Qosmio G40: HD-DVD - BluRay drive replacement

Hello,
Due to the latest events and Toshiba agreeing that it's lost the format war, I wonder if it is possible to replace that very-soon-unusable HD DVD drive to something that will be able to read/write upcoming movies WITHOUT loosing the warranty (G40).

Hi there, I have the same problem. I wanted a high-end laptop with a WUXGA screen and was torn between the Qosmio G40-108 and and another notebook. In the end I bought the Qosmio G40-108 because of HDMI 1.3 and the 512Mb nVidia graphics. Still it's a great laptop and the HDMI output on my Samsung HD TV is brilliant. I play everything using the latest PowerDVD Ultra and there's no need for standalones anymore.
In a way I'm glad that this latest format war is over (at least until the next new thing comes out).
I think the Qosmio drive is a 9.5mm SuperSlim drive. At this point I'm sure there are no BD drives of that size (and when they come out they'll be mega expensive anyway), so we have to wait and see.
I recently bought a Pioneer BDC-202 Blu-ray player/DVD recorder and I use that on the Qosmio via SATA to USB2 adapter, this setup covers all my BD playback needs.
It'be be good to know if changing the drive will invalidate warranty.

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