External Blu-Ray/DVD drive

[Lindapat]

Has anyone had problems with the optional Blu-Ray/DVD drive? Mini recognizes the drive, but when you put in a Blu-ray disc it goes off the reservation. How can I confirm that the external drive I received is the Blu-Ray versus the standard DVD?

Thanks in advance...

Lindapat

[CharlesWA]

The drive is labeled on the bottom. If it says "Blu-ray ROM with LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer" then you have the right one. I tried a Blu-Ray movie under XP and was a bit confused at first. XP did NOT see any disc in the drive but when I ran the ArcSoft Total Media Theather 3 software the movie played fine. I hooked the Mini 311 up to a 42" Toshiba 1080P TV via HDMI and the movie played smoothly to it as a second monitor with sound over the HDMI.

I've got things mostly re-installed with 7 Ultimate. I've reinstalled the ArcSoft software and it's working there as well. 7 does see that there's a Blu-Ray in the drive as well. It does force 7 into non-Aero mode when it runs, though.

[intel9295]

My Bluray/DVD external drive works great...

[ReactionGears]

Where can I buy the external blu-ray drive?
I've been looking ever where.... it doesn't seem to be on the HP site :cry: