Will this computer handle burning data blu-rays?

[darkimagesoflight]

I'm a photographer in need of a method of archiving huge quantities of image files.
A typical wedding I shoot is around 18GB's. I'm considering Blu-Ray as an option for archiving these files.
I have tried the Blu-Ray adviser, but for some reason it's not running properly.
That aside, I do have my computer also hooked up to my TV and if it will handle playback, that would be awesome... but would be a secondary purpose for the drive.
I seem to meet all the system requirements except for my processor... and it seems that opinions vary on if a processor of this age can handle it.
Upgrading my mobo (plus CPU, plus Ram...) is not an option at this time due to financial reasons.
P4 2.94Ghz (front bus speed - 532MHz... Memory Bus... 400MHz)
NVIDIA GTX260 (896MB DDR3)
2 Gigs of RAM
and if it matters... a Sound Blaster X-fi card
I'm running XP-SP3
Thoughts?

[tlmaclennan]

I don't see any problem with your computer. After all your primary purpose is not playing blu-ray movies. The reason you need to have a good computer for blu-ray playback is that blu-ray had a high bitrate for both audio and video. It shouldn't take much to burn files to blu-ray discs. If your computer can handle burning DVDs, which doesn't take a powerful computer, then you should be fine to burn blu-ray discs.

Even if you want to play blu-ray movies later on I don't think you will have a problem.

[darkimagesoflight]

Thank you.
Given the cost of BR burners, I would greatly enjoy it if it really could play them as well!

[Lucy Diamond]

Yep, you should be okay.

I just wanted to take some time out and welcome you to the forum.

It seems like you signed up to get a question answered, but I really hope you stick around a while.

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