New to HDTV - Blu Ray laptop advice please?

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Hi All,

I'm about to buy a Panasonic 42PZ80 and want to buy into Blu Ray fairly soon to make the most of 1080p. My first thoughts are with the matching Panasonic BD30, but I also need a new laptop and Dell currently offer a Blu Ray drive on their £499 Inspiron.

Does anyone have any experience using a PC as a Blu Ray source via HDMI, good or bad?

Thanks

Andy

 

[nigpd]

Just check with Dell if the £499 laptop will have an HDMI port, or at least a DVI port, before going down that route.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 with Blu-ray drive and HD screen but it only has a VGA port which will not send HD to a TV

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks, yes it does have HDMI and is HDCP compatible I believe.

Cheers

 

[John Duncan]

Buy the very fastest processor you can possibly get, with 4gig of RAM, disable Vista's Aero desktop and all the shareware junk that comes on a Dell. Then you might get judder-free pictures.

In fact, buy a BD30........

 

[nigpd]

[quote user="ajwhitehead"]
Thanks, yes it does have HDMI and is HDCP compatible I believe.

Cheers
[/quote]

Sounds good......... do you mind me asking what Dell laptop it is?

 

[professorhat]

Got to agree with John on this one...

 

[Anonymous]

Sure, Inspiron 1525, just go to Dell UK site and follow the links.

Cheers