Slim line Blu-Ray reader/DVD recorder, to replace the old optical drive inside your laptop. Can also be converted into an external drive, via an appropriate slimline drive enclosure off Ebay.
- BD-ROM, BD-R, and BD-RE read capabilities
- DVD and CD writing & reading capabilities
- Max 4x BD read, max 8x DVD read / write
- Buffer underrun protection
- SATA interface
- 12.7mm thickness (please take note that some ultra portables take 9.5mm drives only!!!)
Top comments
puddleuk
1 Jun 153#2
Be sure to factor in the potential cost of BluRay playing software. VLC will not play BluRays as default, it has the potential to play them but requires some manual modification that did not always work for me.
In the end I decided to buy PowerDVD from Cyberlink which worked perfectly.I believe I paid £45 at the time.
Just a cost to be aware of.
All comments (25)
SUMMONER
31 May 15#1
puddleuk
1 Jun 153#2
Be sure to factor in the potential cost of BluRay playing software. VLC will not play BluRays as default, it has the potential to play them but requires some manual modification that did not always work for me.
In the end I decided to buy PowerDVD from Cyberlink which worked perfectly.I believe I paid £45 at the time.
Just a cost to be aware of.
amour3k to puddleuk
1 Jun 15#6
Gooooooood point!.
WinDVD does 'similar' to the more popular PowerDVD, & WinDVD would have cost a wee bit less?.
But good informative heads-up you've given everyone though, to be well AWARE OF still? .. aa I for one was NOT sure if this came with Software or not? (as 'some' do ..... )
Thanx. :-)
JPS
1 Jun 15#3
Never seen them this cheap before. Hot.
amour3k to JPS
1 Jun 15#7
Amen to that! lol. :-)
zhangrui0755
1 Jun 15#4
Surprised to see disk drive
slipd
1 Jun 15#5
Not done one for a while, probably about 10 years thinking about it, but optical drives on laptops used to be a nightmare to fit...
Heat for the price OP!
goemon to slipd
1 Jun 15#8
its a single screw you remove in order to change them now its usually marked as "ODD"
ichayan to slipd
1 Jun 15#10
Easier than finding all those keys on the keyboard to type a comment here :stuck_out_tongue:
capriboycraig
1 Jun 15#9
I bought a full sized drive from Amazon, about £25 iirc and came with a bundled PowerDVD key. Drive was DOA so I sent it back, and bought a replacement elsewhere. I'd already activated the key mind, CS said it wasn't an issue....
wjd1963
1 Jun 15#11
Do people actually still use dvd these days?
xela333 to wjd1963
1 Jun 15#12
Yep, but this is much more useful being a bluray reader too.
I have not used a computer DVD player in 3 years..... jesus these things still exist ?
pengwyn
21 Dec 16#25
Yeah but better in an iptv, cinavia killed bluray and uhd disks tbh then you can bypass the protection with older pc playing software. Either that or get a bog standard dvd player and use convert x to dvd or get a terrabyte drive but being mechanical can go wrong and you lose everything unless you mirror it onto another. I dont keep films anymore but still torrent them prefer this as i play them without an internet connection im still old school even with mp3s
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Opening post
- BD-ROM, BD-R, and BD-RE read capabilities
- DVD and CD writing & reading capabilities
- Max 4x BD read, max 8x DVD read / write
- Buffer underrun protection
- SATA interface
- 12.7mm thickness (please take note that some ultra portables take 9.5mm drives only!!!)
Top comments
In the end I decided to buy PowerDVD from Cyberlink which worked perfectly.I believe I paid £45 at the time.
Just a cost to be aware of.
All comments (25)
In the end I decided to buy PowerDVD from Cyberlink which worked perfectly.I believe I paid £45 at the time.
Just a cost to be aware of.
WinDVD does 'similar' to the more popular PowerDVD, & WinDVD would have cost a wee bit less?.
But good informative heads-up you've given everyone though, to be well AWARE OF still? .. aa I for one was NOT sure if this came with Software or not? (as 'some' do ..... )
Thanx. :-)
Heat for the price OP!
I'm after an external bluray reader so I can play films on my laptop.
Thanks
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00KR8VYJG/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1433148827&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=bluray+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=415Eh2phVJL&ref=plSrch
http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6597-important-note-on-hp-microserver-gen8-optical-drives/