Blu-ray burners - Blu-ray Forum

fredreed · 05-17-2007, 07:05 PM

If I wanted to buy an blue ray burner, What would be the cheapest and best one to buy? I was thinking about buying an external blue ray burner since I would not have to open up my computer and void my hardware warranty with dell.

Aaron · 05-18-2007, 01:19 AM

What's blue ray? I've never heard of it, maybe your talking about Blu-ray...lol, Here's a decently priced Lite-On. What model of Dell do you have? That's a strict warranty.
Lite-On Burner

05-27-2007, 09:34 AM

Any HP Blu-Ray burner out yet ?

TooTallTom · 05-31-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anjanesh

Any HP Blu-Ray burner out yet ?

See the Section marked "Drives" at the top of the page

kroorda · 06-11-2007, 02:00 PM

sony makes a blu-ray recorder. Go to Amazon.com to see it.

06-12-2007, 05:10 PM

Any of them USB based (external) instead of internal ?

Aaron · 06-12-2007, 07:16 PM

Yes, there are external burners.

Lacie d2
Quanta
Panasonic

TooTallTom · 06-13-2007, 11:05 PM

A good trick to know about internal drives, if you've got some extra bread buy yourself an external cd burner when you get your Internal BD drive, crack open the case on the External and gut the cd drive from within and replace it with your Internal BD burner. A hop, skip and jump later and you've got yourself your very own Martha Stewart approved External Blu-ray drive of you're liking. This works because all optical drives run on a global protocal, and since the back of the external shell contains an IDE to USB converter. As long as you get an IDE connected Internal Blu-ray drive there are no compatability issues. I know this seems pointless when there are already External BD drives on the market, but you might be able to get an internal drive cheaper, plus there are more on the market, so you might be saving money overall and get a spare CD drive while you're at it.

Happy Hunting

dabl · 07-12-2007, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooTallTom

See the Section marked "Drives" at the top of the page

How is this useful? All I'm seeing are pictures with no specs whatsoever. Or am I missing something?

MasterXeus · 07-12-2007, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dabl

How is this useful? All I'm seeing are pictures with no specs whatsoever. Or am I missing something?

I agree, the drive section of this site isn't very useful. I like seeing the pictures but there should be specs too. I love the site but there are areas that need improvements.

win-by-miles · 09-03-2007, 12:26 AM

im selling a sony and an LG for 330 shipped for each one

pm me

Uxi · 09-03-2007, 08:21 PM

Do any/all of these drives do BD-50? I was shopping them at Frys for my new PC build (E6850 Core 2 Duo, 4GB of 1066DDR2, 8800GTX, etc) and saw plenty of mention of 25GB but no mention of 50. Frys does have Sony and Pioneer (IIRC) BD-50 blanks, too....

I would most likely begin my experimentation on 25GB BD-RE, but would plan to move on to 50GB BD-R...

And what's the fastest burning? Any beyond 2x yet? Looks like the Drives link only shows pictures which will be behind a drive flap, so I don't care what it looks like.

tron3 · 09-07-2007, 07:13 PM

Plextor has one. http://www.plextor.com/english/products/px-b900a.html

Plextor has been THE name in burners and players. Many people just don't know that. They receive many product awards.

I'm considering that baby.

05-17-2007, 07:05 PM	#1
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05-18-2007, 01:19 AM	#2
Aaron Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Oklahoma City Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:33 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:4	What's blue ray? I've never heard of it, maybe your talking about Blu-ray...lol, Here's a decently priced Lite-On. What model of Dell do you have? That's a strict warranty. Lite-On Burner

05-27-2007, 09:34 AM	#3
anjanesh Guest	Any HP Blu-Ray burner out yet ?

06-11-2007, 02:00 PM	#5
kroorda Junior Member Member since:Jun 2007	sony makes a blu-ray recorder. Go to Amazon.com to see it.

06-12-2007, 05:10 PM	#6
anjanesh Guest	Any of them USB based (external) instead of internal ?

06-12-2007, 07:16 PM	#7
Aaron Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Oklahoma City Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:33 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:4	Yes, there are external burners. Lacie d2 Quanta Panasonic

06-13-2007, 11:05 PM	#8
TooTallTom Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Dallas, Tx	A good trick to know about internal drives, if you've got some extra bread buy yourself an external cd burner when you get your Internal BD drive, crack open the case on the External and gut the cd drive from within and replace it with your Internal BD burner. A hop, skip and jump later and you've got yourself your very own Martha Stewart approved External Blu-ray drive of you're liking. This works because all optical drives run on a global protocal, and since the back of the external shell contains an IDE to USB converter. As long as you get an IDE connected Internal Blu-ray drive there are no compatability issues. I know this seems pointless when there are already External BD drives on the market, but you might be able to get an internal drive cheaper, plus there are more on the market, so you might be saving money overall and get a spare CD drive while you're at it. Happy Hunting

09-03-2007, 12:26 AM	#11
win-by-miles Member Member since:Sep 2007	im selling a sony and an LG for 330 shipped for each one pm me

09-03-2007, 08:21 PM	#12
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Do any/all of these drives do BD-50? I was shopping them at Frys for my new PC build (E6850 Core 2 Duo, 4GB of 1066DDR2, 8800GTX, etc) and saw plenty of mention of 25GB but no mention of 50. Frys does have Sony and Pioneer (IIRC) BD-50 blanks, too.... I would most likely begin my experimentation on 25GB BD-RE, but would plan to move on to 50GB BD-R... And what's the fastest burning? Any beyond 2x yet? Looks like the Drives link only shows pictures which will be behind a drive flap, so I don't care what it looks like.

09-07-2007, 07:13 PM	#13
tron3 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2004 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray reviews:3	Plextor has one. http://www.plextor.com/english/products/px-b900a.html Plextor has been THE name in burners and players. Many people just don't know that. They receive many product awards. I'm considering that baby.

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