Blue Ray upgrade

I have a HP envy 20 PC with a:
HP DVD A DS8A8SH
DVD RW drive. I just figured out it's not a blue ray player. Can I get a Blue Ray player for this CPU? Is it hard to change out my current drive for a Blue ray player?
Which one will work and where can I get it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave

DaveTysdal wrote:
.. Is it hard to change out my current drive for a Blue ray player?
Hi,
There is a section how to do this on the following manual:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03599028.pdf
Looks like it uses laptop standard optical slot and you can use something like:
http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/laptop-blu-ray-burner
Regards.
BH
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