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Cheap Blu-ray reader & gfx card.

Do-more · 2008-06-18 12:37:25

Just bought the cheapo Dell Vostro and want to add a Blu-Ray drive and graphics card so that I can playback Blu-ray disks on my 32" LCD TV (HDMI). I found this A-Open Blu ray reader on Komplett for €119. Would this Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 PRO card for €30 be sufficent? The machine won't be used for gaming and will have…

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18-06-2008 1:37pm

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Do-more

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Just bought the cheapo Dell Vostro and want to add a Blu-Ray drive and graphics card so that I can playback Blu-ray disks on my 32" LCD TV (HDMI).

I found this A-Open Blu ray reader on Komplett for €119.

Would this Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 PRO card for €30 be sufficent?

The machine won't be used for gaming and will have 3gigs of ram. Want to keep costs to a minimum.

Any advice gratefully accepted.

Cheers D-M.

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#2 19-06-2008 1:57pm
TerrorFirmer

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Check out www.hardwareversand.de, they have LG blu-ray/hd-dvd combos for 90-ish euro - great to have the option of both considering hd-dvds cost next to nothing now. Postage is about 30, but if you're buying a few items you can get some great deals.

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#3 23-06-2008 10:53am
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TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Check out www.hardwareversand.de, they have LG blu-ray/hd-dvd combos for 90-ish euro - great to have the option of both considering hd-dvds cost next to nothing now. Postage is about 30, but if you're buying a few items you can get some great deals.

Found the same LG Blu-ray/HD-dvd drive which works out at the same price inc. shipping from an e-bay shop in the UK. So no hassles with bank transfers for payment.

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#4 23-06-2008 2:18pm
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There's a thread I posted on that will be of interest to you.

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