Dell Introduces Sub-$1000 Blu-ray Laptop

Posted March 28, 2008 08:51 AM by Josh Dreuth


Dell has announced that they have added a Blu-ray drive (with reading capability for Blu-ray Discs, and read/write capability for DVDs and CDs) to their award-winning Inspiron line of laptops. More impressive, the Inspiron 1525 with Blu-ray drive will only set consumers back a mere $879. The computer features a 15.4" 720p screen and HDMI output. Blu-ray disc decoding will be accomplished via a dedicated Broadcom decoder located in the laptops mini-card slot. And for those consumers who want to watch Blu-ray movies on-the-go, Dell has available a slim travel power adapter and IR remote control for quick access to Blu-ray menus. These laptops are available today directly from their website, and come in a variety of colors and configurations to match any Blu-ray fan's needs.
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News comments (21 comments)

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Rike255

Mar 28, 2008

Holy **** that's really cheap! Good job Dell you're gonna get a LOT of business from this.

monkyman

Mar 28, 2008

Although i'm not a fan of Dell computers, it's still good news for those that are

Rainman208

Mar 28, 2008

Cool. Now just get the desktop Blu drives down a bit.

CptGreedle

Mar 28, 2008

Heh heh... and it still won't burn BDs... I'll pass thank you.

tricky

Mar 28, 2008

Nice job Dell! Although I agree with CptGreedle; I'll wait til I can get a burner.

Xerious

Mar 28, 2008

need a mac with BD please...

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ckenisell

Mar 28, 2008

Josh, in the first sentence, the second "has" should be "have":

"Dell has announced that they has added a Blu-ray drive"

ryoohki

Mar 28, 2008

You can add a burner for about 350$ more... witch is still cheap considering that 1 year ago a Blu-ray Burner was 899.99$ LOL

The burner costs have come down quite dramatically in 24 months. Now, with no war, the burner and media costs should now start coming down, too. I can't wait to replace the DVD-burners in my PC's at home with BR burners. I have archiving needs that 50gb will help with!

Roland1919

Mar 28, 2008

No 1080p...cummmon..witht the technology we have now...just another ploy to pump more money from us in a month or two.

kaliraver

Mar 28, 2008

That is good of Dell to start releasing laptop's that are under $1000 with a Blu-Ray drive.

jkcheng122

Mar 28, 2008

they should give us a link to the laptop. i went to dell's site and soon as i check BD drive Inspiron is faded out, only XPS line carry blu-ray drives.

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mugupo

Mar 28, 2008

About time, HP has HD DVD laptop for under 800 bucks; last timei check, so is not a suprise to see blur-lay laptop under a gram. But this lead to good dierction, like blu-ray software.

Minimejer05

Mar 28, 2008

Nice!!! very cool Laptop.

Sean4000

Mar 28, 2008

The instant the MacBook Pros with the 1920X1200 screens featurea Blu-ray super drive I'm buying.

Good deal from Dell though.! They'll make sales for sure.

BigBluu

Mar 28, 2008

BD burner option is only $200 more than the reader drive.

JT_Designer

Mar 28, 2008

And why again does Apple not have a blu-ray drive yet?? They're getting behind the game. I would have thought Apple would have a Blu-ray drive in all of their Mac Pro systems by now and would be coming out with drives for their iMac and laptop systems soon. Dell has had Blu-ray drives available for their desktops for about a year now.

Isn't Apple on the Blu-ray board and affiliated with Pixar who releases movies on Blu-ray? Come on Apple, get with it!

highdefw

Mar 28, 2008

Macs are on the way

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Mobe1969

Mar 29, 2008

Wow that looks utterly awesome. And HDMI output as well!!!

Hmm, I like the idea of the broadcomm decoder. I wonder if they will become readily available in multiple regions. Eg, swap the decoder to swap regions...

And having HDMI output, it could end up being a pretty good multipurpose player/entertainment system

JESSE-INTERACTIVE

Apr 03, 2008

"No 1080p...cummmon..witht the technology we have now...just another ploy to pump more money from us in a month or two. " -Roland1919

You don't need 1080p on a 15.4 or 17 inch laptop/notebook monitor. That's waaayyy overkill for such small screens. This is not a ploy! if you can get a laptop and a bluray player in it for $1000, that is BARGAIN!