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Has Anyone Installed A Blu-Ray Drive?

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kenrobin

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Blu-ray drives are beginning to hit the market. I know that OS X doesn't currently support playback but burning is supported by Toast and iDVD (not sure about this).

I have a Sony HD camcorder and a Sony PS3 so I'd love to begin making HD home movies. I'm considering this drive at OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRFWU25582/

Has anyone installed a blu-ray drive and burned discs? Please share your experiences.
 
Just Buy A New Mac With (optional) Blu-ray Included

My solution is to buy a new mac with a Blue-ray supported drive thanks to Leopard on-board. It's all coming together in the next 90 days folks.
 
Multimedia said:
My solution is to buy a new mac with a Blue-ray supported drive thanks to Leopard on-board. It's all coming together in the next 90 days folks.
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That's a great solution for someone looking to buy a new Mac. But those of us who already have relatively new Macs will need to upgrade to have Blu-Ray capability.
 
Leopard Has Blu-ray Support In It

kenrobin said:
That's a great solution for someone looking to buy a new Mac. But those of us who already have relatively new Macs will need to upgrade to have Blu-Ray capability.
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Yes I know. Leopard will support Blu-ray in the DVD player. Toast 8 already supports Blu-ray for data writing. So one can now archive native EyeTV recordings more easily.
 
You Can Make HD DVDs On Your Current Mac With Final Cut Studio 5.1UB

kenrobin said:
Blu-ray drives are beginning to hit the market. I know that OS X doesn't currently support playback but burning is supported by Toast and iDVD (not sure about this).

I have a Sony HD camcorder and a Sony PS3 so I'd love to begin making HD home movies. I'm considering this drive at OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRFWU25582/

Has anyone installed a blu-ray drive and burned discs? Please share your experiences.
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Do you have Final Cut Studio? It lets you make HD DVDs on regular DVDs that playback in HD on any Mac.
 
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