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LG Electronics CT10N Slim SATA Blu-ray Combo Drive, Retail

Amazon Sales Rank: #49231 in Consumer Electronics Brand: LG Model: CT10N Dimensions: .50" h x 5.00" w x 5.00" l, .20 pounds Format Support: DVD+R/-R; DVD+R DL/-R DL; DVD+RW/-RW; DVD-ROM; DVD-Video; Buffer Memory: 4 MB Dimension(WxHxD): 5.0 x 0.5 x 5.0 inch/ 128 x 12.7 x 127 mm Weight: 0.4 lbs/ 182 g

Most helpful customer reviews 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Works very well in my ASUS G50VT-X5. By Raven A. Wind As my title says, I popped this drive into my ASUS G50VT-X5 laptop. Installation was a breeze (there's a great video on YouTube. Search. You'll find it.) I removed two screws from the bottom of the laptop, slid my old drive out, removed the plastic bezel and metal guide (which has four screws) from the old one, put them on the new BD drive, and it just slid right in with no problems. Once the screws were back in place, it was secure, and Windows 7 recognized it right away. This plays Blu-ray movies with the help of some additional (not included) software. Cyberlink PowerDVD does the trick, but there are other software packages out there that will play Blu-ray Disc movies. Windows doesn't do it natively, though; You'll need additional software. The other functions all seem OK. It handles DVDs, CDs, and RWs just fine. It burns well on CD, DVD, DVD DL, and other CD or DVD media. It does not burn Blu-ray Discs, though, so be sure you're not looking for a Blu-ray burner when you get this! What more can I say? SATA has made installation incredibly easy, and everything works as advertised. If you're looking to upgrade a laptop to Blu-ray, this is probably the best deal going. Just make sure your laptop has some serious horsepower, because low-end computers can't handle processing Blu-ray movies. You need a decent CPU, a decent GPU (not a cheap GMA onboard chip) and a fair amount of RAM (by today's standards). If your computer's up to it, having BD support is pretty nice. Now if only they'd start packing multi-disc DVD Windows games on single BDs, I'd be all set! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Perfect Repalcement/Upgrade By Dave 0712 Shipping was usps and arrived in days. Installed in a DELL 15R n5010 in about 15 minutes (had to swap mounting bracket and face plate) Works with win 7 ultimate x64. Has played everything so far including Avatar Blu-ray without the need for AnyDVD and also burned DVD+R DL. I have burned DVD+r and DVD+R DL with no problems, this drive is much slower than the original or the CT21N but is worth the savings. The item received was actually the CT10L which is the version with lightscribe not the CT10N and has black faceplate that does not have the lightscribe logo. This is a good deal on the product the manufacture date is June 20 2009. The CT21N is probably not worth the extra money at this time the biggest differences are that it reads burned blu-ray and has fastest read/write speeds. FYI was going to purchased from DELL they actually sell you the CT21N and was $239.00 USD plus tax and shipping. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Works as intended By Ronald McKeehan Jr. Installation on my laptop wasn't too hard after I figured out how to remove the front faceplate and put my old one on. After installing windows 7 automatically found the drivers and it was fully functional. I tried powerDVD but a few minutes into star wars it would end up freezing but TotalMedia Theatre 5 has worked fairly well for me so far. I'm happy to be able to play blu ray movies on any screen with an hdmi port now! See all 4 customer reviews...