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  • #220 - Q&A: Is Blu-Ray for the PC worth it?

    Posted by admin on July 26th, 2009 and filed under pcs |

    Is it worth upgrading a PC’s optical drive to Blu-Ray yet? other then movies are there any games or software that needs the disc?

    Also would you go for a standard blu-ray or one which can also burn discs? ~ hord

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    25 Responses

    1. legendofjon2 Says:

      other than ps3 or …
      other than ps3 or standard blu-ray. The addon for pc is just useless. Because even if a game requires 40GB for pc, they will just bundle it with 3 dual-layer compressed dvds. Because pc is not like console were you have to insert the disk to play. On pc you just install once and thats it.

    2. TheLittleWorldofGaz Says:

      they might just …
      they might just skip it, dependent on how much the blu ray costs

    3. Bob8673 Says:

      i mean they would …
      i mean they would make dvd duallayer games first.

    4. ctoon6 Says:

      blue ray drives are …
      blue ray drives are very reasonable right now on new egg, 150-200 for one isnt too bad and they can hold like 25 or 50 GB.

      but then again DVD DL drives are pretty cheap now at like 30-50$ and the disks like less then a dollar ea blue rays are like 10 ea

    5. TheLittleWorldofGaz Says:

      lol but blu ray is …
      lol but blu ray is not to much anymore

    6. Bob8673 Says:

      more people have …
      more people have dual-layer then blu-ray

    7. coliwood Says:

      I know a guy, NOT …
      I know a guy, NOT ME, but someone I know. Has an HTPC which he displays on a 50″ LCD. He has a Blu-Ray drive to RENT, RIP, RETURN; he rents movies from Netflix, rips them to his HDD, then returns the movies the same day, exponentially increasing blu-ray connection in no time. So Blu-Ray has been a great addition to him.
      Again, RENT, RIP, and RETURN is illegal you should only rip movies that you own personally which is why I DON’T do it. But if you do, having a Blu-Ray is a huge ILLEGAL bonus.

    8. lolimso18 Says:

      Blu-ray drives are …
      Blu-ray drives are Much faster than normal CD drivers from my experiance.

      For instance, a DVD drive crashed the windows explorer window when trying to rip an AVI file from my DVD disk, but the blueray drive ate it up, no problems.

      If you have the option between the two, i’d always go for the blu-ray

    9. hord Says:

      ah ty, i wont get …
      ah ty, i wont get one yet then. i guess by the time its adopted they will have gone down in price!

    10. mastersniper13 Says:

      yeah. games and …
      yeah. games and everything.

    11. jmoyet Says:

      its all a mater of …
      its all a mater of time before it all goes to blu-ray with all the increasing file size.

    12. metalmulisha98101 Says:

      games sizes are …
      games sizes are constantly getting bigger and bigger i can see games in 1 to 2 years coming out on bluray

    13. MachineMezziah Says:

      I think it is worth …
      I think it is worth to get a Blu-Ray drive, if you have a monitor with at least a 1920×1200 resolution, so you can see Blu-Ray movies on it.

      Other than that, I don’t think it is time already for having also a drive capable of burning Blu-Ray, maybe at this point it is more than enough with a Blu-Ray lector.

    14. DeVstatrOmga Says:

      Dead on. Except the …
      Dead on. Except the 360’s growing even more as far as media goes. Netflix and soon to be LastFM, Facebook, ZuneHD movies (rumors of HULU) and other features that are very appealing. PS3’s got some good stuff but it is struggling.

    15. GundamAngelicDevil Says:

      get a lightscribe …
      get a lightscribe drive, its fun

    16. denizg6 Says:

      Yes I was expecting …
      Yes I was expecting the same,but its a requirment if you have a 1080p monitor over 22 inches

    17. taltigolt Says:

      so havign a blueray …
      so havign a blueray is only good for movies you buy for 100$ and then stuck seeing all the logos not being able to skip

      when anyone can download there movies in blueray movie format

      seems like a big waste of money

    18. cusinndzl Says:

      It is worth it for …
      It is worth it for me.

    19. Xboxshqip Says:

      sorry Hardwares i …
      sorry Hardwares i mean

    20. Xboxshqip Says:

      look look cos …
      look look cos people things ps3 have blu ray and have better graphic and what abut crysis is just 3.5 gb stock in dvd and 6.75 on HDD
      my opinion is the game depend from the harrowed u have inside and not from DVD ROM that’s just to make gamer more bigger the story more bigger

    21. Dan4157 Says:

      Xbox HD-DVD failed, …
      Xbox HD-DVD failed, but the 360 is thriving right now. PS3 Blu-Ray did wonderfully, but the actual console is not doing great in terms of profit for Sony. One is better for games and the other for media.

    22. hypercam258 Says:

      hddvd failed

      like …
      hddvd failed

      like the xbox

    23. ki11joy92 Says:

      well yeah
      well yeah

    24. realmike15 Says:

      blu-rays future at …
      blu-rays future at this point is uncertain. compact disc storage is on it’s way out. flash drives and internet downloads are the future. i wouldn’t recommend anyone rebuying their movie collection in blu-ray. give this technology another 5 years… and we’ll all be downloading streaming and/or downloading our movies. internet download speeds are the only thing holding them back right now.

    25. TheKoreanX Says:

      PC is better.
      PC is better.

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