![]() ![]() M-Disc is a proprietary archival disc format designed to preserve data for up to 1,000 years. The BW-16D1X-U includes support for both M-Disc and BDXL disc formats. Our reviewer James noted that this software does not appear to work on Macs. It also includes CyberLink Power2Go 8 software, which streamlines the process of burning your data to discs and includes optional data encryption to protect your files and personal information. Asus provides access to the online NeroBackup program, which allows you to back up data from your Android device to Blu-ray. But its main selling points are the 16x write speeds and included backup software. The ASUS BW-16D1X-U can read and write Blu-ray discs (DVD and CD formats). The aluminum build looks great and feels durable, but it's best left at home.īlu-Ray Write Speed: 16x | Blu-Ray Read Speed: 12x | 4K UHD Support: No | Compatibility: Mac, WindowsĪsus BW-16D1X-U Powerful Blu-ray Drive Review While videos look great on the connected laptop, that quality doesn't translate if you connect the laptop to a TV.Īt 8.6 x 6.6 x 2.3 inches and almost 4 pounds, this somewhat bulky device is too heavy to be portable. But James also noted that it doesn't replace a dedicated Blu-ray player. If you're looking to read from or burn a lot of Blu-rays, the Mercury Pro is the best one we've tried. He tested the 16x write speeds with equally impressive results: a 13GB image library burned onto a Blu-ray disc in under 20 minutes from start to finish. Our product tester James Huenink noted that its read speeds were more than twice as fast as most of the drives he tested, which is a massive jump in performance. The OWC Mercury Pro is our favorite external Blu-ray drive based on sheer speed. Using Toast seems to alleviate the read error problems but produces a messy arrangement of files in the Finder, a nuisance but considering the alternative, an acceptable solution.ĭoes anyone have any insight on whether this is a Pioneer drive problem, a system preferences problem, or an OS X 10.8.OWC Mercury Pro External USB 3.1 Gen 1 Optical Drive Review There may be other file types that may be incorrectly handled. It seems to recognize and copy most file types OK, like '.dmg', '.pdf', '.rtf', '.rtfd'. I also discovered that when trying to copy my files back to my desktop, I get Finder can't read errors for '.mpkg' files, and a few random others, which prevent me from copying them back to my hard drive. In other words, all text contained within is lost. However, after looking more closely at the files, I discovered that burning in the Finder, removes any custom file/folder icons and also turns any Finder desktop 'textClipping' files into 0 byte files. In general the drive seems to read and write Verbatim BD-RE discs fine and burning right from the Finder seems to work correctly as most have said. I just purchased and installed a Pioneer BDR-208DBK internal BD burner in the second optical drive space in my new Mac Pro (mid 2012) for data backup. ![]() Also where does everyone get there disks? and just to recap I would be able to burn through finder right? Thanks again for the help! Cheers M I am new to this and would love feedback. I was looking at the LaCie Slim Blu-ray USB 3.0 as we have used there hardware before.ĭoes anybody have any other recommendations or thoughts on this. It will be burnt on a mac tower my specs are: The use will mainly be for offsite data backup/storage we are looking at using this as opposed to HD for internal reasons. I am looking at purchasing an external blue ray burner/player myself that is usb 3.0 and can burn at the highest capacity (I think thats around 100GB?) we wont burn up to we will stick to about 50 but it would be nice to have that option. Thanks guys for this thread its been a real help for me. ![]()
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