The LG is $150, I don't see any players for that price, plus its a good burner.
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LG GGC-H20LI Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive install?
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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.
One fitty at OWC, that's the combo HD/BR-DVD player/DVD burner.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/LG/GGCH20L/
I didn't buy that drive, just some random one at my local retail store, but the enclosure shouldn't matter, as long as it's the 5.25" one. I went on newegg.com and bought one that was highly rated. It's been working great under Vista.
I was just asking since a few comments on newegg for certain enclosures claim that the GGC-H20L won't fit certain enclosures due to size... or I guess undersized enclosure design. Was hoping someone who bought my model, and has a functioning enclosure could provide a link or manufacturer/model #.
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.
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.
If you are archiving those Blu Rays to your hard drive, give Plex a try on OSX (just the main m2ts movie file) or, XMBC in Windows. I don't know what your set up is.
Plex and XMBC are FREE. I have ANYDVD HD and its simply excellent given the complexities of Blu Ray. I also have PowerDVD Ultra which while it does "work" it has a damn ugly interface and can be glitchy. You can also use ANYDVD HD to archive your Blu Ray in ISO form, use a mounter software and PowerDVD will see the entire archive ISO as a "disc" and play back.
For me, I'll stick to archiving my blu rays. I am uninterested in seeing more than once the extras so its just the movie M2TS's I consider. Plex is very good on faster computers and XMBC is also good on Windows (Plex is a "spin off" from XMBC).
- Phrehdd
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
Well the SATA/IDE adaptor I got fit in in the drive bay with the LG... I think because it was cheap it couldn't read the drive properly. Even on the Mac side it wasn't reading he mounted drive except ghosted out so, the adaptor is sort of critical too. I didn't do much research on to what works with Bluray, perhaps if I find one I'll put it internally. Much easier than running SATA cables behind the fan, agreed.
FYI the enclosure I used it excellent, Vantec. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392021
Problem whit LG GGW H20 L in leopard 10.5.6
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.
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.
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.
Your english is good, no need to apologize.
I have never noticed that problem on my Mac Pro with the same software.
Maybe you should try reseating the connectors?
Also, do you have anything connected to the second SATA plug?
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
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
I haven't managed to find any way of stopping this from happening, though it doesn't appear to have caused any issues.
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
I got firmware 1.03 on it.
I don't think that theres a newer one available, at least a quick Google search wasn't successful.
System profiler shows the drive as HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L
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.
Mac Pro won't sleep with BR installed
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but wondering if anyone has run into problems with their MP not going to sleep (on it's own) after installing a BR drive?
I've got an LG model HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GBC-H20L, just a reader, but ever since I installed it my MP will not sleep on it's own. I can put it to sleep with no problem. It is the only Optical drive installed, the IDE port is not being used. The machine does sleep fine with the drive disconnected (or the original super drive installed).
I have tried the drive with an IDE to SATA adapter and now have the drive connected directly to the ODD Sata port 0 on the motherboard. Early 2008 Octomac here.
TIA!
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but wondering if anyone has run into problems with their MP not going to sleep (on it's own) after installing a BR drive?
I've got an LG model HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GBC-H20L, just a reader, but ever since I installed it my MP will not sleep on it's own. I can put it to sleep with no problem. It is the only Optical drive installed, the IDE port is not being used. The machine does sleep fine with the drive disconnected (or the original super drive installed).
I have tried the drive with an IDE to SATA adapter and now have the drive connected directly to the ODD Sata port 0 on the motherboard. Early 2008 Octomac here.
TIA!