Pros & Cons
Pros
Works flawlessly after more than a year after the purchase. Works really well and no problems or coasters so far. As with all these slim optical burners, the tray feels a bit flimsy.
Cons
No instruction on install for mac. Buffalo restricts the powerdvd application so it cannot be used in a vm. The first one had to be returned as it damaged a number of discs. Lack of rigidity in construction allowed the rotating disc to come into conta... Read More
Highlights
Quality
The drive looks and feels really high quality
Overall though i am very pleased with my purchase
The discs i was using write at 6x speed and take approx 45 minutes to burn a dual layer disc with the single layer discs taking... Read More
Only problem with the software is that the menus are extremely small and difficult to read
Competitiveness
Been looking around a while for a bluray reader but this one is also a writer awsome
Tested using bluray dvd and music cd all working fine
Burned a full 25gb bdr disk in 31 minutes
So far ive managed to burn a few 25gb discs as well as a 50gb one
Overview
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- This product had a total of 498 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 13 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The software that it apparently comes with didn’t work with me on my mac air not an issue for dvds but for blu ray i needed to buy a separate program
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Dont need to use the additional power cable for my surface book 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only problem with the software is that the menus are extremely small and difficult to read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It doesnt need the second usb cable for addictions power
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Having read several reviews by people having difficulties with external blu ray writers i was very cautious and shopped around before parting with my money
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have tested them all in my ps3 or ps4 whichever was switched on at the time and every single disc has burned successfully
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The y cable itself is simply a micro usb cable connected via a usb 3