Asus powerful bluray drive with 16x writing speed and usb 3. Sonnet announces thunderbolt dock with internal drive bay. Writing and rewriting the most basic bluray drives are only useful for playing bluray movies. Lg wh16ns40 blu ray burner and mdisc unboxings duration. I would love for there to be a a thunderbolt powered bluray burner, but wiht bluray still being a more expensive and niche tech and thunderbolt being a ridiculously expensive. Please hook up the device to the direct usb c or usb port on your computer. You probably have a decent bluray collection of your favorite. I bought a pioneer bluray burner from you and installed it into my mac pro 12core, osx 10.
Although they support no option for apple bluray drives or players and the apple blu. Bluray disc bd technology, with its ability to record to 25gb singlelayer, 50gb duallayer discs, 100gb and 128gb quadlayer discs. Currently, the best external bluray drive is the pioneer bdrxd05b. Bluray discs are the gold standard in physical video formats right now. Choose from a great selection of bluray drives for playing or storing media on bluray discs. Mce internal 16x bluray recordable drive for mac pro and.
External 3d blu ray dvd drive burner, wihool ultra slim usb 3. Bluray dvd burner, external cd dvd bluray drives, cd. If you use our links to buy, we may get a commission. Sonnet technologies has made its echo 15 thunderbolt dock available for preorder, which is a small dock about the size of the. Apple bluray player seems a more problem for apple users as apple does not officially support bluray. This burner has a button in front to open the drawer. Place any internal bluray, dvd or cd drive into an owc external enclosure to create a custom optical drive solution.
Both drives are quick to rip data from discs to your computer or to burn new discs with your own data, and both work with pcs and macs and are. Realistically, apple doesnt officially support bluray playback, but there are a host of thirdparty applications that do. Place any internal blu ray, dvd or cd drive into an owc external enclosure to. Native support burn bluray data discs right from mac os finder. Apr 02, 20 new thunderbolt dock includes optical drive. Pioneer bdrxu03 includes powerread smooth and pureread 2 smarter media playback. Many bluray and dvd writers also feature fast readwrite speeds of up 14x or 24x. It is provided with 128 gb quad layer and 100 gb triple layer bluray media support. Sonnet technologies has made its echo 15 thunderbolt dock available for preorder, which is a small dock about the size of the original mac mini. Sonnet announces thunderbolt dock with internal drive bay and.
Asus powerful blu ray drive with 16x writing speed and usb 3. Regrettably, there isnt a wattage that is disclosed in the specifications for this lg super multi blue external usb 3. If you like the quality and features of blu ray, and want to be able to watch discs on your mac or convert them to other formats for viewing on other computers, all you need is a bit of hardware. Users can also utilize its thunderbolt 3 ports to have usbc 3.
Blu ray up to 16x, dvd up to 24x, dvddl up to 16x, cdrw up to 48x readwrite burn speeds. I know apple does not endorse bd drives, but there must be a few that are agreeable. Other world computing has begun selling newertechs ministack max, an ambitious allinone hard drive, bluraycddvd readerburner, sd card reader and usb hub in one compact. Dec 29, 2018 many are backwards compatible with the dvd format and offer plugandplay operation on your mac, pc, or both.
While all the bluray external drives support windows 7 to windows 10 software, mac support is a little more hit and miss. Newertech releases ministack max hard drivebluray burner. Choose from a great selection of blu ray drives for playing or storing media on blu ray discs. Connects your peripherals with one cableconnect your peripherals to the echo dock. Blu ray disc bd technology, with its ability to record to 25gb singlelayer, 50gb duallayer discs, 100gb and 128gb quadlayer discs is the next generation in optical disc storage and mce technologies has brought it to the mac. What is the best plugandplay bluray external optical driveburner for macs with ios 10. The asus 12x bluray drive has a 16x burning speed, which is among the fastest of the optical drives out there. Many burners and optical drives are compatible with both mac and pc. Many blu ray and dvd writers also feature fast readwrite speeds of up 14x or 24x. With this mac dvd burner, you can create your playable dvd with attractive free dvd menu templates, and edit videos easily before burning. Other world computing has begun selling newertechs ministack max, an ambitious allinone hard drive, blu ray cddvd reader burner, sd card reader and usb hub in one compact enclosure meant to. What is the best plugandplay blu ray external optical drive burner for macs with ios 10. The rugged aluminum case is engineered to effectively dissipate heat and is more than sturdy enough to support the latest mac pro, a 27 imac computer, or a large format display up to 34. Best apple bluray player for your mac os macgo bluray.
It does not work through the thunderbolt adaptor apple brand. Sep 14, 20 im looking for an external blu ray burner with thunderbolt interface or even just an enclosure that supports thunderbolt. Create an external place any internal bluray drive into the external enclosure of your. Sonnet has announced a new thunderbolt dock that combines usb 3. Online shopping for bluray drives from a great selection at electronics store. Even though it plays the blu ray discs, this is not a stand alone dvd player. Dvd format and offer plugandplay operation on your mac, pc, or both. Author pro movies you can author bluray movies with toast 10 pro, final cut studio. Bluray up to 16x, dvd up to 24x, dvddl up to 16x, cdrw up to 48x readwrite burn speeds. Jan 25, 2020 best bluray drives for mac imore 2020. Jan 15, 2020 its very annoying that if your laptop has only usbc ports such as macbook pro and you dont want to use a usb hub or docking station. For those who purchase the bluray disc player model, youll find the included bluray player software for os x is very handy, enabling you to watch bluray movies on your computer or.
If you like the quality and features of bluray, and want to be able to watch discs on your mac or convert them to other formats for viewing on other computers, all you need is a bit of hardware. The 6 best external desktop bluray drives of 2020 lifewire. Blank bluray discs burn just like a blank cd or dvd. Drives that can both write and rewrite bluray discs are more flexible, but rewritable bluray discs cant store as much information as regular ones.
If you want to burn your own bluray discs, look for one thats capable of writing or rewriting. Create an external place any internal blu ray drive into the external enclosure of your choice to create a custom blu ray external drive. Player software on your computer must support bluray format when playing bluray discs. Tokenhigh external blu ray burner writer dvd drive 3d, usb 3. A good desktop bluray drive offers fast write speeds and autoquiet. Many are backwards compatible with the dvd format and offer plugandplay operation on your mac, pc, or both. Apr 03, 20 sonnet has announced a new thunderbolt dock that combines usb 3. Newertech releases ministack max hard drivebluray burnersd. Its very annoying that if your laptop has only usbc ports such as macbook pro and you dont want to use a usb hub or docking station. You probably have a decent bluray collection of your favorite movies, but without a bluray drive, you cant play them on your mac. If you have this software package or any other blu ray viewing software on your computer, this does play blu ray movies. Insert a blank bdr and it will mount on your desktop where you can drag and drop any files for burning.
It will make it easier if the external devices are equipped with a usbc connector, such as a usbc external cddvd drive. If you want to play, read, or write bluray discs with your mac, youre going to need to start off with an excellent bluray drive. Internal and external bluray optical drives from owc. Citing bluray disc licensing issues and the growing popularity of internet streaming, the company was able to leave cd. Most of the time it doesnt recognize that its there, however every once in a while it will pop up under my drives, even give me the option to open it,but the device will not respond to any. Nov 17, 2012 no daisy chaining just thunderbolt to the bd drive.
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