Mac PC Wiz » external blu-ray drive http://macpcwiz.com/blog Mac and PC computer support wizards answer questions and offer tips, tutorials, videos for Apple and Windows desktops, servers, laptops, netbooks and minis. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DIGISTOR 25GB BD-R Blu-ray media Burn Test http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/digistor-25gb-bd-r-blu-ray-media-burn-test-2010-04-06.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/digistor-25gb-bd-r-blu-ray-media-burn-test-2010-04-06.php#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:39:02 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=735 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 For burning,

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/digistor-25gb-bd-r-blu-ray-media-burn-test-2010-04-06.php/feed 1 Unboxed: DIGISTOR External Blu-ray Burner, USB 2.0, Tray load http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/unboxed-digistor-external-blu-ray-burner-usb-2-0-tray-load-2010-03-11.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/unboxed-digistor-external-blu-ray-burner-usb-2-0-tray-load-2010-03-11.php#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:29:50 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=696 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

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/unboxed-digistor-external-blu-ray-burner-usb-2-0-tray-load-2010-03-11.php/feed 0 nVidia ION allows Blu-Ray viewing on a netbook http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-pc/netbook-pc/nvidia-ion-allows-blu-ray-viewing-on-a-netbook-2009-12-28.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-pc/netbook-pc/nvidia-ion-allows-blu-ray-viewing-on-a-netbook-2009-12-28.php#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:22:34 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=407 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.

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]]> http://macpcwiz.com/blog/windows-pc/netbook-pc/nvidia-ion-allows-blu-ray-viewing-on-a-netbook-2009-12-28.php/feed 1 Buffalo busts out its USB 3.0 12x Blu-Ray Burner http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/buffalo-busts-out-its-usb-3-0-12x-blu-ray-burner-2009-11-27.php http://macpcwiz.com/blog/blu-ray-drives/buffalo-busts-out-its-usb-3-0-12x-blu-ray-burner-2009-11-27.php#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:48:30 +0000 Sean John http://macpcwiz.com/blog/?p=375 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

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