Best External DVD Drive??

[marc55]

We occasionally watch movies when we go camping, and would like to get a decent External Blue-Ray/DVD Drive for a rMBP.

DVD Drive might be fine for now, but eventually Blue-Ray movies will become the norm, so I'm thinking I might as well just get the Blue-Ray capability now.

From what I've read, I guess I will need to get Blue-Ray software for the MBP?

So, what External DVD Drive have you found to be the best, and what Blue-Ray Drive and software have you found to be the best?

Thank you

 

[marc55]

None of you guys use a DVD drive?

 

[Trvlngnrs]

I use a DVD drive... I went to Amazon and picked one of the higher rated ones. 4+ stars over a few hundred reviews. That's good enough for me. If I remember correctly it was around $30 - $40.

 

[snaky69]

We occasionally watch movies when we go camping, and would like to get a decent External Blue-Ray/DVD Drive for a rMBP.

DVD Drive might be fine for now, but eventually Blue-Ray movies will become the norm, so I'm thinking I might as well just get the Blue-Ray capability now.

From what I've read, I guess I will need to get Blue-Ray software for the MBP?

So, what External DVD Drive have you found to be the best, and what Blue-Ray Drive and software have you found to be the best?

Thank you

Just use whatever fits your needs, budget and has good review. There is no "best" drive. Most of the components all come from the same factory.

AFAIK, blu-ray will not play on OS X regardless whether your drive supports it or not. It will if you install windows through bootcamp though (this may have changed recently, but last time I checked, this was the case).

 

[SVTmaniac]

I rip my blu-rays to a manageable file size on my desktop, then I load a bunch of movies on a 16GB usb drive. Way more portable than lugging around a clunky old disc drive.

 

[Altemose]

None of you guys use a DVD drive?

I use an Apple USB SuperDrive and it does the job well. I burn a lot of DVDs for video projects and it hasn't died with a couple of hundred burns on it now...