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For today’s post, we answer a question from a reader about Blu-ray burning and writing on Mac OS X computers. Pete asks: ” hi, i read your helpful comment about how you record onto your Digistor blu-ray external burner. I also have a macbook and want to record HD media. If you would just let me know real quick Continue reading Blu-ray and HD DVD Burning & Playback Questions We got a 25-pack spindle of DIGISTOR’s 25GB BD-R Blu-ray media. The blank Blu-ray discs were a perfect match for our brand spanking new DIGISTOR External Blu-ray burner that we just unpacked. Here comes the inevitable burn test. Our trusty TEST BED: ASUS K50IJ Series laptop, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Core 2 Duo Proc, Vista Continue reading DIGISTOR 25GB BD-R Blu-ray media Burn Test All you Mac lovers out there are probably getting a bit lonely out there, what with all the bad iPad press you’re getting. So we’re gonna show you some love as we test out our newly unboxed DIGISTOR Self-Powered Blu-ray Burner on a MacBook Pro. DIGISTOR External Blu-Ray Burner on a MacBook Pro Let’s get the Continue reading DIGISTOR External USB Blu-ray Burner on a MacBook Pro We just un-boxed our new DIGISTOR External Blu-ray Burner. We got it in the same package that contained the 250GB Portable Hard Drive that we unboxed and tested a couple of days back. We got one of these, and we're excited! This is the tray-load version, and connects to your system via USB 2.0. As I’ve Continue reading Unboxed: DIGISTOR External Blu-ray Burner, USB 2.0, Tray load A cursory Google search for slot-load burners for desktops, be they Blu-ray burners or DVD burners, reveals that while a lot of people are looking for these kinds of drives for their desktops, very few of them exist in the wild — or even available in the market. We here at MacPCWiz figure that just Continue reading DIY “how to”: creating a Slot-load Blu-ray and DVD burners for desktop And more good news at the start of 2010 for you Blu-ray addicts. Panasonic and Sony are working on upcoming technology that will increase the data capacity per layer of blank Blu-ray discs, currently at 25GBs, to 33.4GBs. Found this via Electronista.com: Panasonic and Sony on Friday were revealed to have made a technology that could Continue reading Panasonic, Sony promise more space per Blu-ray disc For people on the go, those who live a mobile lifestyle, portability is the name of the game. If you live a mobile lifestyle, then you think small, you think portable, you think lightweight. Unfortunately, the smaller they are, the less data they carry (relatively). Living the Mobile Lifestyle: you portable much? MacPCWiz now brings you Continue reading Data Security for Mobile devices nVidia’s ION graphics chip is looking more like a winner by the moment. We talked about the nVidia ION’s graphics capabilities at length, and what a boon they can be to netbooks. But now, David Ragones, product line manager at Nvidia claims here at a CNET.com article that nVidia ION for netbooks supports blu-ray playback. Continue reading nVidia ION allows Blu-Ray viewing on a netbook Never mind that you’d have no USB 3.0 port to plug it in (it’s backward compatible to USB 2.0), never mind that no blank Blu-Ray disc can be had at 12X speed… never mind all that. Optical storage company BUFFALO still pushes out this theoretical speed demon, the BR-X1216U3. Read more from Engadget.com: Sure, your computer Continue reading Buffalo busts out its USB 3.0 12x Blu-Ray Burner |
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