Best slot-in Blu-ray combo to mount in a iMac 27"?

gianly1985

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Oct 22, 2009

• #1

A lot of people is ranting about the lack of BR drive in new iMacs.

Actually, it's easy to mount a standard 12.7mm SATA slim slot-in BR combo (read BR, write DVDs) or even a BR burner in a iMac.

So I was wondering....what's the best (best quality/price ratio) slim BR combo drive? Pioneer? Sony? Plextor? What model?

(I'm speaking about COMBOs because I think that BURNERs are too expensive and useless for most people)

 

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CharlesPDX

macrumors newbie

• Oct 22, 2009

• #2

Panasonic Combo Drive $199: http://tinyurl.com/yz6mzl2
Panasonic Burner Drive $369: http://tinyurl.com/yly86sn

Maybe they can be picked up cheaper somewhere else. I haven't looked. But according to iFixit.com, these will work.

 

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libertyforall

macrumors regular

• Oct 22, 2009

• #3

Same question, but for a 17" MacBook Pro Mid-2009?

TIA!

 

rgarjr

macrumors 604

• Oct 22, 2009

• #4

thing is though you would have to boot to Windows to watch BR movies.

 

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mashinhead

macrumors 68040

• Oct 22, 2009

• #5

Dell actually has the nicest ones i've seen

Sorry for the above thought you meant external.

 

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davegregory

macrumors regular

• Oct 22, 2009

• #6

Second the panasonic. Great product.

 

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CharlesPDX

macrumors newbie

• Oct 22, 2009

• #7

rgarjr said:

thing is though you would have to boot to Windows to watch BR movies.

Click to expand...

Too true. That's the real Big Bag o' Hurt.

 

gianly1985

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Oct 22, 2009

• #8

So Panasonic are good....

What about Sony Optiarc BC-5600S? It's about the same price of the Panasonic combo.....

For playback, on OSX I think that VLC should work fine (only for the video stream, no Menù or special content, but who cares after all)....I think I read about it somewhere....

 

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justaregularjoe

macrumors 6502

• Oct 22, 2009

• #9

You sure about needing to boot into Windows to use a BR drive? I direct your attentions to Final Cut Pro Tech Spec page listing a BluRay drive as, well a requirement for burning blu ray discs. Not a shocker, but clearly represents at least support, no?