Is there any Blu-ray burning software included? If so, how well does it burn? Otherwise, what's a good Blu-ray burning software?
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There is no software. Its plug and play. You can use window OS to burn to and read your non-movie blu-rays. If you are talking about a Blu-Ray ripper software for movies, make sure it can remove/handle the security stuff otherwise it won't copy it and you could have playing problems if your monitor doesn't support security stuff.
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I have used this burner to rip my blu-rays with makemkv. Then just handbrake to shrink them down to size. Its time consuming but it is worth it to have them available to watch without having to get up.
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Am I crazy, or is it more than a bit offputting that, after buying a machine, you then have to start getting upgrades for it just to be able to play newer discs? My machine's about two years old, and the last disc I bought wouldn't load. Seems like a rip-off to me. And it's not like blu-ray sales have been strong enough to justify this sort of customer fleecing.
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Hello. I have not had any problems with the DVD's or Blu-Rays I have bought. It has worked flawlessly every time. Perhaps it is possible to have trouble with homemade discs, but I have not tried any of mine in the player.
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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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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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Also, there are free disk player programs out there, such as VLC Media Player (which can play just about anything you are likely to come across) and ExMplayer which even plays 3D Blu-Rays either in 3D or converted to 2D on the fly if necessary! For burning software, there is Img-Burn, an excellent FREE disk burning program. A search on the internet will help you find them. Good luck! F.H.
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I haven't personally used it for burning but I've ripped my entire Blu ray collection and was thrilled with the performance ! I'll be selling my Apple Super Drive as it won't rip Blu rays
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Do the specs of the Blu-ray match the specs of the burner/player? Is this is bought movie ; does it work with other Blu-ray movies?
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I didn't get any. Windows 7 and 8 have built in burning capability. If I need to make an image or copy a disc, I use an old copy of Nero that came with one of my other burners.
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the cheaper drives dont come with software. Use imgburn for burning data to disk, Windows for playing DVDs, and MakeMKV+VLC for blueray :) or buy a $100+ drive that comes with software.
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There is no software, just this drive. You have to download and purchase software to play Blu-Ray on your PC. The software I chose to purchase is: "Aiseesoft Blu-ray Player". You can Google for that; it works well on my Living Room PC: Windows XP Professional, 3-Ghz CPU, 3-gigs of RAM.
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I've been using it a reader for both data and movies and it works out of the box with no drivers needed. You will need software for Blu Ray Movie Playback. I have yet to try burning anything but nothing indicates it can't be done. You may need burning software for it to actually burn discs. I don't know if the built in burning feature in OS X works with BD Rs.
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I use my Nero 8 Ultra edition to burn DVDs, AVCHD DVD, Blu Ray, and HD DVD. Nero surprisingly does an incredible job. Also the software that the camera comes with will burn onto dvd-r (not DVD+R) WEIRD.
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I haven't had any problems burning any dvd/br formats. Hope this helps; good luck!
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HD DVD is dead (murdered , snuffed before its time) . Unfortunately BluRaY still isnt up to fill the gap. 1299 $ for the first fully functional Sony BD standalone player? Even the PS3 is still missing the update to 2.0 profile.It seems that BLuRAY is taking a break for a year to get where HD DVD already is (was)
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I have not tried blu ray as I do not have very many of them. But I can tell you that it will only replay DVD+RW which is a bummer at times, since many dvd's that I have recorded are not.