Description says "Blu-Ray" but the optical drive details say "*Optical Drive: BD-ROM with SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW Dual Layer" Is it blue ray reader
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It will read Blu-ray discs. Specifically, what shows up in my device manager is an "Optiarc BD RW BD-5750L", the specs of which indicate that it might be able to actually write blu-rays as well, but I have not confirmed this and I can't guarantee you'd get the same drive. It can read/write DVDs.
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Hi John, I have the G750JX & my packig slip from Computer Upgrade King says it's a full HD Blu-Ray. The Asus web site says it has Blu-Ray DVD Combo Super-Multi DVD Blue-ray Writer I haven't used the Blu-Ray drive except for loading software. I don't have any Blu-Ray movies so I can't play them to verify it for you. I can't specifically say yes or no but an email to the supplier you would purchase that from could be helpful. My purchase was from Computer Upgrade King in VA. Phone # 800-985-9364. Sorry I wasn't of more help.
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The specs say it has an "8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive." I haven't used the drive yet and it's likely I won't. Maybe a super multi double layer drive can do it all - read/write both cd's and dvd's? I'm not that much of a Techie.
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Yes, you might need DVD Dual Layer discs, most movies and games are larger than what DVD+R discs can hold. This drive doesn't come with software so you would need to use your own but yes it does cd/dvd writing(burning)/re-writing and reading, just no Blu-ray discs.
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You need to format it as a FAT32 drive. It comes pre-formatted with the NTFS file system--which can't be read by most Blu-ray players.
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I suppose you arent being funny because there is a fairly good description on amazon It plays blu ray discs besides DVDs and also media files stored on a USB drive such as mp3, mp4, wmv, avi & jpgs.
502140
Yes. As it states it comes with "Optical drive: 16x DVD+RW" which lets you read CDs and DVDs and also lets you write on DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. It just looks like it has no DVD drive because it is behind a blank black faceplate. But the little black space to the right is the open/close button.
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To be honest I haven't played any blu-ray disc in it yet. So I can't really help you with an answer, sorry
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It will read Blu-ray and burn to DVD/CD. It will not burn to Blu-ray. We do have a customized model which has the drive upgraded to be able to burn Blu Ray as well http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KY5QE88.
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No, it has a DVD SuperMulti drive. It will play DVDs, but not Blu-ray discs.
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PC Blu Ray drives are generally backwards compatible with DVD. They can play DVD's.
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After doing some more searching on the Internet, I decided to first try just deleting all the BD data on the USB drive. Using the Sony menu, I selected BD Data and then told it to erase all BD Data.As soon as I did that, I could play all the Universal Blu-ray discs that had stopped working for me. I am continuing to leave the USB drive in. My suspicion is that something about the way Universal Blu-rays download and store BD Data on the USB drive leads to corruption. I fully expect that at some point in the future, my Universal Blu-ray's will stop working again. But, now I know what to do; and it is simple and quick to do. After doing some more searching on the Internet, I decided to first try just deleting all the BD data on the USB drive. Using the Sony menu, I selected BD Data and then told it to erase all BD Data.As soon as I did that, I could play all the Universal Blu-ray discs that had stopped working for me. I am continuing to leave the USB drive in. My suspicion is that something about the way Universal Blu-rays download and store BD Data on the USB drive leads to corruption. I fully expect that at some point in the future, my Universal Blu-ray's will stop working again. But, now I know... » Read More After doing some more searching on the Internet, I decided to first try just deleting all the BD data on the USB drive. Using the Sony menu, I selected BD Data and then told it to erase all BD Data.As soon as I did that, I could play all the Universal Blu-ray discs that had stopped working for me. I am continuing to leave the USB drive in. My suspicion is that something about the way Universal Blu-rays download and store BD Data on the USB drive leads to corruption. I fully expect that at some point in the future, my Universal Blu-ray's will stop working again. But, now I know what to do; and it is simple and quick to do. « Show Less
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This device (model BC-12B1ST) cannot write to Blu-Ray, but it can write to the various DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW formats. The BW-12B1ST (note the second character is the model name is "W" vs. "C") is Asus' equivalent Blu-Ray writer. I have one of each, and am very satisfied with them both.
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These are BD-R discs. Like a DVD-R disc, "write once" is the only option. To rewrite a Blu-ray disc requires the BD-RE format (Blu-ray Disc Recordable Erasable type disc)
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I saw "Blu-Ray Drive" in "Technical Details" when I place order.Right now, it is just disappeared! Is that cheating?
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yes, it might not read a blu-ray till the drivers are fully installed, but it will read a DVD install disk
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NO it does not play Blue Ray disks. It has a "DVD-SuperMulti Drive" that plays/records anything from CD-R's up to DVD+RW (Re-Write) disks. A laptop that would play Blue Ray's would say it has a BD-ROM optical drive.
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Yes Clearly marked CDRW DVD+rw dvd-r and Blueray-disc on the other side no Blueray-r or BD-R