I don't need this burner to play blu-rays. I only need one to make blu-rays from files I have already on my pc with. Is this burner good to go?
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It makes blurays just fine if you have the necessary software - I am on mac and use Toast. They just take ages to burn with Toast but that's not the burner's fault.
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This drive is great for burning Blu-rays. I've burned about a dozen discs and have had zero failure.
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Yes, Blu-Rays can be used for any data that can be stored on a CD or DVD.I didn't see the rest of the question until I answered. You DO need a Blu-Ray burner. They have become very affordable in the last coupla years.
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I have only used this burner a few times. I have a laptop that has no DVD burner. So the times I have used the burner it worked very well.
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It works great with my Asus SATA Blu-ray burner. Now the internal Blu-ray burner becomes a portable one.
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For free, the Daum "PotPlayer" works well for computer BD "playback". Odd name but a good program. If you are willing to pay for a program for that, or to burn blu rays, go to CNET and they have lots of them to choose from - both free and paid versions, and CNET rates them by users and Editors ratings to weed out the bad programs. I prefer free. PotPlayer does Win 7, 64 bit, too.
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See, here's the thing. The way it's worded makes it seem as though it burns bluray disc. It plays bluray disc and then allows you to burn dvd disc. I've tried a couple of softwares, including the one that came with it, but still does not burn blurays. Should work with any format going to a cd or dvd, though.
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I found online that it supports OS X 10.6 and up. I am not familiar with OS X in general so I can't fully commit and say it will be easy to use. Many users are claiming it to be hard to find a good program for burning the data. Apple has never endorsed Blu-Ray so this shouldn't be surprising. I would check some forums before committing to a purchase, but I must say its a great BD burner.
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I'll plug in my external hard drive and see. My only concern would be the slower USB 2.0 port. I have a 3 terabyte drive inside the AIOS and I play Blu-ray iso files all the time. I'll rip a disk to folders instead and put it on the portable drive that will connect via the front USB port. I'm copying a set of Blu-ray files to the player today, so I'll see how well it works versus .iso.
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You need to have dvd or bluray player software mine works great. Burns blueray and dvds fine also as long as you specify the speed and not use autodetect
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Well, Alicia B: The Manufacturer does not exclude Blu-Ray Disc - I think they would have if they found it would have been harmful or not be useful in that particualar type of Disc. I have used this a number of times with success on DVD's and CD's. But I believe probably how severe your damage is makes all the difference. Now Alicia, all you have to do is to make a decision. Is it worth the $25.00 investment + shipping if applicable to take a chance to see if it works , or improves it or not. Also, I don't know, but maybe the Manufacture has a good return policy if not satisified, Oftentimes they do. You can also check with Amazons customer service, I'm sure they would know about return policies. I hope I have helped you at least to some extent. Isn't everything about decisions? - decisions?, the right one the wrong one. Good Luck with everything, and I hope for you that it everything works out well.
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Mine works just like the one in my computer, just plug in USB and computer assigns it a drive and just play - record, burn, etc. My DVD RW had gone out on my computer, but now it's fixed so have two burners now. When portable player is plugged in and you want to burn something, like at itunes, you are prompted to select which burner. I was just stunned at how well it works, just like the one built into computer. But be careful with the software that comes with it, for it is just promotional - NOT needed to operate the unit. It will instruct you to put in disc to install. P.S. The portable floppy 3.5 works great as well if you have old stuff still stored on floppies.
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No you must have a blu-ray burner. Blu-ray burners will burn DVD's, but not the other way around.
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Yes and burns DVD's & CD's, only plays blue ray. I've had mine since 2012, very good quality/reliability. It came with a good software package as well.
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I really only use mine for loading software and for burning CDs to archive photos, but I'm perfectly certain that if you burn a DVD on it, it can be played on another DVD player. I own two of these, and the only problem I've had is one occasionally fails to latch closed reliably: it always latches eventually.
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That is very odd. I have a Pioneer internal Blu-ray burner...these are the only discs I have used with it (the 6x) and they have been great...never had a problem with them.
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I'm not sure I've never put a burned blue ray disc in the player before. But yeah it should work it plays burned DVDs. I'll try to see if it plays burn Blu-ray Disc when I get a chance to ok hope this helps a little. I tried it today and it works but it all depends on what software your using to burn the Blu-ray Disc too.
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No, it is a drive for PC and Mac. TV's aren't smart enough to understand what an optical drive is, that's why a Blu-ray player has to have software built into the box to work with your TV, this burner the software is run on a PC or Mac:Archive all your photos, videos and files for life on Blu-ray disc using your PC or Mac with REWINDCreate and Play your own HD Blu-Ray Movies on PC.The software included that runs on your PC, for example, will allow you to create a Blu-ray movie from home video clips or video you shoot yourself, and then if you have a Blu-ray player (standalone unit hooked up through HDMI) you can play that burned movie on your home TV.Thanks. No, it is a drive for PC and Mac. TV's aren't smart enough to understand what an optical drive is, that's why a Blu-ray player has to have software built into the box to work with your TV, this burner the software is run on a PC or Mac:Archive all your photos, videos and files for life on Blu-ray disc using your PC or Mac with REWINDCreate and Play your own HD Blu-Ray Movies on PC.The software included that runs on your PC, for example, will allow you to create a Blu-ray movie from home video clips or video you shoot yourself, and then if you have a Blu-ray player... » Read More No, it is a drive for PC and Mac. TV's aren't smart enough to understand what an optical drive is, that's why a Blu-ray player has to have software built into the box to work with your TV, this burner the software is run on a PC or Mac:Archive all your photos, videos and files for life on Blu-ray disc using your PC or Mac with REWINDCreate and Play your own HD Blu-Ray Movies on PC.The software included that runs on your PC, for example, will allow you to create a Blu-ray movie from home video clips or video you shoot yourself, and then if you have a Blu-ray player (standalone unit hooked up through HDMI) you can play that burned movie on your home TV.Thanks. « Show Less