-Windows-Linxus/dp/B08CTV2C3P/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3OEOFXBHXYE1I&keywords=blu%2Bray%2Bexternal%2Bdrive&qid=1660923840&s=computers&sprefix=Blu%2Bra%2Ccomputers%2C82&sr=1-3&th=1

    A lot of high end computer cases don’t cater for 5 1/4 inch internal
    drives
    anymore, mine doesn’t.

    Many thanks :-)

    That is definitely a more flexible solution - as Andy Burns picked up I'd forgotten the burning function which explains the cost difference. I also
    need something to read my DVD-RAM backups!!!

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
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  • From Abandoned_Trolley@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 16:11:44 2022
    is the PC drive a reader, or a burner?

    It is a burner, didn't think of that difference.


    and dont forget the double layer DVDs ...


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  • From Raj Kundra@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Mon Aug 22 08:41:37 2022
    On 19/08/2022 16:22, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    When I can buy a complete Panasonic Blu Ray player for around £80 why
    does a bare Blu Ray player to go in a PC cost about the same, it
    doesn't make sense?

    which size you want?

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