Question about external HD DVD (Blue Ray) players with Tecra M5

I have a TECRA M5 laptop (running XP) although this question could be relevant to other laptop users with no internal HD DVD players.
Is there an external (e.g. USB) HD DVD that I could connect to my laptop? So to watch HD movies on my laptop?
If such a thing exists would it also plug directly to a HD TV (as my laptop has no HDMI)?
Is there any way I could swap my existing internal DVD for a HD one?

Oh man,
I will show you why you _shouldnt_ think about buying an external drive for your machine.
1. Yes, there are PLENTY of external HD DVD drives, mostly of them are connected trough USB
2. You could plug it in your notebook, yes, and probably you could play HD DVD movies on your machine but NOT in HD since your display only supports a maximum resolution of 1024x768 pixels, but HD movies need at least a resolution of 1280x720. Any sufficiently fast computer with a 1280x720 or higher resolution display is capable of displaying HD video, even though computers are generally not advertised as such.
3. No, you cannot plug it directly into a HD TV, I mean why dont you buy then a HD DVD player???
4. Yes you could, but are you familiar enough with computers systems to exchange a drive which is built in your machine?? If you really would spend the money for the drive you should ask then spend some extra money for an technician. ;)
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