BluRay drive for HP 15 Notebook PC

[rasmith1959]

I want to replace the CD drive in my laptop with a BluRay drive so that I can watch BluRay discs on my laptop. I don't care about creating BluRay discs, just watch them. Which drive woud be the best fit for this model laptop?

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Here is the Service Manual:

Manual

See page 2 (9.5 mm SATA tray load), p. 32-33 (removal and disassembly of the optical drive).

HP did not offer a Blu-Ray option on the laptop.  You can however buy a generic Blu-Ray disk and transplant the hardware which holds the DVD burner in the laptop. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Internal-9-5mm-SATA-Bluray-BD-BD-R-Combo-Player-DVD-CD-RW-Burner-Laptop-Dri...

You will have to transplant  the mounting screw bracket, and the faceplate. Not hard to do and the Manual pretty well spells it out. Then you will also need Blu-Ray viewing software. Windows will not do that natively. 

If your laptop is HD i.e. 1366 x 768 display resolution, and I believe it is, don't be disappointed when Blu-Ray content looks the same as DVD content. You need to have an FHD (1920 x 1080) screen before you can notice a difference. But if you own Blu-Ray movies you want to watch, there is no substitute and this drive will also read and burn CDs and DVDs. 

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[rasmith1959]

Thanks for the information! The swap sounds easy enough, have the drive on oder and will let you know how things went.