Blue-Ray drive in place of the DVD drive?

I have a DV7 1285dx that came with a standard DVD player. Is it possible to upgrade it to a blue-ray player?
I'm hoping that it could be as simple as buying a blue ray drive (eBay?) to replace the dvd drive in the laptop, then upgrading the software to let me play blueray disks.
If this is a viable possibility, do I need an HP blueray drive or will a Dell work?
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
8GB Ram with a Corsair SSD
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these Drives should work with your DV 7 if advertized correctly..
you will need a Blu-Ray player to play Blu-ray movies and the Drive should automatically get detected as soon as you will install it.. no drivers required..
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