Can the optical drive play the blu-ray format
494438
No. DVD/CD rw only. I wouldn't recommend blue day on this laptop..just my opinion. You will not get optimal video quality because of the display. I guess you can always output to an external display but I still think it is less than ideal. Hope this helps.
410663
No. Theres NO optical drive. A bit disappointing. I picked up an external for 30 bucks that was also blu ray.
1632865
I suppose you arent being funny because there is a fairly good description on amazonIt plays blu ray discs besides DVDs and also media files stored on a USB drive such as mp3, mp4, wmv, avi & jpgs.
1170520
Yes it can. I am actually using an external Blu-ray drive via USB 3.0 port.
1290267
You need the software to play the unit. The software does not work on my machine. I even had a IT guy come install and it still had error when trying to play Blu Ray.
977095
Yes it will play both dvd and blu ray disc's but it can not burn blu ray disc's
2078365
It doesn't play blu-ray discs, but you can get an external blu-ray player which uses a USB connection. There is one on sale at TigerDirect right now which should work for you. Here's the link, below. You may even be able to find better and/or less expensive ones with a bit of shopping around.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3170776&CatId;=3634
1057964
Unfortunately there is no Blu-ray drive present with the console, so you will not be able to play Blu-ray movies with this particular console.
2040983
yes! I play mkv files on mine from an external hard drive. Occasionally the mkv will not read well on the blu ray player, even though it plays on a computer, but this is rare. good luck! -Jay
2151069
Assuming you have the ability to play blu-ray (i.e. a BR drive and appropriate software) yes, yes it does.
1988641
The answer to both would be yes. I don't think I've ever heard of a Blu-ray player that won't play DVD's as well.
1732591
yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams) and the USB drive has enough storage space 1 hr of high def video is approx 16bg streams are blu-ray compatible i play them with VLC player and Media player classic
1233040
It will play pretty much any type of media disc, including 3D Blu-ray.If you want to write data to a disc, here are the supported formats:Blu-ray: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R LTH, BD-RE, BD-RE DLDVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RWCD: CD-R, CD-RW
1233043
It will play pretty much any type of media disc, including 3D Blu-ray. If you want to write data to a disc, here are the supported formats: Blu-ray: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R LTH, BD-RE, BD-RE DL DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW CD: CD-R, CD-RW
494244
Yes, you can. Process may not be simple though.Look here:http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Convert_Your_HD_DVDs_to_Blu-Rayhttp://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=155834
2149653
The drive itself uses a SATA connector, and shows up in Windows as a standard cd-rom drive. I didn't have to load any specific drivers, it uses the generic one supplied with Windows 7. It will probably be seen my Mac OS X, but I have no idea whether or not the OS or apps would let it read Blu-Ray content.
800013
Yes I believe soThe unit has a L/R rca jacks so if your blu-ray player has rca outputs it should be possible