Just clarifying. Wouldn't want to just get a standalone Blu-ray player for a TV, as those are cheaper than both the MCE and LG drives, then, right?
The LG is $150, I don't see any players for that price, plus its a good burner.
Just clarifying. Wouldn't want to just get a standalone Blu-ray player for a TV, as those are cheaper than both the MCE and LG drives, then, right?
The LG is $150, I don't see any players for that price, plus its a good burner.
Just Blu-ray burning or is that the HD DVD playing one?
Fhoo... times have changed. That's cheaper than I thought.
What USB enclosures did you guys use or could recommend? (just bought the GGC-H20L and don't plan on internalizing it until Apple supports BR)
Rather than go through all of the problems putting an internal Blu Ray drive for a Mac Pro, I found an external drive that works perfectly with OS X 10.5.5. No issues regarding recognizing the drive or burning with Toast.
I have a Buffalo external Blu Ray Recorder that works great for data. It was very inexpensive ($249 on sale a few weeks ago) and bought at Circuit City.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/Sear...d=buffalo+blu&searchSection=All&go.x=0&go.y=0
It is a 6X Blu Ray recorder. It uses USB 2.0 - which works without a problem even through a USB hub.
As others have noted, I cannot play Blu Ray movies on my Mac for both a lack of native Mac software and a lack of HDCP, without resorting to ripping the disk in Windows.
The price is a fraction of all the others, yet uses the same Hitachi drive as many other more expensive units.
Nice suggestion but it's back up to $329, might as well get a PS3, and I wouldn't trust that would be HDCP once it is implemented on Mac.
I tried using a PATA to SATA internal interface but unfortunately it only showed up as a CD drive, and therefore couldn't even recognize the disk.
At this point I'm just getting an enclosure for it, anyone have success with an enclosure and one they can recommend? I'm looking at the Galaxy Metal Gear and the Vantec.
Anyone get this specific drive to work? Now I tried using my HD enclosure with a SATA cable and that doesn't even work... maybe I have a dud but anyone have success with this DVD drive?
EDIT: got it to work off one of the internal SATA HD bays, so clearly unit works... apparently both my enclosure and PATA adaptor have some bios that's preventing the drive from being read. I also had to install both AnyDVD HD, and PowerDVD (any to remove region, power to play). So I'm down one harddrive until I get a proper DVD enclosure, and Apple hopefully has Bluray playback support in snow leopard.
Anyone get this specific drive to work? Now I tried using my HD enclosure with a SATA cable and that doesn't even work... maybe I have a dud but anyone have success with this DVD drive?
EDIT: got it to work off one of the internal SATA HD bays, so clearly unit works... apparently both my enclosure and PATA adaptor have some bios that's preventing the drive from being read. I also had to install both AnyDVD HD, and PowerDVD (any to remove region, power to play). So I'm down one harddrive until I get a proper DVD enclosure, and Apple hopefully has Bluray playback support in snow leopard.
I have my blu ray internal working from the Mac Pro on board port. (Messy process to take apart and re-install parts).
using a SATA to PATA adaptor is doable. You need to make sure you get the right adaptor and, try to get a "shallow" Blu Ray unit so you have room inside the Mac Pro for the adaptor. It shouldn't be a problem but some Blu Ray and CD internal units are a bit "long" and that's problematic.
If I had to do it again, I would opt for the LG (might still do it) and use an adaptor even though i took both ports 5,6 and ran SATA cables to the location of the optical drives (only one being used now and the other for the future).
I believe that at times, those ports are problematic (5,6) when compared to the SATA to IDE solution.
- Phrehdd
Hello everybody I have problems with this drive, sometimes it works one time, then the finder hangs and drawer
only open again if you restart the os. the recording of discs and the majority of problem. I made the connection scheme
as shown here in the forum
thanks
sorry my english.
I have a similar issue with one of my optical drives (Lite-On LH-20A1S), though sometimes it doesn't seek for a long time. The other drive (Samsung SH-S203B) stays quiet.I just installed the GGC-H20L in the upper bay - works fine, but exactly every 7 minutes it seeks for a disc (you can hear the laser assy move). Any idea what I could do ? I don't think thats normal![]()
Is there a newer firmware available for it?I just installed the GGC-H20L in the upper bay - works fine, but exactly every 7 minutes it seeks for a disc (you can hear the laser assy move). Any idea what I could do ? I don't think thats normal![]()
Is there a newer firmware available for it?
Quick update: I brought it back to the store where I bought it, got a new one and it does exactly the same thing. Seeks after 6-7 mins. I have no idea whats causing this but I'm not going to keep it.