Which external Blu-ray drive to buy for mac?
by David Notowitz
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Aug 28, 2009 at 4:30:01 pm
The Blu-ray thing is confusing to me. I want to burn directly from FCP Studio 3 into an external Blu-ray burner. Which do you suggest? B&H has a Lacie for $360, and that includes Toast 9, which makes me wonder if this model is a bit older, since Toast 10 has been out a number of months now.
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Re: Which external Blu-ray drive to buy for mac? by Chris Babbitt on Aug 28, 2009 at 6:18:59 pm
I bought a bundle from Video Guys that included a Pioneer BDR-203, USB Enclosure, 5 BDR discs and a BDRW, all for $300. It might be less now. I bought Toast 10 separately. Works great!
Re: Which external Blu-ray drive to buy for mac? by Brad Buss on Aug 28, 2009 at 6:55:39 pm
I just picked up a MCE 8x for $300, it's marketed specifically toward Macs. I have yet to install, so I can't comment on that yet. It came with a single BD-RE disc and I purchased spindles of Maxell and Verbatim 4X BD-Rs separately.
Re: Which external Blu-ray drive to buy for mac? by Ben McElroy on Aug 28, 2009 at 7:50:12 pm
We've use the LG GGW-H20L for over a year now with no problems. They're going for $180 on new egg.
We've installed them into two Mac Pro towers using the hidden sata port on the motherboard. The eject button works with this drive as well.
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Re: Which external Blu-ray drive to buy for mac? by Ben McElroy on Aug 28, 2009 at 7:58:24 pm
To my understanding this port is on all mac pros dating back to their first release.
Check this link out.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/MacPro_HD_in_optical_drive_bay/MacPro_HD_in_OpticalBay.html#storytop
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