Did anyone successfully burn M-Disc's Blu Rays with the BE14NU40? mdisc.com lists it as "No" for M-Disc Blu Ray writing capability!? Why?
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mdisc.com says the BE14NU40 works with Blu-ray and DVD, using recommended firmware version 1.01-03 dated 08/29/14.
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I have no idea what version the discs are. I use an LG Blu-ray burner..no problem! Have burned double layer as well without any difficulty on my Mac.
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I do not know, but have read that it can only burn single discs, not a dual layer disc/ I have not attempted any other than 25gb BD discs.
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I have used several: DVD FAB, Nero 11 and several iso burners. The only thing I tried that failed completely was the Windows burner. It is an absolute bust at Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray burning is a real resource hog I am using win7, quad core running at 3.2Ghz and 8 Gig of RAM and when burning I still can't do anything else.
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They will not burn in that device but they would be readable. Only devices labeled M-Disc Ready have a laser powerful enough to burn the long lasting pits into a M-Disc. Here's a list of devices: http://www.mdisc.com/m-ready/ the M-Disc DVD drives will generally run about 20-30 bucks, the blu-ray $60-$100.
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I am sorry, I only use it to burn 50gb backup data disks. But for doing that it is really good, and faster then any other blu-ray burner I have.
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Writes all media in CD, DVD and Blu-Ray. Does the M-DISC long life media which is why I bought it for secure backups
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Yes. The latest Firmware FW1.20EU (shipping with it) gets you 14x DL recording with MEI__RB1 media. 5x, 3x and 2x DVD-RAM and even BDXL writing is actually supported
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Actually, Bluray M-disc was supposed to be available at the end of 2013 but they ran into some challenges in starting up production. The latest word I have is that it was pushed back until March 2014. My guess is that it will be April or May before it's available. We are very excited about the Bluray M-disc and will be one of the main retailers. Thanks
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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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You can archive any digital files (including photos) to this media or any writeable (meaning burnable) Blu Ray media. If I were you I would copy the files from my SD card and put it into a folder on my hard drive before I try and burn them to any optical media including this memorex disk (examples of optical media would include CD, DVD and Blu Ray). As for burning. . . you will need to have a drive that is capable of burning Blu Ray media. I can not be sure but I would think that your laptop does not have a Blu Ray drive built in. It might but I would not know without first seeing it. As for drives you will need one that can BURN a BD and not just read them. There are drives that both burn and read and then there are drives that just read BD disks so if you have to get one make sure you get one that can BURN and not just READ BD media.
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"Is the drive M-Disc compatible?" My short answer is yes, I believe it is, as long as your firmware is 1.10 or newer. While I have not tried the new M-disc standard, it looks worth a try if it really does have an archival period of 1000 years. The nice thing about Pioneer is they seem to stay either with or ahead of the trend curve.
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Sorry, I've never used Blu-Ray, but I don't believe it is. This unit has worked very well for dubbing DVD's and tapes to DVD, but I can't find my owner's manual - I just moved and it's in one of many boxes. I did some online Googling and the specs I found that said what formats are playable did not include Blu-Ray.
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Sorry, don't have the experience part, however.... Directly from the developer of M-Disc, "The M-DISC Blu-ray offers five times the storage capacity of the standard 4.7GB M-DISC DVD, and is writable and readable on any Blu-ray drive - a step for Millenniata and the convenience of this permanent storage technology." Read- ANY BLU-RAY DRIVE! Should work fine.
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Does anybody have any insight for how this performs with documentaries? I read one really insistent review that bashes the LG BD370 performance with 1080i, but I'd like to hear if anybody has practical experience. Most of my Blu Ray discs are BBC documentaries, so if it looks horrid, I'd like to know. How does it compare to standard dvds? Thanks!
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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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I cant confirm, as I havent tried to burn a Blu Ray disk. But I would be surprised if it required additional software to burn one. Then again, I was surprised to find it didnt come with Microsoft Office. Sorry I couldnt be of more help.