Does this drive burn m-disc blu-ray discs?
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The Verbatim M-Disc web site at http://www.mdisc.com/verbatimusa/ says that the Pioneer BDR-XS05 is compatible with M-Disc blu-ray. But I haven't yet tried with my drive, no occasion or need yet to burn an M-Disc. Nothing there is on the box or in the user manual about M-Disc, but both were printed in 2013. You should better ask directly Pioneer USA and / or Verbatim USA.
176586
Read only on Blu ray, R/W on everything else. You can spend $13 more on this Asus drive if you want to burn blu-ray's: http://www.amazon.com/BW-12B1ST-BLK-Blu-ray-Internal-Encryption/dp/B004ZMG55I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369520803&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+blu+ray+drive
954512
It's a BD-RE drive. This plays both DVD discs and Blu-ray discs, can burn to DVD-R's, and can make an .ISO from a Blu-ray, but cannot burn to a BD-R.
1818425
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.
1107967
Yes, it's a blu-ray burner and it works extremely well and it uses BD-R and BD-R DL discs like these: Optical Quantum 25GB 4X BD-R Logo Top Spindle - 25 pcs Ridata BDR-254-RDCB15 4X 25 GB BD-R Cakebox (15 Pack) Verbatim 97090 25 GB 2x Blu-ray Single-Layer Recordable Disc BD-R LTH (Low to High), 20-Disc Spindle Verbatim 96909 50 GB 2x Blu-ray Double-Layer Branded Recordable Disc BD-R DL,10-Disc Spindle
2208121
Yes it burns DVD, and no, it won't play Blu Ray, it doesn't matter if it has HDMI, it needs a Blu Ray drive to play it.
359739
No, this does not have a Blu Ray drive. I suppose you can put in one if you want. You can play most modern games on it though.
2251757
I believe it is read only. M-Disc writers are more expensive I think. The M-Disk website has a list of supported drives and the Bt-20N is not listed. Also, if you look on LG's website at some of the drives which are supposedly "M-Disk Ready", they list write and read speeds for the M-Disc format. The LG webpage for the BT-20N does not list any write or read speeds for the M-Disc. But I could be wrong. However I wouldn't want to gamble on it. Maybe try one of these drives on the list: http://www.mdisc.com/m-ready/
680737
Yes- We play very few Blu-ray and the unit has had no issues with either commercial DVD's or most I have burned in the past. It does not play DVD ROM's (which kind of stinks because I'd burned a lot of older TV series to this format) It also will not play most +R recorded media (sometime yes, usually no) so check what media you burned to.
1819643
The IHBS112-04 will burn (record to) both DVD and Blu-Ray disks. The IHES112-04 will only read Blu-Ray disks (and burn DVD disks).
176583
Read only on Blu ray, R/W on everything else. You can spend $13 more on this Asus drive if you want to burn blu-ray's: ASUS BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS 12X Blu-ray Internal Burner Drive with Disc Encryption - Black - Retail Box
606077
I use this model mainly for DVDs. It is quiet and fast. I have burned 25Gb blu-ray discs but not of the M-disc type. LGs says it supports M-disc.
1662554
You need an LG burner that has the M-Disc logo in order to burn discs, but M-Disc is playable on any brand DVD player
2149653
The drive itself uses a SATA connector, and shows up in Windows as a standard cd-rom drive. I didn't have to load any specific drivers, it uses the generic one supplied with Windows 7. It will probably be seen my Mac OS X, but I have no idea whether or not the OS or apps would let it read Blu-Ray content.
58105
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.
642055
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.
59778
Yes, it reads a DVDRW data disc just fine with .mp4 files, however if they are high-def files, it hick-ups periodically, due to the transfer rate, these should be on a blu-ray, but I don't have a BD burner yet. Haven't tried the USB yet, but it should read it also. Blu-rays are flawless, netflix is too, but shearching from the tv menu is lame, better to "pair" with your laptop, etc, and search from it, while playing through the tv.